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There are more pix of "Army Day" at the link. You'll note it was "subdued", I s'pose 'cos they were all nervously looking at the sky for the Juicewaffe.
#6
Damned. Iranians have wookies. We're doomed ...
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We were greeted by some clown in a gilly suit this weekend at a shooting range outside of Allentown. I guess he was worried about the clay pigeons returning fire or something.
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I know the islamists forbid shaving, but this is getting ridiculous.
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Relax, they're humans in suits. On real bigfeet those boots would be waaaaaayyyyyyy too tight.
[Bangla Daily Star] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said it would be "fine with us" if the Palestinians reach a "two state" peace deal with Israel, despite his opposition to the "racist" Jewish nation.
The firebrand leader, in an interview broadcast Sunday with US network ABC, appeared unhappy with President Barack Obama's failure to return a message of greetings and said nuclear negotiations could only proceed with a clear agenda.
After triggering a storm with anti-Israel remarks at a UN racism conference in Geneva, Ahmadinejad attacked Obama's "support of the massacre of Gazans, in support for the criminals who were responsible for that atrocity."
But having previously called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," he appeared to hold out a potential olive branch in backing the Palestinians' right to pursue a deal for statehood alongside Iran's arch-enemy.
"Whatever decision they take is fine with us. We are not going to determine anything. Whatever decision they take, we will support that," Ahmadinejad said through an interpreter in the interview, which was taped Wednesday in Tehran.
"We think that this is the right of the Palestinian people, however we fully expect other states to do so as well," Ahmadinejad said, without saying whether Iran might recognize the Jewish nation as part of a "two state" agreement.
At the same time, Ahmadinejad stood by his speech in Geneva, which prompted a walkout by European diplomats. The United States and Israel boycotted the conference, where the Iranian leader launched a new verbal attack on the Jewish state.
Attacking Obama's decision to stay away and his subsequent condemnation of the speech, Ahmadinejad said the US president "has the right to have his own opinion."
"But the Geneva conference had been organized to combat racism, to oppose racism. My point of view is that the Zionist regime is the manifestation of racism," he told ABC.
The Iranian president said meanwhile it was up to the United States to take the lead in negotiations on his regime's nuclear ambitions.
"Iran and US relations are dependent on the decision taken by the US administration.
"Mr Obama sends us messages of friendship, but in the communique issued by the '5+1', enmity can be seen," he said, referring to nuclear talks involving the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany.
"So this is a dual route, if you will."
After three decades of diplomatic deep freeze, Obama has called for direct engagement with Iran over testy issues including its nuclear drive, which Western powers fear could be a cover for efforts to build an atomic bomb.
Ahmadinejad said he had received criticism at home for sending his message of congratulations on Obama's election. "Nevertheless, I did that. I am yet to receive a response."
Asked if Iran was ready to talk to the United States without preconditions, he said: "No, no.
"We should just have a clear-cut framework for talks," he said. "The agenda should be clear."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told US lawmakers last week that the United States was preparing for "very tough sanctions" against Iran if the new US overtures to Tehran fail.
Earlier this month, Ahmadinejad said Tehran would offer a new package to the world powers for the nuclear negotiations.
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[Jerusalem Post Front Page] Here's a juicy story: Panic erupted over the weekend in Teheran after Iranian authorities were horrified to discover that citrus fruit being snatched up by buyers across the capital were marked as Israeli-grown Jaffa sweeties.
It was later discovered, however, that the "sweeties" were likely Chinese fruit fraudulently marketed as the prestigious Israeli product.
Two Iranian press agencies reported Sunday that citrus with stickers bearing the words "Jaffa sweetie Israel PO" had appeared in Teheran, but that the suspicious fruit had been packed in boxes that clearly said "Product of China."
Nevertheless, Teheran immediately responded to the "Zionist" infiltration.
According to Iran-based Press TV, Hossen Safaie, the head of the Fruit and Vegetable Distribution Center of Teheran, expressed his hope that the lawbreakers would be brought to justice and that "his organization will not allow those who want to make a profit ignore the Iranian citizens' religious and revolutionary learning."
Press TV also reported that Deputy Iranian Commerce Minister Mohammad Sadeq Mofatteh had offered a 1 trillion Iranian rial prize to anyone who could prove that his ministry had issued a permit for the import of the offensive fruit.
He added that "rogue elements" may have labeled the citrus as Israeli in order "to disgrace the ruling government."
Later in the day, after Israel denied lobbing any fruit in Teheran's direction, it emerged that the "made in China" stamp on the boxes was likely the more accurate label.
The Jaffa sweetie, a pomelo-grapefruit hybrid, is popular in world markets due to its taste, low seed count and easy-to-remove peel.
This is not the first time that Chinese producers have allegedly placed misleading labels on produce to make it more appealing to international buyers - although in this case, it may go down as the first marketing mistake to (almost) create a diplomatic dust-up.
In fact, Israeli fruit routinely makes its way to places where Israelis themselves fear to tread.
In recent years, apples grown by Druse farmers on the Golan Heights have made their way across the UN-run Kuneitra checkpoint and been sold in Syria and even Saudi Arabia, with the proceeds returning to the Golan agrarians.
And that is just the tip of the fruity iceberg.
