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| Rafsanjani to al-Sadr: Fight America, the "Wounded Monster" |
| 2004-04-12 |
| Providing yet more evidence that Iran is actively supporting the Shiite guerrilla forces battling U.S.-led coalition, former Iranian President Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said the American military forces are vulnerable, describing them as a "wounded monster," and suggesting defeat would provide a "valuable lesson" for the West. Rafsanjani, chairman of the powerful Expediency Council in Iran, says America’s vulnerability in Iraq makes Iran stronger. During Friday prayers, broadcast live by Iranian radio, Rafsanjani said deep relations between the people of Iran and the people of Iraq are causing problems for America. So, Iranian intervention is somehow, NOT meddling. "America had entered the region in order to set up a base right outside our borders, but such a base will no longer materialize," he said. "We have small accounts with the Americans which we must settle one day and bring the issue to a close." Is that a declaration of war? Rafsanjani praised Moqtada Al-Sadr’s "heroic" Mahdi militia... As WorldNetDaily reported, last April, an Iranian cleric, Kadhem al-Husseini al-Haeri, issued a religious edict distributed to Shiite mullahs in Iraq, calling on them "to seize the first possible opportunity to fill the power vacuum in the administration of Iraqi cities." The edict, or fatwa, issued April 8, 2003, showed that Shiite clerics in Iraq are receiving significant direction from Iran. The edict said Shiite leaders have to "seize as many positions as possible to impose a fait accompli for any coming government..." I don’t hear anything about investing in Iraq’s reconstruction. So, where do we hit these bozos, first? |
| Posted by:Man Bites Dog |
| #18 I remember the whole yellow ribbon thing, the botched helicopter mission and all. The support of the Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon alone is enough to dislike the Iranian government. You are completely correct that some people forget the US has its own small accounts. I also remember when Iraq invaded Iran, expecting to see the free world respond to this aggression. Six years later I realised that I had forgotten to hold my breath on it. Don't get bogged down here; the job now is winning in Iraq. I was just responding to the tone above. |
| Posted by: chrisper 2004-04-20 9:28:53 PM |
| #17 blame is the name of the Muslim game, isn't it crisper. Apparently you have NO idea that there are a number of legitimate grievances of the US against Iran. See the thing is, we don't care anymore. It's like a shrew wife - at first, you care that she doesn't like your car, your clothes, your mother or your friends and you try to make her happy. But after awhile, not only do you not care what she thinks, since nothing will ever make her happy, but you notice all the things you never liked about her in the first place. We're there. We don't care. Blah, blah, blah, blame, blame, blame, yada, yada, yada. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-19 9:33:26 PM |
| #16 Fair enough! When I read these comments above I see that people seem to have NO idea that there are a number of legitimate grievances of Iran against the US. For Rafsanjani to say there are 'small accounts' is for them a very moderate expression of fact. I am 100% for winning in Iraq. I have spent 4 months in Iran and saw some pretty rough things there, but despite the horrors they are a mix of good and bad people same as everywhere and deserve the respect of being seen as people. |
| Posted by: chrisper 2004-04-19 9:25:50 PM |
| #15 Hey Chrisper-- less ranting, more thinking. I can't tell what the hell you're saying, or what side you're coming down on. Iran nationalized the oil. Lots of people were out lots of money. Then the 'tollahs were downright nasty. Did you know that at all, or is this what you were trying to get at? |
| Posted by: therien 2004-04-19 12:12:46 AM |
| #14 Any of you bozos BEEN in Iran? Make no mistake, they are ratbags and sponsors of terrorism but there are indeed a few little issues. Lets just ask a coupla questions here. Have any IRANIAN air force pilots shot down a US civil airliner full of civilians space and then been decorated for good service? Have any IRANIAN governments toppled a US government and installed a puppet government over the USA? Have any Iranian governments encouraged Iraq to invade the USA, causing years of war and millions of casualties? I have a colleague who carried his children nightly to bomb shelters in Teheran as the AA barrages opened up against Iraqui planes. Has Iran confiscated billions of dollars from the US in legitimately-held foreign accounts? The mullocracy are a bunch of jerks who have driven the country into the ground, but it is quite true that Iran have small accounts to settle to bring the US issue to a close. |
| Posted by: chrisper 2004-04-15 10:55:25 PM |
| #13 Let the idiot get carried away with himself Wounded...pssssfffff If this country ever get's "wounded", all bet's are off. When the US Military decides to go hot, you can forget about what anyone say's. Whatever it was that wounded "us" is going to be annihilated. "Just Win" |
| Posted by: Long Hair Republican 2004-04-12 11:24:25 PM |
| #12 Don't worry Bomb-a-rama, As we speak, the Isrealis will take care of the matter for us. It'll happen soon; daytime our time (US). The NSA will track it 'with notification' but with plausible deniability. It will occur before the election! The 'trip wire', watch for the movement of one Carrier closer to the region and shored Anti Missile batteries! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-04-12 11:16:48 PM |
| #11 "We have small accounts with the Americans which we must settle one day and bring the issue to a close." What, like the invasion of International soil that the Emabassy takeover in Tehran embodied? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-12 9:03:07 PM |
| #10 If WND is the only place reporting it, forward the link to your Congressman. Perhaps he is briefed on this sort of thing if he is on the right committee. But maybe he's not. What you know you can tell someone else. I've long since given up on "the media"--that is Old Media being television news, dead-tree news outlets, most radio network news--as a source for anything. Other than high blood pressure, that is. I've felt vastly better since gathering the news myself via pages such as this. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-12 7:45:29 PM |
| #9 Why is it just WND reporting this? Argh! The media is pissing me off! |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-04-12 7:08:41 PM |
| #8 describing them as a "wounded monster" Rafsanjani must not be up on his monster movies, everyone knows a wounded monster is gonna get up and kick your be-turbaned ass. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-12 3:27:54 PM |
| #7 And our embassy. Don't forget about the embassy. I want it returned, rehabbed, re-fitted, scrubbed clean until it sparkles, and a personal apology extended to every American who was held hostage. And Mr. Rafsanjani on one knee, offering a new set of keys to a returning American Ambassador would be a nice touch, also. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-04-12 3:03:58 PM |
| #6 We have small accounts with the Americans which we must settle one day Let's settle that Khobar Towers account one day very very soon. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-04-12 1:01:01 PM |
| #5 Destruction of Iran's known nuclear facilities via aerial bombardment would be a good little "message" to send. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-12 11:01:41 AM |
| #4 "We have small accounts with the Americans which we must settle one day and bring the issue to a close." Yes we do have accounts to settle with these bastards. Just wait till after november! Too bad we cannot go sooner but the dems have really mucked up the traction we have gotten with these countries since 9-11. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-04-12 10:59:20 AM |
| #3 Is that a declaration of war? I wish to hell someone in authority would ask him that question. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-12 10:35:20 AM |
| #2 And it would have worked to if it weren't for those meddling marines...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-12 10:34:49 AM |
| #1 All the more reason to whack this clown al-Sadr and stick his head on a pike in the public square. C'mon, Rafsanjani: give us an excuse to declare war on you. You know you want to. As Christopher Lowell would say, "You can do it!" |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-12 10:33:34 AM |