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‘Act of God’: Ayatollah Claims Divine Intervention Led to US Sailors Detention at Gunpoint
Cybercast News Service ^ | January 24, 2016 | 3:48 PM EST | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 01/24/2016 8:58:27 PM PST by Olog-hai

"An act of God" was responsible for U.S. Navy sailors entering Iranian waters, leading to their arrest at gunpoint, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday told Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members who detained the Americans.

"Your job was excellent, interesting and timely and, in fact, we must consider this incident as an act of God, who brought Americans into our waters so they would be arrested through your timely action and in that manner with their hands held above their heads," Khamenei told the group in a face-to-face meeting, according to a report on the supreme leader's office website.

The site said Khamenei had "heaped praise" on the IRGC Navy personnel "who had courageously taken action against the entry of U.S. troops into the Islamic Republic of Iran's territorial waters by arresting the trespassers."

He said their brave action had been "inspired by faith." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: actofgod; humiliation; iran; irgc; khamenei; rop; sailors; usn
And this is what Kerry thanks them for.
1 posted on 01/24/2016 8:58:27 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

2 posted on 01/24/2016 9:01:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

Yeah, sure, Mr. Ayatollah...and I have a bridge for sale....I’ll make you a great deal, all you have to do is close your eyes.


3 posted on 01/24/2016 9:03:54 PM PST by stboz
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To: Olog-hai

The paring of truth- is always, a meaningful lie.


4 posted on 01/24/2016 9:07:11 PM PST by RedHeeler
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To: Olog-hai

My Act of God is better than your Act of God.

Abrahamic Insanity.


5 posted on 01/24/2016 9:08:01 PM PST by adaven
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To: stboz

Still more credible that any of the Pentagon explanations of the reason for the incident.


6 posted on 01/24/2016 9:20:25 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: adaven

Islam’s only allegedly Abrahamic. The Koran alleges that Abraham was a Muslim.


7 posted on 01/24/2016 9:35:06 PM PST by Olog-hai
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There is nothing divine about our traitor in chief. Maybe it was this Divine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_(performer)


8 posted on 01/24/2016 9:36:03 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Olog-hai

Abraham? is islamic?

Please cite your source.

Thank You.


9 posted on 01/24/2016 9:39:56 PM PST by RedHeeler
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I said the Koran alleges such a thing. The allegation in that vein is Surah 3:67.

Of course, this completely contradicts Mahomet’s claim in Surah 6:163 that he himself was the first Muslim.
10 posted on 01/24/2016 9:49:29 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Cool. Thanks for your thoughtful response.


11 posted on 01/24/2016 9:54:06 PM PST by RedHeeler
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In retrospect now, I regret using the more popular transliteration of Moslem in post #10.


12 posted on 01/24/2016 10:25:45 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Good.


13 posted on 01/24/2016 10:27:17 PM PST by RedHeeler
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To: Olog-hai
More likely it was treason on the part of Obama, Jarrett, and Kerry. God had nothing to do with it.
14 posted on 01/24/2016 10:44:00 PM PST by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Daly Danko)
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To: Olog-hai

They believe everyone is muslim at birth... even if both parents are Christian.


15 posted on 01/24/2016 11:49:46 PM PST by piasa
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So one man’s act of God is another’s poor rules of engagement?


16 posted on 01/25/2016 2:38:20 AM PST by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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To: Olog-hai

While we laugh and recognize propaganda when we see it, occasionally, the Shia twelvers use that as evidence. It is a powerful illusion.
Like the illusions Ted Cruz’s dad said Castro used.. He said Castros soldiers would come into classrooms and tell the children to pray to God for candy.. They would turn around, no candy. Now pray to Castro for candy.. And it would appear. We may laugh, but some tactics work, at least long enough to change a culture forever.


17 posted on 01/25/2016 2:39:45 AM PST by momincombatboots (Trump... The only Democrat who can win. Democrat plant! Well played democrats)
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“An act of God”.............

No, I believe it was on the orders of someone who THINKS he is God and that would be odumbo himself. That entire thing was planned for the get go.


18 posted on 01/25/2016 3:30:25 AM PST by DaveA37
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