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Iranian students to head to Gaza to fight Israel
 An Iranian student group announced on Monday that it is recruiting volunteers to fight Israel as the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah called on Palestinians to launch a new uprising in the face of Israel's three-day assault on Gaza. The students said that they had started their campaign in response to a religious decree issued by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday stating that anyone who died in the defense of Gaza would be deemed a martyr. "In response to the supreme leader's orders for a jihad (holy war), students from the bassij militia are going to register... to go to fight in the occupied Palestinian territories," the Fars news agency quoted one of the students' leaders, Alireza Zahedi, as saying. Yeah, they'll probably be getting there about the same time I will. Which is half past never... Fars said that several hundred students had already signed up and that the recruits would soon hold a parade. Ooooooh, a parade! Will they learn how to goose step? Khamenei ruled on Sunday that "all... believers in the Islamic world are required to defend in any way they can the defenseless women, children and people of Gaza. "Anyone who is killed in this legitimate and sacred defense is a martyr," he said. I, of course, will remain here and think up more inspiring Muslim stuff to say... Posted by: Fred 2008-12-31 |
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