Posted on 05/14/2006 6:43:05 AM PDT by Dark Skies
Indicators observed by independent Iran watchers during the past week are raising the question that nuclear-seeking Iran is not merely playing a serious game of brinkmanship, but is actually preparing to strike at Israel, European and US interests.
Headlined "Iran declares war," a May 11 editorial in the New York Sun expressed the belief that a recent letter written by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which had been widely interpreted as a peaceful gesture, "is in fact a declaration of war."
According to the Sun, a coded message is contained in the closing section of the eight-page letter. While the rest of the message had been translated into English, the salutation in had not. It reads "Vasalam Ala Man Ataba'al hoda" and means "Peace only unto those who follow the true path."
Says the paper:
"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."
Concluded the Sun:
"For Mohammad, the letters were a prelude to a Muslim offensive, a war launched for the purpose of imposing Islamic rule over infidels."
Two days earlier, the CBN network's "700 Club" ran a special feature based on information just brought back from Iran by investigative reporter George Thomas.
Footage that surprisingly made it out of the Islamic Republic showed Ahmadinejad exhorting his countrymen, and specifically his troops, to prepare for martyrdom and their entry into paradise.
In an exclusive interview, an Iranian general told CBN his country planned to "teach the American Army a lesson they will never forget," which will eclipse anything they experienced in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Thomas also reported that 52,000 people are believed to have joined a new Iranian organization called the "Lovers of Martyrdom" whose goal is to place a "suicide" bomber unit into every division of the Iranian army.
Its men making maniacal statements, its women covered in heavy black cloth as they swear their allegiance to Allah and emphasize their eagerness to die in his service, these Muslim elite killers make Hitler's SS look tame.
Following his filed report, Thomas showed his viewers a picture of Ahmadinejad taken a week ago, in which the president was seen to be sporting a black and white keffiyeh around his neck.
Said Thomas:
The would-be suicide bombers "wear this scarf that is similar to the one worn by the Palestine Liberation Organization.""When they wear this scarf they told me it means: I am ready, I am purified, I am militarily trained, I am Islamically pure to commit a suicide attack right now…
"What is interesting is that this week, President Ahmadinjad was wearing a similar scarf in a similar way."
The Iranian leader seemed to be sending his own message, that he is ready and willing to be a martyr for Allah.
Ahmadinejad has almost daily made threats against Israel while telling the world he will not allow it to impede his efforts to obtain nuclear power.
In a speech last month, the Iranian demagogue declared:
"The Zionist regime of Israel is like a rotten, dried tree that will be annihilated by one storm."
CBN President Pat Robertson asked Thomas to explain about the concept of the Mahdi or 12th Imam the Islamic world has been and is looking for.
According to Thomas:
"Ahmadinejad believes that he has been chosen – he has a divine mission – to usher in the 12th Imam – the Mahdi."He believes that in order for this Mahdi to return … the entire world should be filled with chaos; there should be a battle between good and evil – in his mind between the east and the west."
It was into this situation of universal chaos that the Mahdi would come to establish peace and justice in the earth.
Thomas said rumors in Iran were that Ahmadinejad has ordered the city of Tehran to prepare a route for the Mahdi to take upon his return.
"We were at this parade, and in all his statements he tells his people: 'Prepare in your hearts for the return of the Mahdi...' Speaking to his troops he actually said: 'You are the men who have been commissioned to usher in the return of the Mahdi.'"
Responding, Robertson described Ahmadinejad as "nuts … out of his mind."
But Thomas cautioned that the Iranian leader was actually "a deeply religious man" described by many in his country as "the most fanatical leader they have ever had."
"The thing that makes this very dangerous is that you have Ahmadinejad’s nuclear ambitions coupled with his interest in wiping Israel off the face of the earth; and then he has this religious, ideological bent."
Last week, US President George W. Bush told the German newspaper Bild the United States and Europe were taking Ahmadinejad's threats "very seriously."
Bizarrely, Israeli media were reporting at the weekend the words of a Tel Aviv history professor who apparently said that the death of a million Jews in an Iranian nuclear strike would not mark the end of Israel.
Quoted in Ynetnews, Aviad Kleinberg said that although it was unclear "whether Israel can withstand the death of a million people in an Iranian nuclear attack," such a strike would nonetheless "not be the end of the Jewish State."
The academic warned world leaders not to simply write Ahmadinejad off as a psychopath:
"I'm not at all certain that he's insane. I’m afraid he's playing a much more complex game; and this is a dangerous game. One cannot simply assume that Ahmadinejad is bluffing. In certain instances you don't have a choice but to assume that the other side is not bluffing."
