[BunnySlippers]

This is the ACTUAL article by Bernard Lewis that Drudge is commenting on this afternoon. So supplement this with Drudge's piece below:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679858/posts

Unfortunately the WSJ is subscription only.

[308MBR]

This is just further proof that Islam's "leadership" is a ship of deluded ignorami.

Improvements in technology are putting the lie to much of the propaganda the terrorists have used against Israel and the West. Although this propaganda is most effective on self-loathing leftists and conspiracy kooks, the trouble is they run the MSM and vote.

[MNJohnnie]

Quit hiding behind words Iran. Please, PLEASE come onto the battle field. The result for your the Iranian Army will make the highway of death coming out of Kuwait City in 1991 look like a traffic accident

[dennisw]

FULL TEXT--->>>

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.quotations/browse_thread/thread/87d3e1c59d03db58/12fd5312b9f24d74?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2#12fd5312b9f24d74

[sionnsar]

Interesting that the paper copy included a picture of a drawing of Mohammed -- apparently drawn by a Muslim. WHere's the outrage?

[OpusatFR]

Albigensian heresy.

"Kill! Kill Them All! God Will Know His Own!" ... the Archbishop of Beziers who oversaw the annihilation of the Cathars. ...

Well, we can go back to that.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Well, if this truly is their aim we are powerless. We still haven't taken the gloves off and I doubt we ever will.

[FreedomNeocon]

From Apocalyptic signals from Iran worry U.S. intelligence

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.

[TennTuxedo]

Iran , Syria, and Hezbollah have been working in cahoots and made sure that they had everything in place before starting this war. They want to bring about the end of the world. They believe it is what their deity wants and what their prophecies state. I would not doubt that they do something on this date.

[Allan]

August 18 update:

Total Information Blackout: Iranian Police Destroying Satellite Dishes in Tehran