► Show Top 10 Hot Links

Posts Tagged ‘Iran’

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »

Iran Shakes ‘Clenched Fist’ At U.S.

by WrathofG-d ( 55 Comments › )
Filed under Iran, Islamic Supremacism at April 30th, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Despite all of the diplomacy, friendly gestures, weakening of sanctions, and other acts of appeasement towards Iran by the Obama Administration, Iran continue to ramp up their aggression against the Unites States.  This time buzzing a U.S. war ship with Iranian military spy aircraft.

MANAMA (AFP) – An Iranian navy patrol plane buzzed a US aircraft carrier in international waters of the Gulf of Oman last week but nothing came of the incident, a senior US military officer said on Thursday.

On April 21, the eve of war games conducted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the aircraft came as close as 1,000 yards (915 metres) to the USS Eisenhower, the official said.

“An Iranian Navy F27 maritime patrol aircraft, flying in international airspace, flew near USS Eisenhower … shortly after the aircraft carrier had finished routine replenishment at sea operations in the Gulf of Oman,” he told AFP, requesting anonymity

{The Article}

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Iran, Islamic Supremacism | 55 Comments »

Michael Ledeen article on Iranian timelines and counter-protest at the Waldorf-Astoria in NYC tomorrow

by Delectable ( 44 Comments › )
Filed under Iran, Islamists, Israel, Leftist-Islamic Alliance, Politics at March 8th, 2010 - 4:00 pm

This is a must-read by Michael Ledeen about Iranian clicks and the nuclear timeline.

Click here to read.

However, before you click there, please read this below about a counter-protest by the Waldorf Astoria tomorrow. I hope you can make it!

NCYI JOINS OTHERS IN URGENT CALL TO MOBILIZE IN MANHATTAN MARCH 9:

URGENT COUNTER-PROTEST ,
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 5-7 P.M.
TO ALL THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT ISRAEL –
IT IS URGENT THAT YOU ATTEND THE COUNTER-PROTEST RALLY.

from Americans for a Safe Israel
Across from the WALDORF ASTORIA – PARK AVENUE, between 49th & 50th , NYC

On Tuesday, March 9, The Friends of the IDF is having their annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC. We have learned that there will be an Arab demonstration outside the hotel, defaming the IDF and Gabi Ashkenazi, the Chief of the IDF General Staff.

We will be handing out information, holding signs, Israeli and American flags, and alerting the public as to the true nature of Fatah, Hamas and the PA. The Hamas terrorist acts against Christians and Fatah, the use of women and children as human shields, the firing of rockets from mosques, homes, and schools in order to deter IDF retaliation, the misinformation and hatred being fed to Arab children in their classrooms and through PA media, will all be detailed.

We’ll be highlighting the IDF and Israeli assistance to the Arabs in the fields of medical care, education, and providing a standard of living for Arab Israelis that is the highest in the Middle East. In addition, in opposition to the recent “apartheid” claims against Israel, the Israeli Arabs enjoy full democratic rights in the Knesset , in their religious observances, and in the media.

A number of grass roots activist groups have come together to counter-protest on that evening. They include Americans For a Safe Israel/AFSI, Get Out The Facts, Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam, National Council of Young Israel, Shalom International, Stand With Us, World Committee for the Land of Israel, Zionist Organization of America/ZOA . Individuals such as Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Lori Lowenthal Marcus, and Andy Upton are also working with us. Others continue to join. PLEASE BE THERE WITH US – MARCH 9, 5-7 P.M.

————————-

As far as the Ledeen goes, please click through and read his whole article, which is very well-written. But here is the choice “money quote”:

As for the other clock, the one ticking off the lifespan of the Islamic Republic, the mullahs continue their murderous and sadistic campaign against the citizens of Iran, and the citizens search for new ways to show their contempt.  The regime relentlessly arrests dissidents and accuses them of actions that only a fanatical regime in crisis could concoct.  For example, they went after Mohammed Maliki, 76 yrs old, the first chancellor of Tehran U after the Revolution, and arrested him during treatment for prostate cancer.  Maliki said to his captors [3], “I was afraid you would let me die in my bed,” and has refused to “repent” or confess.  He’s accused of being a Mohareb, one who fights against God.  They execute such men in Iran nowadays for criticizing the regime.  I honor them, and wish my leaders would do the same, instead of pretending to have a serious Iran policy.

While we’re at it, let’s honor Omid Montazeri [4].  His father was one of the victims of the mass murder of political prisoners in 1988.  Omid is a blogger, journalist and a final year law student at Allameh University.  His articles on cultural issues have been published by many official newspapers.  His mother was arrested shortly after Christmas, and Omid went to the Intelligence Ministry to inquire about her, whereupon he was thrown into the hellhole, “tried” without access to a lawyer, and condemned to six years.

