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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>AYATOLLAH</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/</link><atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/feed/rss2/posts/"/><description>"The best news source of its kind"</description><language>en-EU</language><generator>MokoFeed</generator><ttl>10</ttl><image><title>AYATOLLAH</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/</link><url>http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/2a/49709e16d6298013dd874e93e476f5_160x200.jpg</url></image><item><title>Iran missile can "hit Israel" and U.S. bases</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/05/21/iran-missile-hit-israel-and-us-bases-6152665/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-05-21:/2009/05/21/iran-missile-hit-israel-and-us-bases-6152665/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:53 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran test new missile capable of striking its arch enemy Israel.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmadinejad congratulated Iranian for developing the new missile. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Launch of Sajeel 2 missile worries the United States. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmadinejad vowed to attack American bases in the Middle East and Afghanistan. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said Iranian scientists have produced a new long rage missile with advanced technology with pin point accuracy to strike Israel.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian President said today no country on Earth can threaten Iranian Revolution. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ahmadinehad said we will turn U.S. military bases into Hell. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/05/21/iran-missile-hit-israel-and-us-bases-6152665/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>iran</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><category>israel</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/05/21/iran-missile-hit-israel-and-us-bases-6152665/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Defeated British forces abandon Iraq</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/05/01/defeated-british-forces-leaves-iraq-6041199/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-05-01:/2009/05/01/defeated-british-forces-leaves-iraq-6041199/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:36:14 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;People in Basra mocked the British troops as they began the full pullout of Iraq on 30 April 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;'We will miss British troops', smiled the fighters who fought battles with teh British army on Iraqi streets after U.S. and U.K. invaded Iraq in 2003. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;British troops were unable to control the Iraqi resistence fighters who controlled much of the southern Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The UK army withdrew from its Palace Base to Basra Airport after its troops were being shelled day and night in their own base by the Iranian backed Shia militas. Washington said British would be "chased out with their tails between their legs".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Military officers of U.S and Britain blamed each other for failing to control the armed militas in southern Iraq. Amercai General Jack Keane accused British soldiers of lacking "will" and "courage" to fight. British officers General Mike Jackson and General Tim Cross blamed the U.S. plans of "totally flawed" and US thinking as "intellectually bankrupt".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dispite American efforts to disband militas, Shia politicial parties still have armed wings. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Badr Brigade is the armed wing of the SCIRI party, Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. US was unable to take its weapons. It declared victory against the British military in 2008 after it forced the British to flee from Basra Palace. It is one of the largest parties in the Shia coalition which dominates the Iraqi Parliament. It is said to have strong Iranian connections. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Mehdi Army also has a strong presence in central and southern Iraq. Its leader Moktada Sadr has a large following throughout Iraq. American Military was unable to defeat it in 2004 and 2005. After 3 major battles, the U.S. decided to give up its aim of disarming the Mehdi Militas. The party has many members in the Iraqi Government. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;British newspapers think of their army's time in Basra as a "failure".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Head of the Badr Brigade said celebrated victory over the British. He said that his fighters had won the war with the British military; and now they were allowing them to retreat in one piece. "The fact that British solieders were leaving in peace must be a genuine achievement for them".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 2009.04.30
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/05/01/defeated-british-forces-leaves-iraq-6041199/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>shia</category><category>basra</category><category>iraq</category><category>sadr</category><category>iran</category><category>uk</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/05/01/defeated-british-forces-leaves-iraq-6041199/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran will "punish" US troops in Iraq</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/30/iran-will-punish-us-troops-in-iraq-6034979/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-30:/2009/04/30/iran-will-punish-us-troops-in-iraq-6034979/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:52:05 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;American military is likey to take more casulties in Iraq after Iran accused United States of targeting Iranians. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's Foreign Minister Mataki said Iran sees U.S. "responsible" for killing Iranian people. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Motaki threatened to make America pay for its "crimes" against our people. F.M. said US will be held "accoutable". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's top lawmaker, Ali Larijani, vowed that murderers "will not go unpunished". U.S. and Israel have "crossed a line" in Iraq Islamic Republic will "bring justice" to them. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;It was a clearest threat to hit U.S. forces in Iraq. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dr Larijani said killing of innocent pilgrims testify to Washington's conquest-oriented policies.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian pilgrims have been killed in recent wave of bombing in Iraq. Iran has laid the blame on U.S. "occupying" forces, and threatened to hit those resonsible Iranian deaths. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran is likely to punish U.S. troops in Iraq after a series of mysterious bombings killed scores of Iranian pilgrims. Two latest bombs exploded on 23 and 24 April killing mainly Iranians. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Kashkawi accused U.S. forces are behind the wave of bombings.  &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;One of the most powerful men in Iran, Ali Rafsanjani, also pointed the finger at U.S. blaming its military for the violence. He said U.S. "does not care" for Iranian deaths. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said U.S. forces were "the main suspects" in bomb attacks.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters, slamed the U.S. forces, saying they have "on the pretext of confronting terrorism, had occupied a muslim country and killed tens of thousands of people in Iraq".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's Supreme Leader also hit out at Israel, another arch-foe: "Terrorism in Iraq is a poison that will be on the record of America." &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ayatollah Khamenei went further and accused U.S. and Israeli secret services. "CIA and Israeli agents are the prime suspects of terrorism."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Khamenei told Iranians that U.S. was responsible for deaths of Iranians visiting Iraq in April 2009. "The main suspects in this crime and atricoties similar to that, are American security and military forces", he said. U.S. forces “have massacred tens of thousands of people and made Iraq more insecure on a daily basis.” &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.S. President Obama has vowed to pull troops from Iraq by August 2010. George Bush had made plans to stay in Iraq "for decades". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian threats make it unlikely that U.S. would be able to peacefully withhdraw its forces from Iraq. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran is said to getting ready to inflict a painful lesson on U.S. military. It said "preparations are underway" to make the exit a humiliaitng experience for America. Officials said that "necessary measures are underway" to avenge massacre of Iranians.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - April 27, 2009
