Iran's Summer Persecution
By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi
The National Interest
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
June 15, 2004
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Iran massing troops on Iraq border
The Washington Times
June 15th
UPI
Beirut, Lebanon, Jun. 15 (UPI) -- Iran reportedly is readying troops to move into Iraq if U.S. troops pull out, leaving a security vacuum.
The Saudi daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat, monitored in Beirut, reports Iran has massed four battalions at the border.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted "reliable Iraqi sources" as saying, "Iran moved part of its regular military forces towards the Iraqi border in the southern sector at a time its military intelligence agents were operating inside Iraqi territory."
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Thanks for the ping!
-Comedy piece of the Day. The hidden imam was actually the one who authorized the banning of 2,500 reformists in recent elections according to Ayatollah Meshkini.
http://www.radiofarda.com/transcripts/topstory/2004/06/20040613_1830_0046_0434_EN.asp
Hidden Imam's Signature under List of Majles MPs
•Qum prayer leader Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, who is speaker of the Experts Assembly, which oversees the conduct of the Supreme Leader, said on Friday that the Shiites' 12th Imam, believed to be “hidden” from views until the Judgment Day, approved and signed a list of names and addresses of the conservative MPs elected in last February's elections, which followed the Guardians Council's widespread ban on reformist candidates. With all due respect to the hidden Imam, we believe that people elect the Majles MPs, not the hidden Imam, Majles speaker Mehdi Karrubi said. Qum prayer leader's statement has no basis in logic, former prosecutor of revolutionary courts Ayatollah Mousavi-Ardabili said.