And let’s honor the Kurds, victims of mass brutality [5] in which the Turks and the Syrians are surely complicit, and about which the usual Western accomplices to evil are typically silent.

Some of those pious people who bleed oceans of ink for the sweet “victims of Guantanamo” would be more convincing if they could spare a few harsh words for the monsters who govern Iran, and who seek our death and destruction.

Indeed. There are so many “outrage monkeys” out there, but where is the outrage at the real horrors going on around the world? Sadly, it is lacking. Why is it that ‘feminists’ and ‘gay activists’ have been so silent vis a vis Iran? Why, the ‘Columbia Queer Alliance’ [at Columbia University] even claimed that Ahmadinejad’s claim that there are ‘no gays in Iran’ was an excuse to ‘reelevaluate sexuality!’

We live in a topsy turvy world, where the good is demonized. Please come out tomorrow and support the good, outside the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Iran, Islamists, Israel, Leftist-Islamic Alliance, Politics | 44 Comments »

Iran Hostage Crisis, 2010

by Eliana ( 77 Comments › )
Filed under Ahmadinejad, Iran, Islamic Supremacism, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism at February 3rd, 2010 - 5:00 am

Here we go again, although Iran is demanding the release of Iranian prisoners in exchange for the hostages this time.

The arrests of three American hikers who apparently wandered over a border into Iranian territory has turned into a full blown hostage crisis. Iran claimed today that they were negotiating with the American government for the release of Iranian prisoners for the three hostages who have been accused of spying (which carries the death penalty in Iran).

Although we may agree that the young progressives who wandered into Iranian territory were foolish beyond all measure to take such a risk, Iran is prepared to take full advantage of the situation.

According to Iran, some of the Iranian “prisoners” that they are demanding are people whose whereabouts aren’t actually known. They simply disappeared. This means that they could be in hiding or that they’ve defected to the west. They could be imprisoned by the west in unknown locations. They could be dead.

Fox News reports:

TEHRAN — Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran.

Ahmadinejad said in interview with state TV that there were ongoing negotiations about exchanging the hikers for several Iranians jailed for years in the United States.

“There are some talks under way to have an exchange, if it is possible,” he said. “Recently they (the U.S.) have sent messages, we answered to bring them (the Iranians), to bring these people (the hikers). We are hopeful that all prisoners will be released.”

Ahmadinejad did not mention any specifics but in December Iran released a list of 11 Iranians it says are being held in the U.S. — including a nuclear scientist who disappeared in Saudi Arabia and a former Defense Ministry official who vanished in Turkey. The list also includes an Iranian arrested in Canada on charges of trying to obtain nuclear technology.

“I had said I would help in releasing them, but the attitude of some of U.S. officials damages the job,” said Ahmadinejad. “There are a large number of Iranians in prison in the U.S. They have abducted some of our citizens in other countries.”

U.S. officials are denying that such negotiations are taking place:

“We have made clear that we would like the cases of all our missing and detained Americans citizens to be resolved,” National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said, naming the three hikers and three other Americans in Iran. “If President Ahmadinejad’s comments suggest that they are prepared to resolve these cases, we would welcome that step. But we have not entered into any discussion with Iran about an exchange.”

Iran’s foreign minister said in late December that the three would be tried in court, but he did not say when a trial would begin or what the three would be charged with other than to say they had “suspicious aims.” Earlier, the country’s chief prosecutor said they were accused of spying.

U.S. officials are, of course, dealing with Hamas’ and Hezbollah’s Iranian supervisors:

When the list of 11 Iranians came out State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said it appeared the Iranian government was trying to suggest some kind of equivalence between the hikers and Iranians that had left Iran.

“There really is no equivalence at all,” he said at the time.

Three of the Iranians on the list have been convicted or charged in public court proceedings in the United States. The circumstances surrounding some of the others are more mysterious.

Ahmadinejad Open to Exchange for Detained American Hikers

If any of the missing Iranians have actually defected to the west, their release to Iran would mean their deaths. If Iran sticks to their demands regardless of the unknown fates of the missing Iranians, the three hikers could be put to death.

Just to keep things mildly entertaining for the Iranian side, the Iranians are also stalling for time again in their nuclear ambitions by claiming that they are willing to soften their position on the matter of enriched uranium:

Iran also said it was ready to send its uranium abroad for further enrichment as requested by the UN.

Ahmadinejad said Iran would have no “problem” giving the West its low enriched uranium and taking it back several months later when it is enriched by 20%. The decision is a major shift in the Iranian position on the issue.

As Ahmadinejad suggests in state TV interview exchange for three US hikers jailed in Iran, indicates softened position on uranium deal

All this is happening mere days after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strongly hinted in a speech that Iran controls the world:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a Tehran conference Saturday that whoever controls the Middle East controls the world, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

In a speech during a conference marking 30 years to the Islamic Revolution, Ahamdinejad reportedly implied that Iran is the top power in the Middle East. “Now the question is who has the last say in the Middle East? Well, of course, the answer is clear to every one,” Ahamdinejad said.