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/30/iran-will-punish-us-troops-in-iraq-6034979/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>pilrgims</category><category>iran</category><category>cia</category><category>israel</category><category>us</category><category>iraq</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/30/iran-will-punish-us-troops-in-iraq-6034979/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran warns Arabs against having a "big mouth"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/iran-warns-arabs-against-having-a-big-mouth-5994853/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-23:/2009/04/23/iran-warns-arabs-against-having-a-big-mouth-5994853/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:32:43 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran ripped pro-Israel Arab countries for having a big mouth. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Egypt and Saudi Arabia were slamed for speaking on behalf of Israel.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Parliament warned "US puppets" that they should "learn from history" and learn to speak softly with the Islamic Republic. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Arabs who follow America should not have a "big mouth" when talking to Iran, warned Parliament speaker Dr Ali Larijani. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran also blasted Israel for its war crimes and vowed to crush the Jewish State soon. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran would give Israelis "sleep deprivation" if they dared attacked Iran. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dr Larijani condemned Israel's war crimes in Gaza and said that world is waking up to Zionists. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israel would be "crushed" if it hit Iran's nuclear sites.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's Parliament Speaker said zionists would "not be able to sleep" after they moved against Iran. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/iran-warns-arabs-against-having-a-big-mouth-5994853/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>america</category><category>egypt</category><category>iran</category><category>israel</category><category>larijani</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/iran-warns-arabs-against-having-a-big-mouth-5994853/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran says Europe created "racist Israel"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5982160/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-21:/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5982160/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:20:09 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;United Nations was told that Israel is "totally racist" country created by Europeans after World War Two.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmedinejad of Iran blamed Europe saying that they sent millions of immigrants to "occupied Palestine" in 1945 in order to establish a racist state in a pretext of helping the persecuted Jews. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;There was a storm inside the Conference Hall.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Geneva Conference on Racism named "Durban II" was attended by nearly all the world leaders. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran President was heckled by Jewish protestors. Some European nations stormed out of the speech. Iranian leader slamed their past "atrocity" and accused some countries of racism for setting up a "racist state" in the heart of Middle East. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;UN Chief condemned six contries that did not attend the summit against racism. He also criticised Ahmednejad for using harsh language in his speech. A Harvad expert said some pro-Israel countries stages a "theatrical" walkout. It backfired on them. Majority of the world leaders applauded the speech by Mr Ahmedinejad. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 2009/04/20
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5982160/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>geneva</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><category>un</category><category>racism</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5982160/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran Invited by UN</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5981978/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-21:/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5981978/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:35:41 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;United Nations has invited Iran to speak at Conference on Racism in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;America said if Iran comes we won't come. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Other allies of Israel also say they will boycott the U.N. Summit. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5981978/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/iran-says-europe-created-racist-israel-5981978/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran hints at Atomic weapons</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/20/iran-hints-at-atomic-weapons-5976154/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-20:/2009/04/20/iran-hints-at-atomic-weapons-5976154/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:02:26 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran gave clearest statement yet that its urainium enrichment program is for both electricity generation and for military strength.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Mahmud Ahmedinejad said Iran has become world's "superpower". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Celebrating "Nuclear" day, the firebrand leader of the Islamic Republic told Iranians that Revolution has now "achieved" the status of "true" superpower. This can only be done with nuclear weapons capability. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's arch enemy Israel has admitted that now there is now more military solution against Iran. Shimon Peres said attack on Iran is not the answer; we missed that chance to stop Iran's nuclear drive. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Parliament went further stating Iran as a Nuclear country. It said America and Europe have no choice now but to "live with a nuclear Iran". Top lawmaker said "We have beocome a world nuclear power and West must learn to live with the new fact".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.S. knew Iran had mastered nuclear technology in 2006. Washington had threatened to bomb Iran in 2002. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/20/iran-hints-at-atomic-weapons-5976154/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>nukes</category><category>iran</category><category>israel</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><category>us</category><category>tehran</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/20/iran-hints-at-atomic-weapons-5976154/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Hezbollah elections target of pro-Israel Egypt</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/14/hezbollah-election-victory-target-of-pro-israel-egypt-5942633/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-14:/2009/04/14/hezbollah-election-victory-target-of-pro-israel-egypt-5942633/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:02:43 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Israel is terrified that Europe will make links with Hezbollah after its likely win in Lebanese elections. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran said Israel is desperate to see Hezbollah lose and is using its Arab allies to scare people.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dr Ali Larijani said pro-Israel Egypt is being used to smear Hezbollah in an attmept to affect the outcome of the polls. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Last week Egypt has arrested Hezbollah members trying to smuggle weapons and food for Palestinian people who are trapped under the siege of Israeli army. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Larijani said Egypt is using "old useless tactics" to hurt the image of Hezbollah.  &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Egypt says it is affraid that Hezbollah's Shia ideology mighty spread in the country after Hezbollah victory against Israel has elevated its status among Egyptians.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Parliament speaker also said that Israel is using Egypt to "divert worlds attention" from its war crimes which it committed on its brutal assault on the population of Gaza in January 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - April 12, 2009
