Iran declares war on U.S.

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 5th 2004 | Joseph Farah

[F14 Pilot]

Nobody else is saying it, so, once again, it is left to me to explain what really happened in Iraq yesterday.

Iran declared war on the U.S.

The signs have been there for a long time. I don't know if they have been intentionally ignored by U.S. forces in Iraq, or whether there is some master plan at the Defense Department to deal with this scenario.

All I can tell you is we are now fighting a regional war. Our local opposition in Iraq is being trained, armed and directed with foreign support – by neighboring Iran.

The uprising yesterday was treated in many initial news accounts as a spontaneous uprising directed by Najaf cleric Moktada al-Sadr.

What the other news accounts left out was one significant, but well-established fact: Al-Sadr works for Iran. He is an Iranian agent. His authority comes from Iran.

Last April, an Iranian cleric, Kadhem al-Husseini al-Haeri, issued a religious edict and distributed to Shiite mullahs in Iraq, calling on them "to seize the first possible opportunity to fill the power vacuum in the administration of Iraqi cities."

The edict, or fatwa, issued April 8, 2003, showed that Shiite clerics in Iraq are receiving significant direction from Iran. The edict said that Shiite leaders have to "seize as many positions as possible to impose a fait accompli for any coming government."

"People have to be taught not to collapse morally before the means used by the Great Satan if it stays in Iraq," the fatwa read. "It will try to spread moral decay, incite lust by allowing easy access to stimulating satellite channels and spread debauchery to weaken people's faith."

The fatwa also instructed the cleric's followers to "raise people's awareness of the Great Satan's plans and of the means to abort them."

On April 7, the day American troops effectively toppled Hussein's government by seizing its main seats of power in Baghdad, al-Haeri sent a handwritten letter to the city of Najaf, appointing Moktada al-Sadr as his deputy in Iraq.

Haeri wrote: "We hereby inform you that Mr. Moktada al-Sadr is our deputy and representative in all fatwa affairs."

It added: "His position is my position."

Also last April, WorldNetDaily reported that Iran had armed and trained some 40,000 Shiite Iraqi fighters – most former prisoners of war captured during the Iran-Iraq war – and sent them to Iraq to foment an Islamic revolution. The report originated in my premium, online, intelligence newsletter G2 Bulletin.

The report said this small army represents the vanguard of Iran's effort to subvert the U.S.-led liberation of Iraq and use the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime for its own ends.

"Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir Khakim is on record pledging more than once to his followers a plan to impose Islamic rule over Iraq with the help of Iran," reports G2 Bulletin. "The Tehran ayatollahs, or the Pasadran, the powerful revolutionary guard, repeatedly have been telling the Iraqis they would be their legitimate allies and partners. In such a scenario, there is no room for the U.S. The coalition that liberated Iraq is seen by the Iraqi Shiite militants and their Iranian sponsors as a tool for handing Iraq over to them without the need to use a massive force of their own."

Iran has clear objectives in Iraq. The only question is whether the United States still has clear objectives in Iraq – and whether Washington recognizes that this war front just got wider.

[BraveMan]

From your keyboard to the Coalition. Great minds and all that . . .

Warrant Issued for Anti-Coalition Cleric's Arrest

[King Prout]

thank you Sir!

[freedom44]

The whole Arab/Islamic world is at war with non-Muslims.


I know you're more logical and educated than that.

[WOSG]

Moqtada Al-Sadr: The Young Rebel of the Iraqi Shi'a

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA16104

[F14 Pilot]

Thank you!

[F14 Pilot]

You are absolutely right!

[F14 Pilot]

Iran ready to send 10,000 pilgrims to Iraq daily

April 5th 2004
Payvand Iran News

Tehran, April 5, IRNA -- Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Ali Asghar Ahmadi said here Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to send some 10,000 pilgrims to Iraq per day.

Speaking to IRNA, he said the figure was approved by Iraqi officials during their recent visit to Iran.

There are ample grounds for expansion of Iran-Iraq cooperation, which the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes, he said.

Serious talks on security, campaign against terrorism and drug trafficking will be deferred until the formation of the Iraqi government, he underlined.

"The two sides should agree on the nature of mutual cooperation but on restoration of security, education of police force and protecting officials, we can put out experience at their disposal," he concluded.