Ahmadinejad: Whoever controls the Mideast controls the world

As Carl in Jerusalem often says, “What could go wrong?”

(Don’t forget to vote in the Blogmocracy Awards! One vote per award, per day~ Voting ends Feb. 5)

Tags: ,
Posted in Ahmadinejad, Iran, Islamic Supremacism, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism | 77 Comments »

Female Suicide Bombers…

by coldwarrior ( 153 Comments › )
Filed under Islamic Terrorism, Multiculturalism, Terrorism at February 2nd, 2010 - 10:00 am

This background was taken from wiki, it is accurate and is a good place to start this post.

Sunni Muslims, often referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h or Ahl as-Sunnah, are the largest denomination of Islam.

The word Sunni comes from the word sunnah, which means the teachings and actions or examples of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Therefore, the term “Sunni” refers to those who follow or maintain the sunnah of the prophet Muhammad. Another etymology proposed by some[who?] is that the word “sunni” comes from a movement “Am-ul-sunnah” started by Mu’awiya.

The Sunni believe that Muhammad did not specifically appoint a successor to lead the Muslim ummah (community) before his death, and after an initial period of confusion, a group of his most prominent companions gathered and elected Abu Bakr Siddique—Muhammad’s close friend and a father-in-law—as the first caliph of Islam. Sunni Muslims regard the first four caliphs—Abu Bakr, `Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Uthman Ibn Affan and Ali ibn Abu Talib—as “al-Khulafā’ur-Rāshidūn” or “The Rightly Guided Caliphs.” Sunnis also believe that the position of caliph may be democratically-chosen, but after the Rashidun, the position turned into a hereditary dynastic rule. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923, there has never been another as widely-recognized caliph in the Muslim world.

Shia Islam (Arabic: شيعة‎ Shī‘ah, sometimes Shi’a or Shi’ite), is the second-largest denomination of Islam. Shia Muslims—though a minority in the Muslim world—constitute the majority of the populations in Azerbaijan, Bahrain and Iran, as well as a plurality in Iraq, Kuwait, and Lebanon.

In addition to believing in the authority of the Qur’an and teachings of the Muhammad, Shia believe that his family—the Ahl al-Bayt (the People of the House), including his descendants known as Imams—have special spiritual and political rule over the community[3] and believe that Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law, was the first of these Imams and was the rightful successor to Muhammad, and thus reject the legitimacy of the first three Rashidun caliphs.[4]

The use of a female suicide bomber in Iraq by the Sunni against the majority Shia (backed by Iran) during a high religious pilgrimage is not unique, the press is covering this as if this was the first time a female suicide bomber has been used. Females have been used over the past 20 years, the first was in Lebanon by secular members of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party in Southern Lebanon. It is impossible to pretend that Hezbollah had nothing to do with this given their operational control over that area in the 1980’s. They have occurred also in India, the Tamil Tigers used female suicide bombers to murder Prime Minister Ghandi. They have been used in Chechnya, Turkey (by the PPK), in Israel by the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s al Qaeda in Iraq. I do see a pattern here, the Iranian funding and training of these groups; that makes this aspect of suicide bombing primarily a Shia operation.

The advantages of using females is that they do not fit into the terrorist ‘profile’ and are often overlooked by security professionals. Modesty is also a factor, women are not searched, or even looked at in Muslim countries as thoroughly as men; women are often allowed to pass freely through the checkpoints. Combine this with a hajib, burqa, and the niqab and what you have is a concealed, invisible smart bomb.  ABC reported “last week alleged that American law-enforcement officials have been told to be on the lookout for female suicide bombers who may attempt to enter the United States. The network quoted one official saying that at least two such women are believed to be connected to Al Qaeda in Yemen and may have a non-Arab appearance and be traveling on Western passports.” The terrorists will never stop, they will continue to find ways to attack us.  Be prepared, In my opinion the next attack will have nothing to do with airplanes. All of the airport/airplane probes are a ruse to keep our attention away from other, now much easier to hit, targets. We can’t watch all of the malls, restaurants, schools, or other soft targets.

If women are used more frequently this means that the masculine chauvinistic Muslim ideals of jihad, martyrdom, and free pass to paradise and its rewards is not holding in the face of increased anti-terrorism efforts and more aggressive searches and profiles. The next step for the terrorists is that once the women are searched and countered, children will be used as suicide bombers next.

(Don’t forget to vote in the Blogmocracy Awards! One vote per award, per day~ Voting ends Feb. 5)

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Islamic Terrorism, Multiculturalism, Terrorism | 153 Comments »

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »