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To: F14 Pilot
The religion of Iran, Shiite Islam, is a martyr's faith. Shiite culture has aspects of a death cult, including an obsession with blood sacrifice.

Why did any Iranians survive the war if they are so intent with becoming martyrs?
4 posted on 07/19/2005 4:37:37 PM PDT by Man50D
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To: Man50D

One milion died and war ended in 1988 and I thought there was no room for more people to die!


8 posted on 07/19/2005 4:43:56 PM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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12 posted on 07/19/2005 5:23:49 PM PDT by SJackson (On the second try, I got that jug off [the bear's head], but then I had a bear tied to a tree)
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