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| US troops in region ideal for suicide bombers |
| 2003-01-21 |
| Prospective Palestinian suicide bombers should not miss the opportunity of striking at the increased number of US troops in the region, a leading Iranian hardliner wrote Tuesday. In an editorial in his Keyhan newspaper, Hossein Shariatmadari reasoned that American troops were a far easier target for "martyrdom-seeking operations" than Israelis. He's probably right, since our guys aren't familiar with the tactics the way the IDF is. On the other hand, they learn quickly, most can't tell the difference between a Paleostinian and an Iranian — or care. Be very careful what you wish for... "Hundreds of young Palestinians are ready to carry out martyrdom-seeking operations... so why should they not make the most of the presence of US troops in the region to take revenge," the vocal hardliner said. Self-preservation immediately springs to mind. Y'see, if we were to get boomed by Paleoheroes at the instigation of Teheran newspaper editors who don't expect to actually have to explode themselves, chances are we'd come looking for the instigators... "It would be easier than carrying out such operations in Palestine." For a little while... Shariatmadari said if such suicide attacks began in the event of a US attack on Iraq, "without doubt the Muslim masses would mobilise to take part in this holy war. Is the American presence in the region not a golden opportunity for those seeking martyrdom to realise their dream?" Your dream could turn out to be your worst nightmare, Bub... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 I've said it before: in a strange way, wouldn't it be a good thing for the jihadis to try and hit us in Iraq? As Angie points out, the last time this was tried the guys with the pitchforks and torches were slaughtered. You can't just walk into Iraq and with our JSTARS, anything moving that doesn't have that "friendly" icon hovering over it is going to be fried. Fred's right too: at first they may pull a few stunts, but we learned a few tricks in Afghanistan too. Our guys aren't going to let anyone in civvies who looks Arabic to get anywhere near them without lots of questions and nakedness. But again, it is very interesting how this Iranian editor is so eager for Palestinians to die for the cause...why isn't he asking Iranians to do the job? |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-01-22 03:42:43 |
| #1 It seems to me I've heard this song before. Then, it was Pakistani mullahs singing it to Pakistani boys. And lots of 'em went off to fight the Great Satan, and didn't come back (whole). And their folks were mighty upset with the mullahs for this. It's heart-warming to see how the Iranians are ready to fight to the last drop of Palestinian blood. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-01-21 20:10:21 |