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/apr/1027.html

[RightWhale]

Give that man a horse! He could charge the enemy trenches with that sword. Of course, his horse would have a heart attack from carrying all that.

[johnb838]

I've heard it said that we are in the "1937 phase" of WWIII, which I might term the "Erszatz" or Phoney war phase. I've been wondering where the armies to fight a true WWIII would come from... barring entry by China, I'm still not sure.

[yonif]

I clarified what I meant:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111516/posts?page=78#78

[Criminal Number 18F]

Program for all tuning into the game in progress:

White bearded guy in the top photo: Sistani.

Chubby bearded guy in the next photo: Muqty. Is it just me, or does he look like the actor that played King Herod as a dissolute fop in The Passion of the Christ?

Dinky Sword in the hands of the third guy: Commonly found in Shiite homes, it is used to reenact the martyrdom of Hussein in public ceremonies commemorating the death of this man at Karbala in 680 AD. (Shia background, grossly oversimplified: Shiites, probably about 12% of the worlds Moslems, are the followers of the line of Ali, the 4th Caliph; Sunnis follow the line of Aisha, Mohammed's child bride, and accept the first three caliphs as legit, whereas the Shiites see them as false caliphs). Most Iraqi (and Iranian) Muslims are Twelver Shiites, meaning they place great religious store in the disappearance of the 12th Shiite Imam, whom they expect to return one day.

Both Sunni and Shia Islam exist in many versions, from cosmopolitan and humanistic through to the extreme, violent faith that has such political impact today. It is much, much, more complicated than that....

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Criminal Number 18F]

almost like El Alamo by Montgomery.

Bogdan -- sorry to ping on you as a non-native speaker, but this is too good to pass up. Alamein was where Montgomery finally was able to use his vast material and intel superiority to beat Rommel in 1942. Alamo is where a couple dozen Texans got their asses kicked, gloriously, by thousands of Mexican regulars in 1836; it's about to be a subject of a nihilistic, revisionist film from (who else?) Disney.

Archy: mondegreen alert!

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Criminal Number 18F]

The answer to radical Islam is rational Islam; it's winning the world's 1.4 billion muslims away from the fascist and violent leaders. And the only way we can practically do that is by actively promoting people who can speak to them within their faith, but who do not call for blood and death.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Fledermaus]

Not full scale war...but we should (and as far as we DON'T know we just might) have Special Ops and CIA in those countries and we need to be prepared to help if there are massive uprisings, as in Iran, and the mullahs and Syrian Ba'athtist start massacres.

Stuff like air power, etc. Not necessarily Marines.

I also want to see more public efforts to reign in Saudi Arabia.

[Fledermaus]

Uh...this forum is designed for opinions so I'm not going to continue writing IMO every other sentence.

[Fledermaus]

Yep...I'm having sympathy pains as my wife PMS's! lol

[pax_et_bonum]

ping

[Mark17]

Iran declares war on U.S.

I kind of thought we have been at "war" with Iran since they took over the Embassy in 1979.

[Fledermaus]

Only fools are patient in a time of war. Patience often creates defeat and gives the enemy too much time to plan and regroup. Or it fails to make gains when opportunity arises and creates worse problems down the road (ask Patton).

The most recent example is this Iraq battle (not a war - I believe it's just a part of the war on terror). Bush allowed Congress to pull his nose around the world sucking up to jerks like France and Germany and all for nothing. All that wasted time, IMO, led to Saddam either destroying or moving his WMD's.

Our paitence with Iran is ridiculous. Our State Dept. plays this game with the mullahs that does us no good. Read the Iranian blogs...they are confused as to whether or not we support their efforts to get rid of them. Ditto for Syria.

And why is Prince Bandar even still allowed to live in this country? Saudi Arabia isn't being spanked enough for me. And I fully understand this war on terror will take a long, long time.

But look at Lybia. As usual, they were farther ahead on their weapon's programs than we thought. The same with Iran, N. Korea, etc. But all the focus is what we AREN'T finding in Iraq. Better safe than sorry.

[Fledermaus]

I will be voting GW also. I can't stay home...I never have even if it's an election for dogcatcher.

But I reserve my right to complain! lol

And you can believe I send these same sentiments to the White House and my Congressional representation.