Posted on 08/21/2006 11:18:07 AM PDT by pissant
While no extra safeguards are in place, U.S. law enforcement are not ignoring the possible significance of tomorrow's date, August 22, a date that marks an important historic event on the Islamic calendar.
Internet websites have been full of speculation that it could be a target date for terrorists in commemoration of the return of the 12th imam, a supposed day of reckoning for Shiites.
August 22 was rumored by intelligence experts to be a possible date that the London plotters would blow-up passenger planes headed towards the United States, though it is not known if the suspects were Shiite extremists.
This year, August 22 marks the holy day on the Islamic calendar that is the day of reckoning for Shiites. Some Shiite sects believe that August 22 could correspond to the end of the world. And just today, after much hype, Iran has announced that it will continue to develop its nuclear program. To followers of Iranian President Ahmadinejad, this is a well-timed affront to Israel, the United States and the world. The United Nations had given Iran until the end of the month to respond, but Ahmadinejad had made it clear to all Iranians and the world that he intended to respond on the eve of August 22.
Whether or not this announcement is the end of Ahmadinejad's plans for August 22, one expert says we will have to wait and watch.
"The only thing we can know is that the date was not chosen by accident," said Robert Spencer, Director of Jihadwatch.org and an adjunct fellow at the Free Congress Foundation, a conservative think tank. "It does seem very likely, very probable, that he has something major in mind, whether only a major announcement or a major attack, we will soon see."
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When she does it, it will be the first.
Lets us hope the MSM does not carry it live.
"...Where's the response?..."
I hope there isn't any. They could be just yanking our chain. If they do initiate something, the US response should be swift and decisive. Iran could then look like North Korea in those nighttime pix from space.
Shoot, I'm going have a few Mickey's Big Mouths and watch the game! heehee
Well he was hoping for martyrdom and get his 72. But then Allah found out about that thing with the cigar.
Its only the end of the world if you are a Red Sox Fan. Everyone else is fine.
You have no idea what its like being a Mariners fan.
Actually, the world ended last night at 3:46 AM. It's not so bad after all, heck, things don't seem to have changed all that much. I guess the "end of the world" is overrated.
Not into reading "tea leaves", but the 1st Reading for the Mass on Aug 22 is very interesting...
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Reading 1
Ez 28:1-10
The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man,
say to the prince of Tyre:
Thus says the Lord GOD:
Because you are haughty of heart,
you say, “A god am I!
I occupy a godly throne
in the heart of the sea!”—
And yet you are a man, and not a god,
however you may think yourself like a god.
Oh yes, you are wiser than Daniel,
there is no secret that is beyond you.
By your wisdom and your intelligence
you have made riches for yourself;
You have put gold and silver
into your treasuries.
By your great wisdom applied to your trading
you have heaped up your riches;
your heart has grown haughty from your riches—
therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
Because you have thought yourself
to have the mind of a god,
Therefore I will bring against you
foreigners, the most barbarous of nations.
They shall draw their swords
against your beauteous wisdom,
they shall run them through your splendid apparel.
They shall thrust you down to the pit, there to die
a bloodied corpse, in the heart of the sea.
Will you then say, “I am a god!”
when you face your murderers?
No, you are man, not a god,
handed over to those who will slay you.
You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
at the hands of foreigners,
for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.
Ahmanutjob or Ahwannajihad, or whatever that shiite-for-brains moron calls himself, didn't promise anything in particular for exactly 12AM Iran time - we've still got 24 hours to go. I'd bet on an announcement sometime in the morning, GST (that's Goatphugger Standard Time), which'd be in the 11PM-2AM EST range.
I agree with BigFinn that they will probably announce that they've got nukes that they bought from either Pakistan or some corrupt ex-Soviet general, and that they've got them on missiles at 10 locations throughout the country, and that if the US or "the Zionist Entity" messes with Iran, then Iran will "obliterate" us (or some such nonsense). Either that, or that they have dirty bombs on their missiles, with the rest of the message the same. Either way, we're in for trouble.
I don't think that they've got nukes from their own production - it seems a bit early for that, though if 2 years went by with nothing done to interrupt the process I wouldn't be so optimistic (that's a HINT, George of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue).
To announce or do nothing would seem completely foolhardy, even for this nut, so I think that we'll have a busy news day starting sometime late tonight.
Go ahead, hate your neighbor!
LOL!
Flashback to college! Wait - if you didn't remember anything at the time, can it really be called a flashback? Somebody hand me a Mickey's and let me ponder...
You should have changed your socks too--wheew.
Ah, that explains the turban thing.
It's 3:59 Pm CST here 
It's my 49th birthday on 8/22 - that's doomsday for me - that's for sure!! :))
I had a tree fall on my roof today, (it was being cut down, and fell the wrong way), I better put my claim in with my homeowners insurance right away, so they can't lump it in with the rest of the "Act of War" clause.
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