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/14/hezbollah-election-victory-target-of-pro-israel-egypt-5942633/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>beirut</category><category>iran</category><category>israel</category><category>egypt</category><category>larijani</category><category>lebanonhizbollah</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/14/hezbollah-election-victory-target-of-pro-israel-egypt-5942633/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Islamic Republic "unwilling" to shake Satanic hands</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/09/ayatollah-unwilling-to-shake-satan-s-hand-5915778/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-09:/2009/04/09/ayatollah-unwilling-to-shake-satan-s-hand-5915778/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:42:11 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran has rejected American request to re-establish ties. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahamadinejad read out Ayatollah's message to the Americans that Iranians dont trust you. He said that he would let the Americans in until they can be trusted.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;When President Obama was elected he asked Iran to "unclench his fist" and offered to shake Iranian had, the Ayatollah replied that he does not shake hands with Satan. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Ayatollah's fists stayed up and Iranians chanted "Death to America".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's Supreme Leader sent message to Washington saying that he cannot tust simply words from the United States. America "must show change of behaviour" practically. "Where is the real change", Ayatollah asked thousand of Iranians in mass rally. "We have seen no change from America. they just utter slogans but their actions remain the same."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President of Iran said we will not shake "lying hand" that appear good on surface but in reality is a "deceptive" hand. Obama will "fail" on Iran as Bush failed. Iran will give Obama the "same treatment" as given to Bush. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Last month NATO asked Iran's help in Afghanistan where U.S. and its allies are bogged down against the Taliban. Iranians have said the will help but military force is "not the solution" and allies will lose eventually. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 04/08
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/09/ayatollah-unwilling-to-shake-satan-s-hand-5915778/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>ayatollah</category><category>obama</category><category>iran</category><category>nato</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/09/ayatollah-unwilling-to-shake-satan-s-hand-5915778/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran rips up greetings from Obama</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/04/iran-rips-up-greetings-from-obama-5888227/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-04-04:/2009/04/04/iran-rips-up-greetings-from-obama-5888227/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:36:29 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Supreme Leader tore the goodwill messages from the United States. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ayatollah Khamenei said Iranians do not need greetings from the "Great Satan".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian leader was speaking to a large crowd in Tehran. He said Iranians demand change of attitude from the Washington.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The crowd chanted "Death to America".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Parliament speaker said Washington has "always opposed" Iranians. It "sided with Saddam" in eight years with our country and "urged him" to launch attack on Iran. Now the "fine words" coming from U.S. are not enough. The problem we have with America is not an "emotional one" that can be resolved with soft kind words. United States has been "enemy of Iran for more than 30 years".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dr Ali Larijani also slammed U.S. invasion of Iraq: "The Iraqi people suffered for a long under a tyrant Saddam Hussein and now the Americans should are playing that role. Americans had subjected Iraqis to harassment, pain and humiliation."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian say they will not let U.S. establish ties on words alone.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 09/03/26
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/04/iran-rips-up-greetings-from-obama-5888227/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/04/04/iran-rips-up-greetings-from-obama-5888227/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Hezbollah will not accept Israel in "a 1000 years"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/03/14/hezbollah-will-never-accept-israel-s-existence-5755063/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-03-14:/2009/03/14/hezbollah-will-never-accept-israel-s-existence-5755063/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:00:11 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;The "Party of God" said it will never recognise the right of Israel to exist.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah is a major Lebanese political party and one of the most popular and powerful guerrila forces in the world. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The chilling anti-Israel message was delivered by guerrila chief himself, Hassan Nasrallah. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah leader rejected President Obama's attempts to hold talks with the group under certain conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Last week Britain said it would speak to the Iranian-backed guerrilas of Lebanon after they succeeded in weakning the American-backed government in Beirut. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.K. decision has upset U.S. which is under pressure of Israel to disarm or destory Hezbollah.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Nasrallah said "We will never recognise Israel". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Hezbollah Chief spoke during the week of worldwide Meelad celebrations that mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammed; who was the first to considered Jews as enemies of Islam and Muslims expelling entire jewish them from Arabia in 632 A.D.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However, Nasrallah called Mohammed a mercy to humanity. His speech marked the Prophet Mohammed's birthday with defiance against Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He also made the statement rejecting a demand from United States to make peace with Israel: "As long as Party of God exists, it will never accept the Israel's state", he said.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hassan Nasrallah made the views of "God's Party" crystal clear: &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"We see Israel as our enemy today, tomorrow and even after 1000 years, and to the end of the world."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - March 13, 2009
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/03/14/hezbollah-will-never-accept-israel-s-existence-5755063/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>washington</category><category>obama</category><category>lebanon</category><category>mohammad</category><category>nasrallah</category><category>hizbollah</category><category>israel</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/03/14/hezbollah-will-never-accept-israel-s-existence-5755063/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran: "Only war" will save Palestine</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/iran-says-only-war-will-save-palestine-5692273/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-03-04:/2009/03/04/iran-says-only-war-will-save-palestine-5692273/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:35:15 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran held an alternative summit on Gaza, and urged muslims to "fight Israel" to its destruction. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said talking will not help the Palelstinians. The only way forward is "war" with the Zionist state. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Khamenei called on the International Court to arrest Israeli leaders for their war crimes in Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said negotiating with Israel is fruitless. United States this "a cancerous tumour" in the Middle East. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He also said that in 1948, the United Nations had played "vital part in an injustice" of creating the "tyrant state" of Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The world body has been exposed and earned a bad name. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran labelled U.N. "instrument of deception for Israel".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Ahmadinejad said creation of Israel was a major deception by imperial powers who wanted to dominate the entire world. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However, he offered a more conciliatory tone than the Ayatollah. Ahmadinejad said that a "referrendum would be acceptable" as a solution to settle the Palestine issue.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;His boss, the Ayatollah condemned American leaders President Bush and President Obama of using government to defend terrorism. They pledged "unconditional commitment" to Israel and aid oppression of the Palestinians. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Chilling war rhetoric indicates Iran may be gearing up for a major confrontation with Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hamas was invited to Iran after the group was shunned by U.S. and Israel in their conference on Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Tehran participants slammed the "pro-Israel conference in Egypt".