- HERE’S THE FULL Khatami Khronicles, for new readers, and our usual ever-growing army of pre-dead minions … (anglican)
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND Newspaper reports: “The invitation from the Episcopal Church’s National Cathedral in Washington to former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami to speak to the role of religion in promoting world peace, has drawn sharp criticism from Jewish activists in the United States, and may give Archbishop Rowan Williams a further American headache”; comments ensue over here … (CEN, t19)
- NROTC notices the Webelves, gives props; so does Captain’s Quarters … (NROTC, CQ)
- DISSIDENT SCUM IRANIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS TO PROTEST KHATAMI’S U.S. TRIP– “Iranians will also gather in front of the Washington National Cathedral for a peaceful protest against Khatami. You are welcome to join them!” It’s all so confusing– should ECUSA bigwigs hang with the Merry Mullah, or the rabble? Maybe they can hire lawyers, and have the rabble parishes and clergy taken away.. oh, wait: that sort of abuse is reserved for American Episcopalians.. sorry, we forgot … (publiuspundit)
- MCJ BLOGGER blows a laugh-gasket over Epiecopal Non-News coverage of the khoming of Khatami to the DioDC/ National Cathedral. Remember: it’s both an Episcopal Cathedral, AND a whited sepulchre for any old spirit … (mcj.blog)
- OUR MULLAH MO’ — From the MEMRI TV Archives - Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami: ‘Difficult to Distinguish Between President Bush & Bin Laden’; America is the Root of Worldwide Terror; ‘There Will Be No Change in Relations Between Iran & U.S.’; ‘We Will Not Relinquish Our Right to Enrich Uranium’; & Debating Tehran University Students … (memri.org)
- EPISCOPALIAN BLOGGER BABY BLUE: “Has the Diocese of Washington just completely lost its mind?” … (babybluecafe)
- MAY WE UNDERSTAND: “The irony is this: fascism can only live in a group, and it can only be defeated by the individual. In order to shrivel the first buds of fascism in our social and political institutions, we need to look inward - each of us, alone - and strike at its roots within ourselves”… and .. “when it takes root and grows, we must fight it together, all of us who cherish freedom, virtue and honor” … (nationalreview)
- SHAME ON YOU, National Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd, III … (lobsterhouse)
- JEW-HATING? PSHAW! “MEMRI reminds us that Khatemi’s views regarding the U.S. are just as rabid, to the point that he claims to be unable to distinguish between President Bush and Osama bin Laden (Iran’s main rival for leadership in the terorist world). Khatemi told Iranian television” … (powerlineblog)
- GOOD OLD Mohammed Khatami: “reformer” and friend of hostage takers … (shotgun)
- CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS: Heavy, Man (Updated!) … (cq)
- JEW EVIL ISRAELI-HATING, Anglican style– “Anglicans for Israel has some questions for the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem”; Anglicans For Israel have Questions for Bishop Riah, via the the Church of Ireland Gazette … (mcj.blog)
- NROTC GOODNESS: “Well, the centrifuges keep spinning and we’re back to diplomacy with Iran, at least if China, Russia, Europe, and many in the State Department have their way. To counter some of the short-term memory syndrome which afflicts our diplomacy, I tried to put together a history of Iranian lies here, with a bit of analysis about how the Iranian regime sees diplomacy” … (NROTC)
- MURDER IN THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: “Iranian ex-president Mohammed Khatami is coming to the US on a two-week private visit that includes a possible reconciliation meeting with Jimmy Carter and speaking invitations at Harvard and the National Cathedral. Is this trip by the supposed reformer the harbinger of some kind of reconciliation between the US and Iran?” … (rogerlsimon)
- PEACE-LOVING Iran defiant as Annan arrives. Ahmadinejad’s ‘Mahdaviat’ demands ‘global chaos creation.’ It’s the corner stone of Iranian State policy! … (telegraph, faithfreedom)
- KHATAMI-MANIA!! “Mike from The Middle East Media Research Institute is celebratiing former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami visit to the U.S. the only way MEMRI knows how. So Mike dug up some dirt on Khatami that I’m sure will be shocking to regular Jawa readers” … (mypetjawa)
