Posted on 09/15/2007 8:01:02 PM PDT by nuconvert
Jaafari Name Stirs Confusion in Iran, Iraq
September 15, 2007
The Washington Times
Iason Athanasiadis
Will the real Mohammad Ali Jaafari, who now heads Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, please step forward? The existence of two prominent Iranians with identical names has created confusion, inside and outside of Iran, over who is in charge of the group accused by the United States of arming Shi'ite militias in Iraq.
Kurdish forces briefly detained a man named Mohammad Ali Jaafari during a raid in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil in January. Press reports at the time identified that Mr. Jaafari as newly appointed leader of the Revolutionary Guards.
The confusion was understandable, since that Mr. Jaafari previously held a high-level post within the Revolutionary Guards, with responsibility for dealing with Iraq.
But he is not the same Mr. Jaafari who now leads the Revolutionary Guards.
The new commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards is distinguished from his former colleague by the nickname "Aziz."
A graduate from Tehran University's prestigious School of Architecture, Aziz Jaafari was politically active in anti-shah demonstrations and was a founding member of Tehran University's influential Islamic Society.
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Well, when you have such an anti-creative culture as Islam, where every male is named Mohammed, things like this are bound to happen.
Simple: target both!!
LOL. Kill ‘em both and let Allah sort them out!!
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