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Speaker Ali Akbar mocked European and American leaders with their Arabs allies who participated in that conference and staged that "puppet show". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said Egypt gathering actually approved the Zionist regime's atrocities in Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - March 4, 2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/iran-says-only-war-will-save-palestine-5692273/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>israel</category><category>palestine</category><category>egypt</category><category>us</category><category>iran</category><category>gaza</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/iran-says-only-war-will-save-palestine-5692273/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran "offered to stop killing British soldiers"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/21/iran-offered-to-stop-killing-british-soldiers-5621207/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-02-21:/2009/02/21/iran-offered-to-stop-killing-british-soldiers-5621207/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:40:13 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran offered England a "way out" of Iraq "without body bags" in a deal against the United States.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.K. Ambassador, Sir John Sawers, said that our soldiers in Iraq were being killed by Iran. There was then an offer from the Iranians that they would stop attacking British troops if we dropped U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran's uranium enrichment program.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Sir Sawers said that Iranians came to London "for tea"; and in a secret deal with the British Army made the offer: "We stop killing you in Iraq, if you stop your United Nation action on our Nuclear Project."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;There was no such "tea deal" with the Americans. For five years, Iran continued to support resistence against US forces, supplying money and weapons to the Iraqi insurgents from 2003 to 2007. US commanders had many a times captured and displayed Iranian made bombs during the occupation of Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;As a consequence of weapons from Iran, United States continued to see increasing numbers of death and injuries among their troops.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 02/19/2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/21/iran-offered-to-stop-killing-british-soldiers-5621207/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/21/iran-offered-to-stop-killing-british-soldiers-5621207/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran can now "build nuclear weapons"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/21/iran-can-now-build-nuclear-weapon-5621118/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-02-21:/2009/02/21/iran-can-now-build-nuclear-weapon-5621118/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:21:06 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Islamic Republic of Iran can has now enough Uraniam to produce its own atomic bombs.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ali Ashgar Soltanieh said that we no longer need to buy nuclear material from other countries. Iranian mines contain Uranium for our purposes. Iran can now if it wishes build nukes. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;It has recently demonstrated that the country has capability to "make deliveries" when it sent a rocket into space last week on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran has proved that there is no shortage of the material both to make nuclear bombs, and to take them to its arch enemy - The United States.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However, Iranian leaders insist that so far there is no need for the nation to start weaponisation of its nuclear technology. The West is affraid of Iran.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/21/iran-can-now-build-nuclear-weapon-5621118/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>space</category><category>uranium</category><category>iran</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/21/iran-can-now-build-nuclear-weapon-5621118/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran able to "view U.S. from space"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/04/iran-able-to-view-u-s-from-space-5504850/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-02-04:/2009/02/04/iran-able-to-view-u-s-from-space-5504850/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:19:40 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;West fears Ayatollahs can now see "the Great Satan" from outside the Earth.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian built Omid Satellite was launched from Safir 2 space also produced by Iranian scientists. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Satellite was launch as part of the celebrations to mark the 30th annivarsary of the 1979 Revolution that ended American influence in the country. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmedinejad praised his nations scientists saying that with their efforts Iran now has a "presence in space". Iranians celebrate success of their revolution which U.S. failed to destory after three decades of attempts. Iranian officials said after 30 years American threats, wars and sanctions. Iran has reached space.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From low earth orbit, the Iranian satellite has clear view of any part of the planet. Camera on board can take pictures of city around the world. Iran claims it will only be observing volcanos. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Pentagon experts say American officials are extremely worried that Iran can now "view" the entire United States from space. There is alarm in Washington that Iran now has access to sensitive adavanced technology. Iran is now the 8th nation that can produce its own satellites and launch them independently into space.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;United States has another fear: Iranian built rocket Safir 2 can easily be converted into an intercontinental ballistic missile - ICBM.  &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 02/02/2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/04/iran-able-to-view-u-s-from-space-5504850/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>satellite</category><category>us</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><category>omid</category><category>iran</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/02/04/iran-able-to-view-u-s-from-space-5504850/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Islamic Revolution "Alive and Kicking"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/31/islamic-revolution-alive-and-kicking-5481093/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-01-31:/2009/01/31/islamic-revolution-alive-and-kicking-5481093/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:23:34 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;United has failed to destroy the Iranian Revolution. That was President Ahmadinejad message marking the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Regime in Tehran.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranians are celebrating 30 years of "freedom from tyranny" - the ousting in 1979 of the Shah as an American puppet dictator.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ahmadinejad paid visit to Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran and offer his prayers to founder.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"The Islamic Revolution is the result of sacrifices made by martyrs," read a banner inscribed with one of Khomeini's famous quotes.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The President said in tribute to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Islamic Revolution is very much "alive and kicking". And it will "continue until full peace and justice are established". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranians are holding 10 days of celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the overthrow of the US-backed Reza Shah, who ruled the country for 40 years and then fled just two weeks before Ayatollah's "thunderous" return on 9:33am February 1, 1979.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Immediately the revolutionary leader branded the United States as the "Great Satan".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In homage, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the Iranians will "guard the great legacy and principles" of the founder of Revolution.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmadinejad said Iran would export the Revolution to other countries. The ideals of the founder would be expanded "internationally". The Islamic Revolution is "not limited to Iranian borders", said Mr Ahmadinejad. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/31/islamic-revolution-alive-and-kicking-5481093/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>islam</category><category>tehran</category><category>iran</category><category>us</category><category>ayatollah</category><category>revolution</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><category>khomeini</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/31/islamic-revolution-alive-and-kicking-5481093/#comments</comments></item><item><title>NATO "needs Iran" help</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/28/nato-needs-iran-help-5462893/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-01-28:/2009/01/28/nato-needs-iran-help-5462893/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:45:52 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Without Iran the west "cannot win" the war in Afhganistan.