Posted on 05/28/2004 2:36:10 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
An official of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has threatened the United States and other Western nations with suicide and missile attacks aimed at 29 sensitive sites.
"Our missiles are now ready to strike at their civilization, and as soon as the instructions arrive from leader ['Ali Khamenei], we will launch our missiles at their cities and installations," the Revolutionary Guard adviser said in a speech reported by the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, according to Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI.
He also threatened to "take over" Britian.
The paper reported "an Iranian intelligence unit has established a center called The Brigades of the Shahids of the Global Islamic Awakening to replace the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Department of Liberation and Revolutionary Movements, which had been in charge of helping and training revolutionary forces across the world."
A source close to the Revolutionary Guards intelligence confirmed confirmed the establishment of a new office that has begun registering the names of suicide volunteers to be sent to Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon, the London paper said.
In a tape of the speech obtained by the paper, the official spoke of Tehran's "secret strategy" aimed at taking over the Arab and Muslim countries by means of helping revolutionary forces and organizations."
The official, identified only with the initials H.A., has published a number of works on exporting the Islamic revolution and struggling against the U.S.
"In his speech at a secret conference attended by students who are members of the Ansar Hizbullah movement at Al-Hussein University, the official harshly criticized reformist President Muhammad Khatami and his "dubious idea" of dialogue between civilizations.
"We do not want to take over the British Embassy, since [the British] have already cleared the embassy of documents; we must take over Britain [itself]," he said.
"The West sees us as terrorists, and depicts our strategy as terrorism and repression," the officials continued. "Had our youth agreed to Khatami's teachings and interpretations, it would never have fought the arrogance [U.S.], and would never have defended the holy places -- because Khatami speaks always of being conciliatory, of patience, and of rejecting terrorism, while we defend [the line of] toughness and war against the enemies of revolutionary Islam. I take pride in my actions that cause anxiety and fear to the Americans."
He continued:
"'Haven't the Jews and the Christians achieved their progress by means of toughness and repression? We have a strategy drawn up for the destruction of Anglo-Saxon civilization and for the uprooting of the Americans and the English. "Our missiles are now ready to strike at their civilization, and as soon as the instructions arrive from leader ['Ali Khamenei], we will launch our missiles at their cities and installations.
"Our motto during the war [in Iraq] was: Karbala, we are coming, Jerusalem, we are coming. And because of Khatami's policies and dialogue between the civilizations, we have been compelled to freeze our plan to liberate the Islamic cities. And now we are [again] about to carry out the program.
Later in his speech, the official declared "the global infidel front is a front against Allah and the Muslims, and we must make use of everything we have at hand to strike at this front, by means of our suicide operations or by means of our missiles. There are 29 sensitive sites in the U.S. and in the West. We have already spied on these sites and we know how we are going to attack them."
He emphasized, "If Israel dares attack the [nuclear] installations at Bushehr, our losses will be very low, because [only] one structure will be destroyed -- while we have means of attacking Israel's nuclear facilities and arsenals such that no trace of Israel will remain."
The previous day, according to MEMRI, Iranian sources had statements on the same issue.
At a ceremony marking the four-year anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Ali Akbar Makhatashemi-Pour, reformist MP and secretary-general of the International Committee for the Support of the Palestinian Intifada, called on Muslim countries to open their borders with Iraq to troops of Muslim martyrdom bombers.
"We, the Muslim countries, must create a storm front against the U.S. and Israel," he said. "The half-million member organization that was created in Beirut [Hezbollah] is not sufficient. Many young Muslims are willing to carry out martyrdom operations against the American Crusaders."
According to the Iranian reformist paper Sharq, the Persian-language Ruydad website cited Hezbollah-Iran activist Forouz Rajaii-Far saying "martyrdom operations are the only option to expel the Americans and British from Iraq."
Rajaii-Far said a Basij activist from Elm Vasonaat University in Iran acknowledged a group calling itself the "To Karbala Battalion" was sent Thursday to Karbala to fight the coalition forces.
Allow me to add... this would run along the same pattern of Al Qaeda assassinating the leader of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance prior to 9-11 in order to eliminate a known enemy and likely U.S. ally in any kind of retaliation...
I wish I could agree, but the mindset of the average American seems to have forgotten all about 9/11...
The supremre Islamoweinie has the gall to talk about the repression of the U.S.? At least I can walk down the streets in shorts without religious police beating the shiite out of me.
Junche Islam??
Oh save us!
The youth movement have been trying for years now. I think they need a little help. This isn't like Iraq -- in Iran we have a big cohort waiting to go. This speech may be an attempt to play them off against US, like every other middle eastern dictatorship does. It also attempts to undercut Katami, the President or Prime Minister, I forget which. Yep, Iran actually has a popularly elected government. The thing of it is, though, that the Mullahs have all the power. My GOODNESS, this country is ripe for the picking.
They don't want to make that mistake, if they know what's good for them. They think that they have been oppressed throughout history? BBbbbabby they ain't seen nothin' yet.
You must have better legs than mine.
Well, I do work on them.
Don't worry, we'll defend to the death your right to wear shorts.
For God, Country, and LRg's shorts!
I don't think there will be need for us to attack Iran. They'll cleanse themselves.
It's only fair that they have a strategy drawn up for the destruction of Anglo-Saxon civilization since we have a plan drawn up for the destruction of Iranian civilization. Which strategy do you think has the greater chance of success?
Regular or Extra MIRVed?
I can sleep well tonight knowing that my menfolk will be protecting me and my right to show my legs. God Bless America!
You're welcome Ma'am.
Iffen those mullets look funny at you again, just let us
know.
I wouldn't say that unless you equate Muslim lifestyle with Iranian civilization. The Persian Empire and adjoining regions used to be quite advanced. Islam has regressed the cultures in those areas back to the stone age.
You'll be the first one I call.
OH, NO!! Not the dreaded "Allah Fubar 3 2/3"!!
We're DOOMED!!
out of curiosity - how 'official' is this 'official'? Every mullah with a koran is an official over there.
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