According to Israel Fruit Growers' Association chairman Ilan Eshel, dozens of tons of fruit goes through the IDF crossings into the Gaza Strip every year. And Israeli-grown avocados, persimmons and bananas are routinely sold to buyers in Jordan, from where - stickers removed - they reach customers in Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Eshel remarked that occasionally the fruit (and yes, the avocado is a fruit) encounters resistance from anti-Israel elements, but buyers are more than willing to close the deals.
"I think that economics are stronger than animosity, and when people want necessary goods - or even goods a bit beyond the bare necessities - they discover that ideology is less of a factor," said Eshel.
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Morons. Couldn't be Israel. If they were, they'd have little numbered labels that looked like a kipa.
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Mob: "Hey, dis orange says it's from da Zionist entity! Are you tryin' ta poison us?" Mullah: "Calm, people! Calm! We have discovered that the fruit is not the product of the Little Satan." Mob: "No?" Mullah: "No! Instead it's a melanine-laden Chinese orange!" Mob: "Oh, dat's different! Hurray! Death to all juice!"
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I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that the perfidious Juice would use the innocent fruity goodness of oranges to sap and impurify the precious bodily fluids of innocent, unsuspecting Iranians. And then when their dastardly deed is discovered, they try to blame it on the melamine-encrusted Chinese whose precious bodily fluids have already been sapped and impurified by years of Communism and industrial pollution. P.O.E
[Beirut Daily Star: Region] Israel's foreign minister said Sunday that he was willing to sit down immediately with Syria to talk peace if there would be no preconditions, just days after saying that Damascus was not a partner for peace. Syria recently said it would be willing to resume indirect peace talks with the new Israeli government as long as they focused on a complete withdrawal from the Golan Heights.
"I'd be glad to negotiate with Syria this evening, but without preconditions," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israel Radio. "They say, first go back to '67 lines and give up the Golan. If we agree to that, what is there to negotiate?" he said.
In an interview with the Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung published this weekend, Lieberman said he "cannot see Syria as a genuine partner to any sort of agreement" because of its links with Iran and support for anti-Israel groups such as Hizbullah and Hamas.
Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is still formulating his government's foreign policy. But he and Lieberman both have said they would not be willing to cede the territory Syria wants.
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem refused to comment on Lieberman's remarks. "I do not comment on the remarks of one person in Israel, I comment on a stance the Israeli government has pledged to make toward the peace process," Moallem said.
"They [the Israelis] know exactly what the requirements for peace are." Moallem spoke at a joint press conference in Damascus with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi.
Yang Jiechi, who wrapped up a regional Middle East visit in Damascus on Sunday, said Israel should return the Golan Heights to Syria. "China supports Syria's efforts to recover the Golan," he said.
Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted on the return of the Golan Heights but said he could not foresee peace talks with Israel anytime soon. "What counts in the end is that there is occupied territory that must be returned to Syria, and then we can talk about peace," Assad told the newspaper Die Presse, ahead of a visit to Austria Sunday.
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[Jerusalem Post Front Page] Iranian authorities have arrested a group of people linked to Israel who are suspected of planning bombings ahead of the Islamic republic's presidential election on June 12, Reuters cited the country's intelligence minister as saying on Sunday.
"A group of deceived elements... who wanted to carry out explosions, particularly before the June election, was arrested," Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei was quoted as telling Iranian radio.
State radio did not say how many people had been arrested or give any other details.
Iran often accuses Israel and the United States of seeking to undermine the Islamic republic. Last year, an Iranian businessman was hanged after he was convicted of spying on the military for the Jewish state.
The would-be bombers were "related to the Zionists," Mohseni-Ejei said.
On Thursday, Lebanon charged a retired general, his wife and his nephew, a government security agent, with spying for Israel.
The general and his wife were arrested on April 11, and their nephew was detained several days later, said Lebanese security officials said.
Authorities were still searching for a fourth suspect who, together with the family members, provided information to Israel about Lebanese and Syrian military and civilian installations, according to charges filed by Saqr Saqr, the military prosecutor.
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ION IRAN WAFF > GULF COOPER COUNCIL [GCC] CRITICIZES IRAN FOR MAKING ANOTHER ARROGANT STATEMENT: THREE ISLANDS ALSO CLAIMED BY THE UAE WILL STAY IRANIAN FOR GOOD [Iran proclaims PERMANENT/TOTAL SOVEREIGNTY to disputed islands under THREAT OF WAR AGZ UAE + ANY + ALL CHALLENGERS].
Iran does a CHINA = PAN-CHINA SEAS "Disputed Islands" thingy save in the Persian Gulf.
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OOPSIES, my bad, almost forgot to add ARTICLE [same]> IRAN makes clear it never give up it claim of National-Econ sovereignty to 1/5th OF THE CASPIAN SEA AGZ RUSSIA.
Russia says Iran is only entitled to 11% of Caspian > Iran in response "flips the Bird" to Russia. D *** NG IT, AS USUAL THERE WILL BE NO PERSO-RUSSIAN BEACH BARBECUE + PERSO-RUSS BEACH BABES, ETC. ON THE CASPIAN AGAIN THIS YEAR [and prob for the next five and ten]???
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