The Iraqi Web site Almalaf on Wednesday quoted diplomatic sources in Beirut as saying Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was poisoned last week and that his life was saved by Iranian doctors who were rushed to Lebanon to treat him.
The sources reportedly told the paper that a particularly poisonous chemical substance was used against the Shi'ite militia's leader. His medical condition was apparently critical for a number of days, until the Iranian doctors arrived and managed to save his life.
The site claimed that the sources believed it was highly likely that the poisoning was an Israeli assassination attempt.
Hezbollah has denied the report. Lebanese parliament member Al-Hajj Hassan, a member of the group, said: "This is a lie and a fabrication. It' true that I haven't seen [Nasrallah] this past week, but he's okay."
The Iranian medical team arrived on Sunday at 11:00 P.M., apparently on a special military flight. Officials considered flying Nasrallah to Iran for further treatment, according to Almalaf.
In September 1997, a Mossad team tried to assassinate Hamas' political chief, Khaled Meshal, by drizzling poison in his ear. The attempt failed, and two of the agents were captured while others found refuge in the Israeli embassy in Amman.
Nasrallah's second-in-command Imad Mughniyah was assassinated in February in a Damascus bomb blast. Hezbollah accused Israel of responsibility for the explosion, although Israel has denied any connection to the act.
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The report may explain rumors 10 days ago that Nasrallah has appointed his heir in case he is assassinated. Safi al-Din, the chairman of the terrorist organization's executive council and Nasrallah's cousin, will take over the leadership of Hizbullah if "the Zionists succeed in assassinating Hassan Nasrallah," the newspaper reported.
Hizbullah officials have investigated everyone who has visited Nasrallah since the reported attack and also are questioning Hizbullah officials. Israel was immediately blamed for the attack, but it also may have been carried out Hizbullah dissidents.
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Doesn't pass the smell test. Any halfway decent assassin could get his hands on poison that would do the job no matter what the doctors did. Sounds more like he took ill, and is using his own frailty as a PR weapon against Israel. That's actually a quite common play in the Muslim bag o tricks.
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Twice is coincidence. We get another datapoint, and I'm calling it a Shia mafia war. And I still say Muughniyah was an own-side hit.
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Those wonderful, wonderful uberIslamic IRANIANS. Friends of Obama. Friends of the oppressed. Friends of any who will submit. What would we do without them . . . ?
Senior Iranian Official Recommends that Iran Mark London as a Target In Order to Deter Bush from Attacking Iran in Last Months of Presidency
In an October 18, 2008 article on the Iranian website Aftab, Wahid Karimi, director of the Europe and U.S. department in Iran's Foreign Ministry, recommends that Iran mark London as a target, since it is the capital of the country that is the U.S.'s closest ally in Europe. This, says Karimi, would be with the aim of ensuring that the Bush administration does not attack Iran in its final weeks, after the U.S. presidential election next month and before Bush officially leaves office on January 20, 2009. Following are the main points of Karimi's article:
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Because, as we all know, terrorism and subversive warfare is a legitimate tool of international relationships, just as "all countries" (wink, wink) have a Legal Right to belong to the UNSC. Bizarro wolrd.
Maybe they read The Protocols Of The Elders Of Flyin'
Security forces in Natanz have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near Iran's controversial uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Monday.
One of the pigeons was caught near a rose water production plant in the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, the report cited an unnamed informed source as saying, adding that some metal rings and invisible strings were attached to the bird.
"Early this month, a black pigeon was caught bearing a blue-coated metal ring, with invisible strings," the source was quoted as saying of the second pigeon.
"The beaks on these two are especially pronounced," continued the source, who noted that the invisible strings could also have been used to haul away small children for neocon rituals and Neil Diamond concerts.
The source gave no further description of the pigeons, neither their current status nor what their fate will be.
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Before this the Iranians arrested 14 Secret Squirrels. All I can is they are nuts.
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"The beaks on these two are especially pronounced,"
See, this all fits, jooooos have crooked noses, jooooos pigeons have especially pronounced beaks! Can't fool those guys, nope, nope, nope. Of course, the tsahal helmet might have been something of a giveaway, too.
A prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric known for his opposition of the Iranian regime made a landmark visit to Egypt as part of efforts to counter Iranian influence in Iraq and enhance the Arab role their.
Jordan-based Ayatollah Hossein al-Moayed received an official invitation from Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to visit Egypt, where he met with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa as well as officials from the Foreign Ministry and senior presidential staff.
The meetings focused on political, rather than religious, issues particularly the influence of Iran and the Arab role in Iraq, Moayed told AlArabiya.net from Amman. "We talked about the Iranian nationalistic plan. I was the first to warn that Iran's plans are nationalistic, and not religious or sectarian," he said."Religion is just a tool to gain influence, especially in the absence of an effective Arab counter-strategy.
Moayed added that he hoped his visit would help familiarize Egypt with the political map of Iraq, particularly parties that oppose the current situation. "We need political and media support from Egypt," said the ayatollah
Moayed rejected as the lable of Shiite leader and stressed that his efforts transcend a narrow sectarian framework.
The religious leader hails from a prominent Shiite family and studied theology in Baghdad before going to the Iranian city of Qom in 1982. He obtained a degree in Ijtihad, or interpretation, the highest level in the Hawza, the seminary of Shiite Islamic studies.
This three-day visit came amid strained relations between Egypt and Iran. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were severed in 1979 in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Tensions became further strained when a major street in Tehran was named after Khaled al-Islambouli, leader of the squad that assassinated late Egyptian president Anwar Sadatand a documentary relased that glorified the assassin.
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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad-Ali Hosseini says all UN member states have a legal right to take seats at the Security Council.
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Hard to secure something if you do not provide security, but I guess the kindergarten bad guy unstable country clause is in the bill of tyranny.
Intellectual indulgence are theirs.
The New York Times has published testimonies by detained Iraqi Shiite militiamen about training in Iran and Lebanon by Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah operatives on the use of weapons and explosives. The training, according to the report by Mark Mazzetti, included the use of automatic rifles, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, mortars and the handling of explosives, especially roadside bombs.
The lengthy report described the day-to-day life of Iraqi Shiite trainees, how they were recruited and the routes used to take them to Iran and Lebanon, via Syria.
Chief U.N. investigator Daniel Bellemare has reportedly prepared an official request for the transfer to Holland of the four Lebanese generals accused of involvement in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
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Iran's conservative Parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, has confirmed that he will not stand in next year's presidential election, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "I will not stand in the presidential election, and I have said this many times and it is not a secret issue," the news agency quoted him as saying.
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Iran has condemned the International Criminal Court's decision to hear a war crimes case against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir.
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Debka so "salt to taste"
US intelligence's amended estimate, that Iran will be ready to build its first bomb just one month after the next US president is sworn in, is disclosed by DEBKAfile's Washington sources as having been relayed as a guideline to the Middle East teams of both presidential candidates, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. The information prompted the assertion by Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden in Seattle Sunday, Oct. 19: "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy."
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It's a form of Obamanistic Socialism. We take bans from people who have earned them and give them to those who might not otherwise have them. It's all about Fairness!
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Biden is like the gift that keeps on giving, for conservatives. I also love how yahoo headline at this time 9:44 pm est is, "Is Sarah Palin a liability?" I mean seriously, the girl is packing house when she goes out and speaks, she's been infront of the Mainstream illuminati media answering their questions, and most conservatives love and most liberals are in love with her. Biden joins Michelle in lock-down mode as Obama cleanses the world with his voice.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad-Ali Hosseini says all UN member states have a legal right to take seats at the Security Council.
Iran's conservative Parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, has confirmed that he will not stand in next year's presidential election, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "I will not stand in the presidential election, and I have said this many times and it is not a secret issue," the news agency quoted him as saying.
