Thursday, January 12, 2006

You say Iran, I say 'Scary'

Dear Reader:

The President of Iran, who has stated that Israel should be wipped off the face of the Earth, now belives that Allah has picked him to usher in the End Times. Take a look at what He and his aides believe happened at his speech at the United Nation. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Israel, has been making headlines lately by questioning whether the Holocaust actually happened, by suggesting Israel should be moved to Europe and by demanding the Jewish state be wiped off the face of the earth. His apocalyptic religious zealotry has increased to very scary levels.

In a videotaped meeting with Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli in Tehran, Ahmadinejad discussed candidly a strange, paranormal experience hehad while addressing the United Nations in New York last September. He recounts how he found himself bathed in heavenly light throughout the speech. However, this wasn't the stage lights directed at the podium by the U.N. television cameras. It was, he stated, a light from heaven.

The Iranian president recalled being told about it by one of his delegation: "When you began with the words ‘in the name of Allah,' I saw a powerful heavenly light surrounding you and protecting you to the end of your speech." After some thought Ahmadinejad agreed that he sensed the same thing.

Can you say..."Meglomanic Delusions" Ahmadinejad went on to say..."On the last day when I was speaking, our group told me that when I started to say "Bismillah Muhammad,they all saw a green light forming around me. I too felt as if I was placed inside this aura," he says. "I felt it myself. I felt that the atmosphere suddenly changed, and for those 27 or 28 minutes, all the leaders of the world did not blink. When I say they didn't move an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating. They were looking as if a hand was holding them there...Praise Alhamdulillah!"

Ahmadinejad's "vision" at the U.N. is strangely reminiscent and alarmingly similar to statements he has publicly made about his personal role in ushering in the return of the Shiite Muslim messiah. He sees his main mission, as he recounted in a Nov. 16 speech in Tehran, as to "pave the path with the blood of the West for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten hisreappearance."

According to Shiites, the 12th imam disappeared as a child in theyear 941. When he returns, they believe, he will reign on earth forseven years, before bringing about a final judgment and the end of the world. Ahmadinejad is urging Iranians to prepare for the coming of the Mahdiwhich he believes he is a key player in bringing this about by turning the country's military into a mighty and advanced Islamic war-scrimatar! Shiite writings describe events surrounding the return of the Mahdiin in apocalyptic terms. In one scenario, the forces of evil would come from Syria and Iraq and clash with forces of pure evil from the Western nations in a world ending battle.

The final battle would commence at Kufa – theIraqi town near the holy city of Najaf and would end with the deathof all Westerners. Even more controversial is Ahmadinejad's repeated invocation of ImamMahdi, known as "the Savior of Times." According to Shiite tradition,Imam Mahdi will appear on Judgment Day to herald a truly just Islamic government. Missed by some observers in Ahmadinejad's speech at the U.N. was his call to the "mighty Lord Allah" to hasten the emergence of "the promised one," the one who "will fill this world with justice and peace." A top priority of Ahmadinejad is "to challenge and ultimatly destroyAmerica and all her allies. "Death to the West!" is the most oft used slogan of Ahmadinejad's speeches to the Iranian people.


Bobby Anding
rebel@acadiacom.net

The End of the World begins and ends with IRAN

Dear Readers...


U.S. Def. Dept. insiders are saying that a first strike nuclear waragainst Iran in the final planning stages.U.S. led Coalition partners, which include the US, Israel and Turkeyare stating publicly that they are in "an advanced stage ofreadiness". This is seen by some as saber rattling but to others inthe know this is no idle threat. A DOD insider states off recordthat "Things have become very serious."

In early 2005 various military exercises have been conductedconcering the 'IRAN Issue.' In turn, the Iranian Armed Forces havealso conducted large scale military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf inDecember in anticipation of a US sponsored attack.
Since late 2004, there has been intense shuttle diplomacy between Washington, Tel Aviv, Ankara and NATO headquarters in BrusselsIn recent developments, CIA Director Porter Goss on a mission toAnkara, requested Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan "toprovide political and logistic support for air strikes againstIranian nuclear and military targets." Goss reportedly asked " forspecial cooperation from Turkish intelligence to help prepare andmonitor the operation." (DDP, 30 December 2005).In turn, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given the green light to theIsraeli Armed Forces to launch the attacks by the end of March.

A more recent event, Sharon being sidelined by a massive stroke, mayhave given Iran a small meause of breathing room. Insider sources sayhowever that even with Sharon being side lined the matter has gainedto much momentum to be halted by Sharon's absence. All top Israeli officials have pronounced a desire for the the end ofMarch, 2006, as being the deadline for launching a military assaulton Iran. The end of March date also coincides with the IAEA report to the UNon Iran's nuclear energy program. Israeli policymakers believe thattheir threats may influence the report, or at least force the kind ofambiguities, which can be exploited by its overseas supporters topromote Security Council sanctions or justify Israeli military action.(James Petras, Israel's War Deadline: Iran in the Crosshairs, GlobalResearch, December 2005)

As to who will lead the military coalition it has been reported bythe U.S. DOD that the various components of the military operationare firmly under US Command, coordinated by the Pentagon and USStrategic Command Headquarters (USSTRATCOM) at the Offutt Air Forcebase in Nebraska. To prove to both the world and the Iranian Military Higherarchy thatthe USA is both capable and ready for a Nuclear War, in November, theUS Strategic Command conducted a major exercise of a "global strikeplan" entitled "Global Lightening". The excersice involved asimulated attack using both conventional and nuclear weapons againsta "fictious enemy".Following the "Global Lightening" exercise, US Strategic Commanddeclared an advanced state of readiness. This has been seen on the world stage as a last ditch effort by the Doves within the USgoverment to send a message to the Iranian president that the US is indeed prepared to go to war.

Further pointing to an inevitable confict over the Nuclear issue isthe fact that no dissenting political voices have emerged from withinthe European Union. There are ongoing consultations between Washington, Paris and Berlin.Contrary to the invasion of Iraq, which was opposed at the diplomaticlevel by France and Germany, Washington has been building "a consensus" both within the Atlantic Alliance and the UN SecurityCouncil. This consensus pertains to the conduct of a nuclear war,which could potentially affect a large part of the Middle EastCentral Asian region.

Further evidence is the fact that since late 2004, Israel has beenstockpiling US made conventional and nuclear weapons systems inanticipation of an attack on Iran. This stockpiling which is financedby US military aid was largely completed in June 2005. Israel hastaken delivery from the US of several thousand "smart air launchedweapons" including some 500 'bunker-buster bombs, which can also beused to deliver tactical nuclear bombs.

The Iranian military has not been blind to the weapons build up byboth the Us and Isreal. Tehran has beefed up its air defenses throughthe acquisition of Russian 29 Tor M-1 anti-missile systems. Tehranhas confirmed that it will retaliate if attacked, in the form ofballistic missile strikes directed against Israel (CNN, 8 Feb 2005).These attacks, would also target US military facilities in Iraq andPersian Gulf, which would immediately lead us into a scenario ofmilitary escalation and all out war.

What seems inevitable, is only so, ' If Good Men do Nothing!'

What isneeded if peace and common sense is to win the day is a major thrust,nationally and internationally towards a more middle of the roadapproach to stopping both Iran and North Korea from using their only ACE card in the game of International Politics. If this does not occur then we may be seeing the opening stages ofWWIII shortly.


Bobby Anding
rebel@acadiacom.net