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The stark message was issued by NATO Chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Brussels on 27 January 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;NATO chief called on United States to request Iranian help in order to achieve victory in Afghanistan. He warned that unless Iran helps, the west "would lose" in Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said U.S. needs to be pragmatic and call for Iran's help. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Without Iran's help, the Taliban would win and this would be a "disaster" for Europe and America, warned Mr Scheffer. NATO is in "urgent need" to talk to Iranians and get their help. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.S. and NATO have been struggeling in Afghanistan for 7 year. Taliban militants are still causing many deaths of American and European soldiers. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Top U.S. Commander also admitted that Iran is needed to beat the extremists in Afghanistan. Chief of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen said US needs to talk to Iranians about Afghanistan. He urged the new US President to engage with Iran. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However, many observers think that it is unlikely that U.S. would bend to Iran until its situation gets more dire in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/28/nato-needs-iran-help-5462893/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>iran</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>us</category><category>nato</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/28/nato-needs-iran-help-5462893/#comments</comments></item><item><title>"Second defeat" sealed for Israeli Army</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/26/second-defeat-sealed-for-israeli-army-5450555/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-01-26:/2009/01/26/second-defeat-sealed-for-israeli-army-5450555/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:13:18 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah congratulated Hamas on victory against Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Leader of the powerful guerilla group Hezbollah sent message of joy to Hamas chief Khalid Mashal on destorying Israeli plans for Gaza. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Nasrallah said that this is the "second Zionist defeat" in two and a half years. He was referring to the "historic victory" that Hizbullah scored in its 2006 war with Israel in Lebanon. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah leader praised the "heroic confrontations by heroes of the Palestinian resistance. They remained united in the battlefield."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"You have achieved victory by confronting the Zionist aggression on Gaza", said Hasan Nasrallah.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israel launched war in Gaza aiming to "end Hamas rule".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;After three weeks its withdrew its troops when it knew it could not remove Hamas from power, nor end its rocket attacks on Israel.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran mocked Israeli plans: Israel thought it would see the "white flag" from Peoplpe in Gaza. It made a "big mistake". Now the "deceitful" west does not want the world to know the victory of Gazans. Iran predicts end of Israel is near. The "next victory" will be seen when the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and entire Palestine is "freed" from Zionist occupation. Chairman Rafsanjani said this victory of the people in Gaza has indeed happened, although the western media hides the truth because it "does not want" the people of the world to believe Hamas had won. He said Israeli military was "disappointed" in achieving its aims, it withdrew from Gaza, suffering heavy damages. Israel had expected a "short war" leading to the fall of the "legal government" of Hamas, but it had made a "grave miscalculation". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Syrian President also congratulated Hamas on Islamist movement's "victory" over Israel in Gaza. President Asad hailed Hamas for remaining strong during the war: "Israel's inability to achieve its objectives despite using the deadliest of weaponry is proof of the devotion of the Palestinian people to its territorial rights and its deep belief in victory against occupation and aggression." &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hamas gave Israel one week to pull its troops out of Gaza. Israel completed its troop pullout within 7 day deadline. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/26/second-defeat-sealed-for-israeli-army-5450555/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>israel</category><category>gaza</category><category>hamas</category><category>hezbollah</category><category>nasrallah</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/26/second-defeat-sealed-for-israeli-army-5450555/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Hamas "wins war" against Israel</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/20/hamas-wins-war-against-israel-5412738/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-01-20:/2009/01/20/hamas-wins-war-against-israel-5412738/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:45:45 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Hamas has declared "victory" after Israel failed to achieve any of its stated military objectives in Gaza war. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran also congratulated Hamas for victory over Israel.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmadinejad praised Hamas leader Khalid Mashal for "the victory of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza." &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israel has not claimed victory in its 23 day war in Gaza. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israel went to war with Hamas on 27 December 2008. It claimed it would finish the elected government of Hamas. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hamas is still there and is still able to hit Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israel's Intelliegence agency Shin Bet said that our army was far from achievement in Gaza when we ended the war on 18 January 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israeli Shin Bet Chief Yuval Diskin conceded that the 23 day offensive against the Gaza has failed to prevent Hamas from rearming.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Diskin admitted that Israel has failed to achieve its goals, including disarming Hamas.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Turkey said its time that U.S. and E.U. recognised elected government of Hamas as the legitimate authority of the Palestinians people. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Turkish PM Erdogan called on the world to respect the democratic choice of Palestinians.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hamas won the elections in January 2006. But the west still clings on to the lost party: Fatah. Fatah lost the elections and admitted defeat. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - January 19, 2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/20/hamas-wins-war-against-israel-5412738/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>iran</category><category>israel</category><category>hamas</category><category>gaza</category><category>fatah</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/20/hamas-wins-war-against-israel-5412738/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Al Jazeera - a "Hebrew Channel"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/17/al-jazeera-a-hebrew-channel-5394380/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-01-17:/2009/01/17/al-jazeera-a-hebrew-channel-5394380/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:49:52 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Arab TV networks accused of "helping Israel."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Arab television station Al Jazeera has been dubbed "Hebrew Channel" for its stance against the Palestinians.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Leader of the powerful Lebanese guerilla organisation Hezbollah, accused Arab sattelite channels of siding with Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hassan Nasrallah criticized Arab media saying, "Some of these Arab satellite channels, which we can call them Hebrew channels and not Arab channels, were showing people in Gaza killed yesterday and today as like somebody killed in some traffic accident in India. Then they show the news going back to normal as if there is no Arab humanitarian catastrophe happening in Gaza."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"We as a muslim nation must work together to stop this Zionist campaign. We must work in order for this assault not to achieve its aims. We should be able to achieve victory in Gaza although there will be sacrifices of a huge magnitude".