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2004-11-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran canvassing for suicide attacks on Israel

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Posted by tipper 2004-11-30 03:25|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not just Israel:

"The 300 men filling out forms in the offices of an Iranian aid group were offered three choices: Train for suicide attacks against US troops in Iraq, train for suicide attacks against Israelis, or train to assassinate British author Salman Rushdie."

Morons still haven't figured out how to get Rushdie.

"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters recently that the group's campaign to sign up volunteers for suicide attacks had 'nothing to do with the ruling Islamic establishment.'"

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"Samadi claimed 30,000 volunteers have signed up, and of those 20,000 have been chosen for training, and he said volunteers had already carried out suicide operations against military targets inside Israel. But he said discussing attacks against US troops in Iraq 'will cause problems for the country's foreign policy. It will have grave consequences for our country and our group. It's confidential.'"

Sounds like a clear casus belli to me.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-11-30 5:29:11 AM|| 2004-11-30 5:29:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 may be the first case of mass self genocide ever .
As they would say 'god willing ' :p

Posted by MacNails 2004-11-30 5:48:52 AM|| 2004-11-30 5:48:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 why aren't we recruiting these guys? Why aren't we whipping them up into a frenzy and then loading them on busses to Iraq where we can neatly explode them all in one spot?

Posted by 2b 2004-11-30 12:24:35 PM|| 2004-11-30 12:24:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 No, no, no, 2b! That would be interfering with their right to self determination! Besides, how much more efficient to let them do all the work, and just pick them off when they've crossed the border. A few snipers like the one in today's story, armed with night scopes, cell phone, and lots of caffeine should do the trick... and a good time will be had by all involved.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-11-30 10:15:11 PM|| 2004-11-30 10:15:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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