Posted on 07/07/2006 7:20:30 AM PDT by FreedomNeocon
The U.S. intelligence community has not been surprised by Iran's refusal to respond to a Western incentive package to suspend its uranium enrichment. Intelligence sources said Iran, following North Korea's model, intends to delay any response or negotiations for as long as possible.
The European Union and the United States demanded that Iran reply to the Western incentive package of nuclear technology, fuel and aircraft by June 29. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Teheran would submit an answer by Aug. 22.
The U.S. intelligence community has been trying to figure out why Ahmadinejad chose that date. Sources said the community was stumped until some Islam experts translated the Gregorian date to that of the Muslim calendar.
Then came the surprise that has the intelligence community worried.
Aug. 22 corresponds to Rajab 27 on the Muslim calendar. The date is called Lailat Al Israa, when Mohammed ascended to heaven from the Al Aqsa mosque to receive the five daily prayers. Later, Al Aqsa came to represent Jerusalem.
The Muslim commemoration is meant to be a night of struggle, accompanied by thunder and lightening, resembling the story of Moses ascending Mount Sinai to receive the Old Testament.
Ahmadinejad could be hinting to the West that he is preparing a major attack on Israel. Or, the Iranian president could be warning that unless the West caves in, he would escalate tension in the region. The lightening in Mohammed's story could represent Iranian missiles.
What is clear is that Ahmadinejad does not see himself as an Iranian leader, but a Muslim prophet, using imagery to portray himself as a messiah for both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.
August 22/23, 1996 was also the date of UBL's fatwa -
Declaration of War Against the United States.
Bin Laden signed it on 8/23 but it would have been the 22nd in this hemisphere.
Coming up on the 10 year anniversary of the fatwa.
USINT needs to read TM if they want to keep up. ;-)
Thanks Vel.
This is a bit more than disturbing. Too many "coincidences" of timing lately.
well, Nebuchadnezzar went out of his head for a while
also...no?
But Ahmadijehad would separate the ACLU lawyers
heads from their bodies, before he separated church from state.
A fact which the ACLU won't recognize.
The devil has a firm grip on that boy.
Good points.
placemark
I believe there's more than one warning required. Is this the second warning or third?
Whoa, your comment's out of touch and off base...
Stinky should have an unfortunate accident.
LOL. The guy thinks that God wrote the OT ahead of the books after Exodus.
attack Israel at your own risk fella............
they ain't gonna shoot back with water pistols, LOL
My comment #29 was a joke on your tag...
Seems rather non-stop to me. It's hard to keep count.
Unfortunately, I don't think we use napalm anymore. It was deemed too horrific and inhumane by the "politically correct" crowd.
It is a hell of a note that we fight with our hands tied behind our backs. I think it would be very useful in rooting the Taliban out of caves in Afghanistan.
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1659022/posts?page=357#357
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1659022/posts?page=358#358
Yeah, you're right. It is hard to keep track of how many threats are in each category. What a crazy world we live in...
Thinks for the reminder of the 1996 threat.
More disturbing is that some Freepers accept as fact the premise that our "intelligence community" is always clueless.
Make that, "MOST Freepers", and it's more accurate. Because AS WE ALL KNOW, only Spec Ops are REAL soldiers, right, FReepers?
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