And, say Sluggo cuts off the oil from his country to ours, and we militarize the southern border, Mexico could also retaliate by cutting off their oil to us!
All news sources are biased to some extent. This source is pro-Israel, should I have looked for a pro-Arab one.
The Jews reckon the year 6000 in about 250 years. The end times already came for the Aztecs. And the white buffalo hasn't arrived for the Native Americans.
Time to make another cup of coffee and enjoy the sunshine of another glorious day.
If that happens Israel will make the assumption that Iran did it. They will remove Iran as a functioning society. I would expect nuclear hits on their major military bases, and population centers. Israel can absorb a first strike(albeit with tremendous damage and loss of life) and still strike back. To destroy Israels capability to strike back it would be necessary to take out their entire Air Force, Missile Force, and their subs. That will not happen. Nor would it surprise me for them to take out Pakistan's nuclear facilities as an act of revenge, The current spread of nuclear weapons is a result of Khan of Pakistan. He sold nuclear technology to Libya, Syria, North Korea, and Iran.
G Larry has the pulse and you two are going down for the third time in your pacifist "maple syrup of defeatism".
The next thing we expect to hear from you is that you jumped off a cliff because of your convictions that "All is Lost!"
Go to church and pray for relief from your panic.
You've made my point for me!
If SanFranNan is in charge, they will try to impeach Bush REGARDLESS of whether he strikes Iran or not.
Have you noticed that Bush doesn't base his foreign policy on the polls?
If they do abosorb a first strike their retaliation capabilities will be severely limited... maybe they get on back on Tehran however, Iran doesn't care in the mind of Amadmannajad Israel will be gone... don't be too suprised if the terrorists get on in Manhatten too just to prove the point that the President has been making the oceans do not protect us from this threat.... Anyway the bottom line is that after NOV election this president will be stripped of any command authority... censure, impeachment, executive power limits, the liberals wedge issue deployment very well may win them majorities...
Hard times are comin'...Our country has been trying to get into (and lead) this globalist scheme for some time now...I'm thinking they never counted on so much resistance...
I guess money and power can do that to ya...
They have submarines.
Au contraire mi amigo ( a little frogmex lingo there)..... They have nine refineries but they are incapable of producing enough gasoline and thus there is a need to import significant quantities.
They are Nine crude oil refineries in Tehran , Tabriz , Isfahan , Abadan , Kermanshah , Shiraz , Bandar Abbas , Arak and Lavan Island .
The link......
http://www.nioc.org/subcompanies/niordc/index.asp
Probably not. Saddam was one to try War -by-Proxie (terrorist), but Ahmadinejad seems to want to be in the spotlight.
Isn't there running water in Chenny's bunker? Sounds like a water well to me.
Jerusalem is a burdensome stone. The world will need a peacemaker between Islam and Israel. The anti-christ will broker that peace, but set himself up as the messiah of Israel. At some point the Israelis will wake up and understand that he is an imposter.
You will not get their subs. To take out their Air Force would require multiple simultaneous nuclear strikes. To take out their missile force would require multiple nuclear strikes. To do this Iran would have to have a sophisticated and coordinated first strike nuclear capability. Iran does not have this capability. If Israel detected multiple inbound missiles they would launch before impact. It is the old use or lose game. Their sub based nuclear weapons would be held in reserve to take out what survived their first retaliatory strike. The vast majority of Nuclear Weapons that Israel possesses will survive. It should also be pointed out that Israel has thermonuclear weapons. The Iranians are years away from this technology.
Could be their calender isn't God's Calander...A billion or so muzlims and a few million Christians believe the time is NOW...
The end times already came for the Aztecs.
And the Atlanisians...
The Times of the Gentiles has to do with a few million Christians leaveing the planet earth, lots and lots of dead folks and lot of people being left here...
And the white buffalo hasn't arrived for the Native Americans.
The bible doesn't mention American Indians, or white buffalos...But then the historical American Indian legends didn't mention Christianity either...
Time to make another cup of coffee and enjoy the sunshine of another glorious day.
Yes it is...Why worry??? We can't change God's plan...We can only make sure we are ready for it...
Perhaps.
Extra bonus question: what city has the most Jooooooooooooos?
Answer: New York City...
Maybe, but the Israelis won't. They have retaliatory forces that are hard enough that a bomb or three is not going to take them out. Shortly after the first bomb detonates on Israeli soil, all the major cities, plus the military installations not in cities will be smoking piles of rubble or holes in the ground.
But, it the Iranians chose to use their own delivery systems, rather than by terrorist individuals or small teams, the Israelis will likely shoot down the incoming, and then retaliate.
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