- AND SO WHAT ABOUT “those people who find the idea of talks with the regime attractive and think pure diplomacy can help change the behavior of the Iranian regime. As Amir Taheri says, talks can not stop the Iranian mullahs from the evil they are doing. The only language they understand is of force and toughness”.. via Shotgun … (gulfnews)
- DO THE EPISCOPAL LEFT really want to lend their cred to this sort of Khatami-started, Khatami-supported madness? “Hezbollah’s black-clad legions goose-step and stiff-arm salute in parade, apparently eager to convey both the zeal and militarism of their religious fascism. Meanwhile, consider Hezbollah’s “spiritual” head, Hassan Nasrallah — the current celebrity of an unhinged Western media that tried to reinvent the man’s own self-confessed defeat as a victory” … (victorhanson)
- REMEMBER, KIDS– GOOD, AND GOOD FOR YOU! .. Don’t Mind Us, We’re Just Curing Cancer and AIDS With This Here Magic Elixir Tonic— “Iranian Nuclear Chief Mohammad Sa’idi Explains Why Iran Produces Heavy Water: Drinking It Helps Fight Cancer and AIDS.” Utter nonsense, it would appear.. don’t try this at home, kids… (memri)
- WHY SO DANGEROUS, nuke-worry-wise? “The advantage that a heavy water reactor provides – utilizing the heavy water produced by the Khondab site - is the ability to use raw uranium ore rather than enriched uranium as fuel, completely circumventing the enrichment process Iran is now perfecting. One of the valuable byproducts of the spent fuel is plutonium. By weight, it takes little more than 15% of the weight of a uranium bomb to produce the same nuclear explosive results using plutonium” … (threatswatch)
- FACTS ON THE GROUND– “Ahmadinejad now has the capability to have a functional plutonium breeder reactor that enables the mullahs to have the option of designing either a simple gun-type weapon with enriched uranium or a more complex implosion design with either plutonium or uranium”; IAEA Finds Highly-Enriched Uranium In Iran. And more via LGF … (AT, CQ)
- DEAR KHATAMI: let’s keep it real simple, mmkay? — “Israel: Hezbollah used shrapnel-filled rockets. Documents weapons from Syria, Iran maximized lethality against civilians.” Approve or disapprove? One-word answer only … (worldnetdaily)
- CAUGHT IN THE DIPLOMACY TRAP: “Iran refuses to stop enriching uranium. And the United Nations Security Council may not be strong enough to force the country into compliance. None of the options facing the West look terribly good. Unless the US suddenly becomes pragmatic” … (spiegel)
- EX-PREZ ‘DHIMMI’ CARTER? “Having refused to meet Iranian dissidents and rejected repeated calls for statements in support of Iranian trade unionists, student leaders, persecuted minorities and political prisoners, Carter is precisely the person who should hang around with people like Khatami.” … (gatewaypundit)
- FRONTPAGE SYMPOSIUM: Ahmadinejad’s Armageddon, By Jamie Glazov — Iran’s nuclear Mullahs and their plans for the Apocalypse … (frontpagemag)
- BRITISH MUSLIMS: Iran Should Have Nukes, It’s Only Fair.. and other 5-year old arguments … (littlegreenfootballs)
- HUZZAH! SAY WE– to an “utterly on-target comment by.. Hugh Hewitt: “Cancel the visa.” … (powerlineblog)
- ‘ATOMIC IRAN’ warnings prove accurate. Author Jerome Corsi compares 2005 book’s predictions to current events … (wnd)
- SPIFFING IT UP FOR? “CAIR is getting themselves a “new brand identity and logo.” Sorry, the voice of Hamas needs more than an image consultant can provide” … (solomonia)
- SNUGGLING UP TO TYRANTS– “THE STATE Department has granted a visa to Mohammad Khatami, the former president of Iran, to visit the United States. Mr. Khatami is coming this week chiefly to attend meetings at the United Nations. He also will speak at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, at a function sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Arlington, Va., and at the National Cathedral in Washington. And he will meet with former president Jimmy Carter” … (toledoblade)
- HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN TEHRAN– In the Shadow of the Bomb; Interview with Iranian Activist Shirin Ebadi: “I Will Fight as Long as I’m Alive.” Well, well– will the Anglican left speak out (at no cost) for human rights in Iran? For fellow Anglicans (now almost gone) in Iran, for that matter? Or is their rhetoric as shallow as their pretensions to ’social justice’ and serious ‘dialogue’ over internal schism in the church? … (spiegel)
- U.S. SENATOR Allen Calls on State Department to Revoke Visa for Former Iranian President … (allen.senate.gov)
- IRAN SEEN HAVING PROBLEMS with atomic program.. State Department calls Tehran’s technical difficulties ‘cold comfort’ .. duh: HEAVY WATER REACTORS CAN MAKE PLUTONIUM DIRECTLY … (thestar)