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"It is not only the responsibility of the people of Gaza, it is the responsibility of the governments in Arab and Islamic nations. It is the responsibility of the peoples to bring pressure on their governments, which remained silent, to take steps. There is no justification at all for the people to say we have regimes of oppression. We must go out into the streets and raise our voices, put pressure on our governments even if fire was opened on our chests. This is our duty, and who ever falls in this duty on the road to al-Quds is a martyr."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"In this period the United States of America and the Europeans are suffering from financial and economic crisis. But we in the Arab world, we have oil, we have money, we have political stands, our governments and regimes with very little effort, can very easily stop the Zionist assault on the people in Gaza," he said.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah strongly criticized the Egyptian government and added, "All of these Arab and Islamic people must head to the streets and call on the Egyptian government. The Egyptian position is the corner-stone in what is going on in Gaza. Nobody has called on Egypt to take up arms and go to war. We are only asking them to open their borders so that food, medicine and water can reach our people in Gaza."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"The Egyptian regime must politically help the people of Gaza so that the assault can be stopped without any preconditions. This is the Egyptian responsibility. The people of the Arab and Islamic world must call on the Egyptian regime to open the borders".&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/17/al-jazeera-a-hebrew-channel-5394380/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>hezbollah</category><category>israel</category><category>nasrallah</category><category>aljazeera</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/17/al-jazeera-a-hebrew-channel-5394380/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Arabs "helping Israel" in Gaza</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/17/arabs-helping-israel-in-gaza-5394341/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2009-01-17:/2009/01/17/arabs-helping-israel-in-gaza-5394341/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:42:20 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran has denounced Arab 'traitors' in Gaza crisis.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Supreme leader of Iran said hypocrites and traitor are helping Israel against muslims of Gaza. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ayatollah Khamenei said in a letter to the Palestinian Prime Minister Ishmael Haniyeh: Fate of Arab leaders will be same as that of Jews in Battle of Ahzab. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In 625 A.D. the Jews defeated by Prophet Mohammed and expelled from Arabia.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian leader told Palestinians that they are "victorious this very day" and by continuing this noble resistance you will bring inhumane Israelis further defeat.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;President Ahmadinejad also accused Arab governments of complicity in 'genocide'.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran President said that some states in the Middle East "tolerate genocide" in Gaza with "silence and smile" of satisfaction.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said some of them were standing back in silence and even supporting Israeli attacks on Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"Arabs are expecting that this defenceless people will be broken and that they will surrender to the oppression of the occupiers."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"With God's help and resistence of Gazans, undoubtedly Israel will fail and will eventually collapse."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran has publicly backed Hamas in Gaza as some Western&lt;br&gt;
and Arab states have sought to isolate the Islamic&lt;br&gt;
group.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Mr Ahmadinejad urged Arabs to cut trade ties with Israel. "Today is the day that the Arab League must fulfil its duty. If not today, then when?" he asked.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Addressing a press conference, broadcast live on TV, President Ahmadinejad said: "Cutting trade relations&lt;br&gt;
with the Israel by Muslim countries is the least expectation from these states."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In Lebanon also the powerful Hezbollah leader slams "Arab-Zionist collaboration".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Arab governments were accused of "aiding" Israeli military campaign in Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah leader condemned the Arab world for helping Israel. "Arab nations are cooperating with Israel".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Israel launched war on Palestinians in Gaza on 27 December 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hasan Nasrallah blasted Israeli assault on Gaza and "Arab collaboration".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah Chief pointed the finger at Arab regimes for "conspiring with Israel" against residents of Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He condemned the Israeli massacre of Gazans and identified the role of certain Arab regimes in "conspiring with Israel".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah chief praised Gazans and said they have two options - "Resistance or humiliating surrender" - and they are resisting with great perseverance.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Nasrallah urged "the Egyptian regime specifically to open the Rafah crossing so that aid can flow into Gaza and help Gazans in their struggle."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"We are not asking Egypt to launch a war against Israel. Men in Gaza are quite capable and ready to fight. All we ask is that Egypt does not exploit the war to put pressure on the Palestinian resistance. If you do not open the crossing, then you are partners in the crime," he said. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Nasrallah said the Arab world had "the money and enough political power to stop the carnage in Gaza."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"There is true and full collaboration between certain Arab regimes, especially those who have already signed peace deals with Israel, to crush any form of resistance," he told thousands of supporters in Beirut. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Nasrallah said that the Israel-US alliance was trying to impose a "humiliating" settlement on Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. "Those Arab regimes are helping the Israelis." &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"What is going on in Gaza right now is in a very clear way a permanent American and Israeli scheme in the region to impose a humiliating settlement with Israeli and American conditions on the rest of the Arabs. The Americans and the Zionists want a settlement for the Arab-Israeli conflict. They want it in their own form with their own conditions. The Palestinians, the Lebanese and the Syrians must give in to these conditions according to their plan. The Americans and the Zionists are putting their efforts to impose their conditions through pressure, isolation, blockades, internal divisions, assassinations and so on."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Hezbollah leader was speaking in the Lebanese capital Beirut in a live TV speech broadcast around the world Sunday 28 December 2008, 1800 GMT.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Nasrallah accused Arab nations - particularly Egypt and Jordan - of cooperation with Israel in its offensive in the Gaza Strip: "There are some who speak of Arab silence, but this is wrong. There is full Arab cooperation, especially by those who have signed so-called peace agreements with Israel." &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He also condemned Egypt for casting the responsibility of the condition in Gaza on Hamas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/17/arabs-helping-israel-in-gaza-5394341/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>nasrallah</category><category>hezbollah</category><category>gaza</category><category>israel</category><category>lebanon</category><category>egypt</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2009/01/17/arabs-helping-israel-in-gaza-5394341/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Mumbai "hit by Israel"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/17/mumbai-hit-by-israeli-5235949/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-12-17:/2008/12/17/mumbai-hit-by-israeli-5235949/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:15:54 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Mumabi attacks on 26 November 2008 were carried by undercover Israeli secret agents operating in India. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The startling claim was made by the hardline President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Mr Ahmadinejad suggested that: Spy agencies Israel were involved in Mumbai attacks. West has strategic goals in the region. This terrorists attack is work of Israeli Mossad. Israeli agents recruited some poor muslims to carry out mayhem in Mumbai.People of India or Pakistan "would never do such a thing":&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran points out that the motto of Israeli Secret Service Mossad is: "Win by Deception and Terrorism".