"Supreme Leader" on Yassin's Assassination
March 22, 2004
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
IRIB
Tehran -- Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei condemned here Monday the assassination of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin by the Zionist regime.
In a message, Ayatollah Khamenei said "I was informed that the sinful hands of the Zionist occupying regime committed a heinous crime and assassinated Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin."
"Undoubtedly, martyrdom was the wish of this pious man but this cannot decrease the magnitude of the sin the Zionist criminal occupiers committed", the Supreme Leader said.
"The blood of Ahmed Yassin will nourish the Islamic resistance and will further flame Palestinians' anger.
His oppression will hoist the flag of the Palestinians' oppression", the Leader said.
The message added "Yassin's weak and disabled body was the only thing they got. But they cannot deprive Palestinians from his thoughts and his way." "The spirit of Sheikh Yassin is alive and his thoughts, which is now further highlighted, will be the inspiration for Palestinian youth, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed.
"The occupying criminals should know that their stupid showdown is the greatest witness to their failure and weakness. The Zionist Regime is doomed to annihilation. "Palestine belongs to Palestinians and any stubbornness against this inalienable right i s doomed to failure," Ayatollah Khamenei concluded.
http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=200789&n=31"Undoubtedly, martyrdom was the wish of this pious man ..." ...blah blah blah.
He got his wish.