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| Holy man sez world will not tolerate invasion. Surprise. |
| 2003-03-31 |
| Qom — A prominent Iranian cleric here on Sunday evening said that President George W. Bush ought to know that the world will not tolerate invasion and domination. Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani made the remark at a gathering of Qom Theological Seminary clerics held in this holy city. They got any cities there that aren't holy? "Since the invasion by Zionists of the US Congress, Washington has invaded 16 world countries and this time it is the turn of Iraq," he pointed out. "We have never approved of the Saddam regime but at the same time the Islamic Republic of Iran does not also approve of the current war and the savage aggression being committed by US and British forces on the Iraqi people," he said, adding, "Our sympathy goes out to the oppressed people of Iraq." Wossamotta? You can't see any way to turn the war to your advantage? Thwarting any revival of Islam and its spread to all parts of the world is the major objective behind the US-lead invasion on Iraq, he categorically said, adding that the US fully knows that Islam will oppose arrogance as shown in this unilaterally declared war. At the end of the one-day gathering, a resolution condemning the war and expressing sympathy to the Muslim nation of Iraq was issued by those who attended. The resolution called the war launched by the US and its allies as "illegitimate," and called on world bodies, including human rights organizations, to take measures to bring it to a speedy conclusion. Hokay. We know which side you're on, holy man. Now STFU. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Recycled Commie joke: "Don't you have common sense on floor 2?" "No, on this floor we don't have personal responsibility. It's on floor 1 where we don't have common sense." |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-03-31 16:04:45 |
| #3 A Westerner Goes to the Middle East "I'd like some common sense please." "Fresh outta that." "What about personal responsibility?" "What's that?" Sigh "Well, what do you have?" "We have jihad, jihad, jihad and jihad, jihad, and jihad." "What about prosperity? Personal freedom?" "We've got jihad, jihad, jihad, jihad and Spam, jihad, and jihad in a jihad sauce." "But I don't like jihad." "You don't like jihad? Hey, Ahmed, this evil, dirty, Zionist American, who wants to take over the world and is to blame for every short-coming EVER in the Arab world--past and present--says she doesn't like jihad!" "Well, a jihad on her then". |
| Posted by: Celissa 2003-03-31 15:39:25 |
| #2 I suspect that this is more about making the Persian Gulf safe for Persians than anything else. If Shiites are not cooperating with us due to orders from the leadership-in-exile, then that is a worrysome developement. It will be hard to put together any half-way representative transitional government lacking their participation. Without that, we don't win. |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2003-03-31 12:42:23 |
| #1 "Invasion and domination" is one thing. Restoring the Caliphate is, like, this totally other thing. Yeah, I'm eyeballin' you, Andalusia! |
| Posted by: (lowercase) matt 2003-03-31 11:00:23 |