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Mumbai attackers are known to have lodged for two weeks at the Jewish Centre called "Nariman House" in Mumbai. It is possible these armed men were hired killers. Witnesses said that before the attacks there were suspicious activities going on at the Israeli Centre. Many foreigners were seen going in and out. Locals Police took no action even after being told of the suspicous nature of these activities. Vast deliveries of food were made at the Nariham House.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;India had refused to join U.S. led "war on terror". However, after suffering some high profile "terrorist" attack itself, India has since 2005, been allowing Israeli military and intelligence teams to "train and equip" Indian police and Army. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;But India has blamed Pakistan. President Zardari has reject the accusation and said there has so far been no evidence provided against any of its citizens. He said "We are also victims of terrorism."&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian leader condemned Mumbai strikes as terrorism and said that he believed that Israel and U.S. want to weaken India and that their real target is China.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/17/mumbai-hit-by-israeli-5235949/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>israel</category><category>jews</category><category>cia</category><category>mumbai</category><category>nairmanhouse</category><category>us</category><category>china</category><category>mossad</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/17/mumbai-hit-by-israeli-5235949/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Obama "another cowboy like Bush"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/12/obama-called-another-cowboy-like-bush-5209854/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-12-12:/2008/12/12/obama-called-another-cowboy-like-bush-5209854/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:39:53 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran said President Obama is no different than Bush. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Parliament Speaker told reporters that only children think that Obama would be different from Bush.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ali Larijani blasted Obama for walking the Bush line.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"Like Bush, Obama also thinks he can take on Iran", mocked Dr. Larijani.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Speaker of Parliament slamed Obama as a "cowboy": &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"Educated people" dont talk like cowboys. "Obama speaks like one". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 12.12&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/12/obama-called-another-cowboy-like-bush-5209854/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>cowboy</category><category>bush</category><category>larijani</category><category>obama</category><category>iran</category><category>us</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/12/obama-called-another-cowboy-like-bush-5209854/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Nuclear Power "better than carrots"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/08/iran-nuclear-power-better-than-carrots-5181766/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-12-08:/2008/12/08/iran-nuclear-power-better-than-carrots-5181766/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:50:05 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran believes becoming a nuclear power is far better than becoming a rabbit. Ayatollah has vowed not to buy American "carrots". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranians are neither frightened of Americans "sticks", nor interested in their "carrots".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;And the UN has claimed that "US lost against Iran" in its long running nuclear dispute with the Tehran Ayatollah. "U.S. efforts to halt Iranian nuclear activity have been a failure, said UN's nuclear watchdog IAEA.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. should know Iran does not like carrots, and should'nt offer them to Iran. "Carrot offers have failed". Iran said America'a new President must "not repeat" the mistakes of Bush. "Carrots and sticks doesn't work with Iran".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's spokesman Hasan Kashkawi said that there is no way we will "exchange American carrots for Atoms".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"We believe that Nuclear technology is better than carrots".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;United States had being trying to convince its European allies to isolate Iran in order to force it to halt its nuclear aims. Allies have been defeated by Iran's determination. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;United Nations also thinks that U.S. has not achieved its objective in an Atomic duel with Iran. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;United Nations believes that United States has been humiliated by Iranians in the 5-year nuclear row. It said that Iran has not backed down. U.S has failed to stop Iranian nuclear activites. U.N. Chief of International Atomic Energy Agency said Americans have not managed to make Iranians retreat "one inch". Its a complete failure of U.S. efforts.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 12.08.08
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/08/iran-nuclear-power-better-than-carrots-5181766/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>nuclear-power</category><category>iran</category><category>europe</category><category>us</category><category>un</category><category>allies</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/12/08/iran-nuclear-power-better-than-carrots-5181766/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran "first nation" to condemn Obama</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/10/iran-first-nation-to-condemn-obama-5013711/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-11-10:/2008/11/10/iran-first-nation-to-condemn-obama-5013711/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:28:21 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Honeymoon is over. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian Parliament blasted the new White House groom before he moved into his suite. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Within five days of Obama's electrifying victory, Iran has become the first country to show Obama's "true colours". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Parliament declared Obama "the next American threat".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Tehran predicted that Obama would continue same "disasterous U.S policies" of the past.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;"Simply replacing a whiteman with a blackman wont do".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;If Obama wants U.S. to have "good relations" with the world, it must send messages of goodwill, said Iranian leaders.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran Parliament blasted the new U.S. President even before he had a chance to settle in.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran said Obama had "promised change" and yet he has taken first steps in the "wrong direction". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Obama ought to "fulfill his campaign slogans" and start a new and just foreign policy towards the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Obama has not yet moved into the White House after winning historic U.S. elections on 4th November 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran's powerful parliament speaker Ali Larijani slammed the new U.S. President within a week of his victory:&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Obama "should know better" than to confront Iran. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran has been showing defiance to United States for 30 years since 1979 Iranian Revolution. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Defiant tone against Washington continued: United States is "not capabale" of preventing Iran from being an independent power. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dr. Ali Larijani said "changing the colours" in the White House won't do. Change of "attitude" is essential. Iran would "never give in" to United States. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - Sunday 9/11&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/10/iran-first-nation-to-condemn-obama-5013711/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>whitehouse</category><category>larijani</category><category>iran</category><category>us</category><category>obama</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/10/iran-first-nation-to-condemn-obama-5013711/#comments</comments></item><item><title>United States to "Explode Totally"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/08/u-s-to-explode-totally-iran-leader-5004097/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-11-08:/2008/11/08/u-s-to-explode-totally-iran-leader-5004097/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:42:19 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;America is heading for "a fall of catastrophic proportions". