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| More tidbits from Iran |
| 2004-08-11 |
| From Memri: ABU MUS'AB AL-ZARQAWI MOVED TO IRAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SHORTLY AFTER THE FALLUJAH INCIDENTS, AND STAYED A FEW WEEKS AT A CAMP BELONGING TO THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS IN THE MAHRAN REGION ON THE BORDER WITH IRAQ, UNTIL LEAVING FOR THE CITY OF BAKUBA IN IRAQ. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/11/04) THE COMMANDER OF THE AL-QUDS ARMY OF IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS, GENERAL QASEM SULIMANI, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IRAN HAS BEEN MAKING CONCESSIONS TO ABU MUS'AB AL-ZARQAWI. A RELIABLE IRANIAN SOURCE REPORTS THAT GENERAL SULIMANI SAID THAT ZARQAWI'S OPERATIONS IN IRAQ 'SERVE THE SUPREME INTERESTS OF IRAN,' PARTICULARLY IN PREVENTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIME COOPERATING WITH THE U.S. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/11/04) THE IRANIAN SOURCE SAID THAT AL-ZARQAWI AND 20 COMMANDERS OF HIS ORGANIZATION NEED NO PRIOR APPROVAL TO ENTER IRAN: 'THERE ARE BORDER POINTS FROM HALABJA IN THE NORTH TO ILAM IN THE SOUTH THROUGH WHICH ZARQAWI AND 20 OF THE ANSAR AL-ISLAM FIGHTERS CAN ENTER IRANIAN TERRITORY WHENEVER THEY WANT.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/11/04) THE IRANIAN DAILY HAMSHAHRI REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 15,000 IRANIAN VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP TO CARRY OUT SUICIDE MISSIONS IN THE SHI'ITE HOLY CITIES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/10/04) IRAN'S JUDICIARY HEAD AYATOLLAH MAHMOUD HASHEMI SHAHROUDI REFERRED TO U.S. ATTACKS ON HOLY SITES IN IRAQ AS DECLARATION OF A CULTURAL WAR. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 8/10/04) PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER MAS'OUD KHAN IS DENYING IRANIAN-PAKISTANI NUCLEAR COOPERATION. (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/10/04) THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF IRAN'S WEAPONS INDUSTRIES, MEHDI FARHI, SAID IRAN IS EXPORTING WEAPONS PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY TO 12 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HE SAID THAT BY THE END OF THE IRANIAN YEAR (MARCH 20, 2005), SOME IRR 30 BILLION WORTH OF NEW CONTRACTS WOULD BE SIGNED, AND THAT 'SOME IRR 5.5 BILLION OF THIS FIGURE WERE ALREADY REALIZED IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.' (IRAN DAILY, 8/10/04) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAMAL KHARRAZI SAID THAT 'IN ORDER FOR IRAN'S DOSSIER TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, THERE MUST BE VIOLATIONS [OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION] AND SO FAR IRAN HAS 
VIOLATED NONE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS. WE ARE CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEANS AND WITH THE IAEA, AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE OUR POSITIONS IN THIS MATTER.' (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/10/04) A SECURITY SOURCE IN IRAQ SAID THAT THE AMERICANS ARE BEHIND THE ABDUCTION OF AN IRANIAN DIPLOMAT. (JOMHOUR-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 8/10/04) THE IRANIAN REFORMIST DAILY NASSIM-E SABA HAS CLOSED. (JOMHOUR-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 8/10/04) THE IRANIAN CONSERVATIVE PAPER KAYHAN SPECULATED THAT PERHAPS THE ABDUCTED IRANIAN DIPLOMAT IS IN THE HANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS OR OF THE IRAQI POLICE. IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KHARRAZI CONFIRMED THAT DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS ARE UNDERWAY TO SECURE HIS RELEASE. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 8/10/04) |
| Posted by:mercutio |
| #6 Well shit! First things first: My apologies Friendly Advice! You are right! Now I have to figure out when they awitched to mixed. I was blocked from MEMRI in Saudi and a friend who introduced me to the value of the site watched it for me and sent me emails of their best articles - all caps. I just accepted that was the price of the info. So when did they change? I've looked all over their site and everything has been properly formatted in mixed case - so they cleaned up with some program. It's certainly a helluvalot better! But I'm perplexed - and I don't save emails forever so I haven't a trail to see when the change occurred. Sigh. Now Mercutio can explain the broken link and, I guess, the all-caps of this post. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-12 09:23 |
| #5 .com Interesting. I 404 on the link. When I go to MEMRI and look at this it shows up: Question: "How serious is Iranian penetration into Iraq?" Sha'lan:" Iranian penetration is extensive and unprecedented since the establishment of the Iraqi state. The Iranians have entered the crucial junction points of the country as a whole and established many intelligence and military positions in Iraq. We have begun dealing with this matter in a way both subtle and exacting. The prime minister, the foreign minister, and I all make our voices clear against Iran's blatant intervention in Iraqi affairs, which is a dangerous precedent. They admit to having spies in Iraq, whose task is to undermine the social and political situation. The Iraqi people, however, are immune to this." in mixed case. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-08-12 08:42 |
| #4 MrD - Lol - your idea sounded good so I tried it on this article... it utterly failed - all lowercase after change to Sentence Case - lol - I guess the Word team didn't quite catch all the probable inputs, eh? They let you down, bro, sorry! Sigh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-12 08:14 |
| #3 An alternative that might not produce perfect results but would certainly take the poster more time would be to copy the text to word processing software, I hate to use the name of the Devil's software, and change the case to sentence case. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-08-12 08:06 |
| #2 Note to Everyone: This is how MEMRI reports are created - all caps. If you had followed the link you would know this. If you've never been to MEMRI before, which is apparent, then you are way behind the curve. Do not blame the poster. If YOU want to retype the reports, then do so. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-12 07:52 |
| #1 Do you know where the caps lock key is? Use it if you want people to read your posts. All capitals is consider shouting. It considered to be rude. |
| Posted by: Frendly Advice 2004-08-12 07:35 |