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Iran Declares War
The New York Sun VIA Little Green Footballs.com ^
| 5-11-06
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Posted on 05/11/2006 8:44:27 AM PDT by blasater1960
New York Sun Editorial May 11, 2006
President Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush, widely interpreted as a peaceful overture, is in fact a declaration of war. The key sentence in the letter is the closing salutation. In an eight-page text of the letter being circulated by the Council on Foreign Relations, it is left untranslated and rendered as "Vasalam Ala Man Ataba'al hoda." What this means is "Peace only unto those who follow the true path."
It is a phrase with historical significance in Islam, for, according to Islamic tradition, in year six of the Hejira - the late 620s - the prophet Mohammad sent letters to the Byzantine emperor and the Sassanid emperor telling them to convert to the true faith of Islam or be conquered. The letters included the same phrase that President Ahmadinejad used to conclude his letter to Mr. Bush. For Mohammad, the letters were a prelude to a Muslim offensive, a war launched for the purpose of imposing Islamic rule over infidels.
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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; crushislam; globaljihad; iran; iranletter; israel; war; wot
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I-ma-wack-job may be declaring war Muhammed (crapbeuponhim) Style
To: blasater1960
Iran declared war on Nov. 4, 1979. We have just not taken them up on it yet.
To: blasater1960
Time for Operation Salamis...though the Administration will probably call it some lame PR name like "Operation Freedom's Da Bomb."
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:48:20 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(TRY JESUS. If you don't like Him, the devil will always take you back.)
To: bondjamesbond
Iran declared war on Nov. 4, 1979. We have just not taken them up on it yet. Bears repeating.
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:48:56 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(TRY JESUS. If you don't like Him, the devil will always take you back.)
To: blasater1960
Let's finish their 30 year reign of Muslim terror and despotism. And do it damned quick.
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:49:16 AM PDT
by
mgc1122
To: blasater1960
Who in his/her right mind would see this as "a peaceful overture". Has no one paid attention to this guy's former outbursts?
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:50:35 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: mgc1122
This coded letter coupled with the new wipe out Israel comment today SHOULD have the CIA scrambling....
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:51:27 AM PDT
by
blasater1960
( Ishmaelites...Still a wild-ass of a people....)
To: Mr. Silverback
Yup. They are secretly hoping Jimmy Carter gets back into the White House, then they will own the middle east as we cut and run.
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:52:36 AM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(Politicians and the U.S. Government are liars, cheats and thieves, in it for their own gain.)
To: mgc1122
...couldn't agree more. Like I have always said; "Don't ever put me in charge. The terms 'rolling thunder' and 'collateral damage' would take on entirely new meanings."
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:52:56 AM PDT
by
Banjoguy
(I refuse to 'Google' anything at anytime.)
To: blasater1960
"Peace only unto those who follow the true path."
Hallowed are the Ori.
Hallowed are the followers of the Ori.
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:56:29 AM PDT
by
CygnusXI
(Where's that dang Meteor already?)
To: mgc1122
Hooah! Exactly.. Has to end sometime, might as well be now before they have the means to be an even bigger pain.
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:59:05 AM PDT
by
Andy28
(Proud US Army DEP'er, shipping in June. Hooah!)
To: blasater1960
"Peace only unto those who follow the true path." A phrase with great meaning in Islamic tradition.
A phrase which has been previously used as a declaration of war in an effort to rid the world of non-Muslims.
A phrase which is being used, quite likely, as a prelude to Iranian violence against Israel and/or the US.
And when the fighting starts, our leaders will fall all over themselves saying "This is not a war against Islam ..."
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:59:25 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Never question Bruce Dickinson!)
To: CygnusXI
You think there are parallels there...me thinks u r right, and on purpose.
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posted on
05/11/2006 8:59:35 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: Mr. Silverback
"The letters included the same phrase that President Ahmadinejad used to conclude his letter to Mr. Bush. For Mohammad, the letters were a prelude to a Muslim offensive"...
Hummmm coincedence???
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:00:06 AM PDT
by
blasater1960
( Ishmaelites...Still a wild-ass of a people....)
To: bondjamesbond
Iran declared war on Nov. 4, 1979. We have just not taken them up on it yet.
Thank You - my thoughts exactly. They started it, not us.
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:00:38 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
To: blasater1960
For some reason Jimminy Cricket just started singing "When You Wish Upon a Star" in my head and it may be there all day.
TT
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:02:13 AM PDT
by
evets
(bbq)
To: Mr. Silverback
Operation Salamis...nice
How about Operation Issis or Operation Diocletian?
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:02:45 AM PDT
by
bobjam
To: bondjamesbond
What? He wants to convert to Christianity?
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:03:02 AM PDT
by
aliquis
To: evets
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:04:37 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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