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| British envoy, SAIRI chairman meet in Tehran |
| 2003-04-17 |
| IRNA -- British envoy to Tehran Richard John Dalton and Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI) Seyed Mohammad Baqer Hakim discussed the situation in Iraq on Wednesday. Yet another Hakim. SAIRI is the Hakim family business... The media department of the SAIRI said in a fax to IRNA that the two sides traded ideas on the developments taking shape in Iraq including in the holy city of Najaf. They also reviewed the status of the religious leaders in the post-war era. Hakim stressed the need for further attention to the situation in Iraq and warned against any action that could worsen it. He said the Iraqi people should get in their hands the fate of their country. So they can turn it over to holy men for safe-keeping. Holy men like, for instance, the Hakims... He commented on the Nassiriya summit and said the SAIRI would not take part in a summit that is held by Americans. "They're ucky, y'know..." He touched on the positions of Iraqi opposition and said they hold a common viewpoints on the future of their country and hence any decisions or action should be in line with their stand, as previously announced in London conference. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Celissa, I couldn't say it any better myself. P.J. O'Rourke nailed it when he called the Middle East "God's Monkey House." Too bad we couldn't just put a big fence around it and call it Omar's Wild Kingdom. Think of the tourism possibilities. We could run a monorail tour over the whole area just like they do at zoos. It would be just like watching Battlebots, but with real live combatants. Now before I start talking about airlifting huge quantities of Prozac and contraceptive-laden food, I'll stop. I'm going to piss off even the people here at Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Joe 2003-04-18 07:15:52 |
| #4 Celissa, in many parts of the world, those things you named ARE sports. I'm not kidding. |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-04-17 21:22:53 |
#3 Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution ***shudder*** _________________________________ One question: Why, in the Wide World of Sports, does any Western country bother sending "envoys" or "ambassadors" to any Arab/Muslim country? Really, what's the point? Does anyone truly believe that any of these sandy, seething, cesspools of hate (including the newly freed Iraq) are going to a)elect anything other than a despot or insane Islmaocrat or b)move away from socially retarded tribalism that allows--as tribal tradition--rape, murder, and oppression? Sorry folks. The more I see, hear, read, and learn about Arabs and Arab Muslims in particular, the less hope I have for the whole region and the world. |
| Posted by: Celissa 2003-04-17 19:05:04 |
| #2 Need a new rule here: "If you don't participate, you don't get a seat." Not even on the bus going back to Syria. You're given a partially deflated life vest, and tossed into the Shatt al Arab. at night. with a new moon. with 40 pounds of raw, bleeding mullet attached in a "suicide vest". and a dim pencil flashlight. Survivors will be given a second chance. After all, we've got LOTS of those suicide vests. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-04-17 18:42:52 |
| #1 Celissa, in many parts of the world, those things you named ARE sports. I'm not kidding. |
| Posted by: Scott 4/17/2003 9:22:53 PM |