Iran in Orbit

Wall St. Journal ^ | Feb . 9, 2009 | Michael Ledeen

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By MICHAEL LEDEEN

Last week Iran put its own telecommunications satellite into orbit. U.S. officials in the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon were certainly right to warn that this shows that the mullahs have now mastered the technology needed to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. But the terror masters in Tehran believe the satellite has an even greater significance -- another step toward the return of the Shiite messiah, or Mahdi, the long-vanished 12th Imam.

Many Iranian leaders believe that the 12th Imam will return in the Last Days, which will be marked by global chaos and conflict, at the end of which Muslim believers will have conquered the infidels and the mullahs will rule the world. According to medieval Shiite texts, a message announcing the Mahdi's return will be carried to the four corners of the world so that none will be able to say he did not know that the Last Days were soon to arrive.

Eerily, the rocket that carried the telecommunications satellite into space was named "Safir" (message) and the satellite itself "Omid" (hope). In short order we can expect to hear Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announcing the imminent return of the Mahdi. He has already described the launch as a "holy event." These believers see the launch of Omid as the fulfillment of the Mahdi prophecy.

[The Duke]

...The mullahs are desperately trying to convince their restive citizens, and perhaps even themselves, that they are going to be saved by the ultimate miracle...

I'm bettin' on the Warthog.

[stevie_d_64]

I say we shoot it down, just because...

[Made In The USA]

“...the telecommunications satellite into space was named “Safir” (message) and the satellite itself “Omid” (hope).”

I say we shoot it down with a missle named ‘Screw’ and a warhead named ‘You.’ Somehow film the destruction and send a copy to Achmadenajab and let him know his voo-doo hocus pocus holy event is Uncle Sam ready and able to lay the smack down.

[nuconvert]

“I say we shoot it down with a missle named ‘Screw’ and a warhead named ‘You.’”

LOL

[Mind-numbed Robot]

... "Safir" (message) and the satellite itself "Omid" (hope) ..

Are you sure that doesn't mean Change and Hope?

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pong

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Heard about this a while ago.

"Eerily, the rocket that carried the telecommunications satellite into space was named "Safir" (message) and the satellite itself "Omid" (hope)."

Perhaps an insignificant point, but depending on how it is pronounced and spelt in Persian, the second and third words are pronounced the same:

ﺭﻴﻔﺴ = "Safir", means "ambassador"

ﺭﻔﺴ = "Safar", means "travel(ling), journey"

ﺭﻔﺼ = "Safar", can mean "second Arabic/Islamic lunar month" or "sefr", means "zero".

There are 3 words that can mean "Message" in Persian. "Safir" is definitely not one of them.

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See post & #8, if interested in this piece about Mahdi, 12th imam...

[Dajjal]

Thanks for the ping!

Twelfth Imam bump