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The dire prediction was made by a senior Iran leader Ayatollah Janati. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said that in the light of recent financial crises, it can be seen that United States will "explode totally".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Leader of the powerful Guardian Council said no one in America has the "guts" to say it. They cannot express their views openly. Leaders "lack courage" to admit that U.S. sinking fast. The economic power of America is in decline every single day.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;He said the new President Barak Obama will not be able to save America because he. like all U.S. leaders, will be under the control of Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran has blamed powerful groups linked to Israel for causing the 2007-2009 economic crises.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/08/u-s-to-explode-totally-iran-leader-5004097/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>financialcrisis</category><category>us</category><category>janati</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/08/u-s-to-explode-totally-iran-leader-5004097/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Iran says U.S. "hates Islam"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/08/iran-says-u-s-hates-islam-obama-will-be-useless-5004064/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-11-08:/2008/11/08/iran-says-u-s-hates-islam-obama-will-be-useless-5004064/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:31:52 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran claimed Israel is already "controlling" the new President. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Obama would be a "useless" leader.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranians derided Barak Obama's election victory as "hollow".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Powerful Guardian Council Chairman Ayatollah Janati said Obama will not bring change that he promised because he will be a puppet of Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Obama has to "beg Israel" before he can even settle in, said Janati. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.S leaders are always seen trying to "please Israel".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The powerful leader told Iranian people that United States "fundementally hates Islam". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Cleric said U.S. is "fundementally opposed" to Muslims. This is a "deep rooted" policy in Washington.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/08/iran-says-u-s-hates-islam-obama-will-be-useless-5004064/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>janati</category><category>us</category><category>iran</category><category>israel</category><category>obama</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/11/08/iran-says-u-s-hates-islam-obama-will-be-useless-5004064/#comments</comments></item><item><title>"We Still Hate United States" - Iran</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/30/iransupreme-leader-we-still-hate-united-states-4956027/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-10-30:/2008/10/30/iransupreme-leader-we-still-hate-united-states-4956027/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:55:38 +0100</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;Iran has ended speculations of possible ties with White House after the U.S. elections. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranian nation "detests America", according to the nations top religious and political leader. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.S. is often referred to as the "Great Satan".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran wants "no easing of animosity" with Washington anytime soon. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The two nations have been bitter foes since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Our hatred for America is "deep", said Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ayatollah said the nuclear dispute with U.S. was beyond differences of opinion on a few political issues. Iranian people "hate America" because of its plots against our country for the past 50 years. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iranians blame America for removing their elected Prime Minister Mosadeq in 1953. Ayatollah Khamenei holds U.S. responsible for the coup that disposed Mr Mosaddeq. Iranian leader said America was not interested in democracy in Iran. He accused the U.S. for installing the Shah as a dictator in 1953.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ayatollah Khamenei praised the students of the Revolution who took American diplomates from the U.S Embassy in Tehran. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;American diplomates were declared "spies" by Iran and held as hostages for a year. They were released after U.S. finally bowed to Iranian demands. Ayatollah said seizing the American diplomates from the Embassy was a "great move" by the brave students. They have acted against the "den of espionage".&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Supreme Leader of Iran demanded that United States apologise for its "past crimes" against the Iranian nation. America "must admit" that it did wrong to Iranians in 1953. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;If U.S. seeks closer ties, it "must apologise" to Iranians, said the Ayatollah.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 2008/10/30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/30/iransupreme-leader-we-still-hate-united-states-4956027/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>rezashah</category><category>ayatollah</category><category>iran</category><category>khamenei</category><category>mosaddeq</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/30/iransupreme-leader-we-still-hate-united-states-4956027/#comments</comments></item><item><title>U.S. "dropped Nuclear Bomb" on Iraq</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/25/nuclearbombs-dropped-oniraq-4929734/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-10-25:/2008/10/25/nuclearbombs-dropped-oniraq-4929734/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:12:18 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;On 27 February 1991 American Army dropped a Nuclear Bomb in South Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;A five-kilotonne nuclear device was exploded by U.S. troops in Basra.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Pentagon has tried to deny the incident.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However, U.S. Military personnel have come forwards to reveal that they had used nuclear wepaons. It is now claimed by American soldiers that U.S. Army had indeed used a nuclear bomb during the first Gulf War.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;One former U.S. soldier and military expert at Fort Drum confirmed that nuclear bomb was used in Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Mechanical Engineer Jim Brown of US Army's 10th Mountain revealed that U.S. Military did drop an Atomic bomb in southern Iraq. He said that the nuclear blast resulted in small earth quake of 4.2 scale. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The claim was independently confirmed by Britain's International Seismological Center. The centre said the quake occured at exactly 1:39pm 27.02.1991. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The nuclear blast was also registered by similar monitoring centres in Canada, Sweden and Norway.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iran also says it had recorded the quake resulting from the nuclear explosion in Iraq. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;On Friday 24 October 2008, Iran's former President Ali Rafsanjani claimed a U.S. nuclear attack in Basra.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Mr Rafsanjani, now in the Assembly of Experts, said the Pentagon had suppressed the truth by banning anyone from investigating the explosion in Basra. He said reports of nuclear blast were censored in the media. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Gulf War ended the day after the explosion of the nuclear device.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Washington has classified the documents of the 1991 incident. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Japan has already suffered from nuclear weapons. United States had dropped two Atom Bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iraqi doctors say as in case of Japan, nuclear blast in Basra also resulted in dramatic increase in number of cancers in the area.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - 10/25/2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/25/nuclearbombs-dropped-oniraq-4929734/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>usjimbrown</category><category>iraq</category><category>rafsanjani</category><category>nuclear</category><category>basra</category><comments>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/25/nuclearbombs-dropped-oniraq-4929734/#comments</comments></item><item><title>Treaty with U.S "A Sin God would not forgive"</title><link>http://ayatollah.blog.co.uk/2008/10/22/ayatollahscuttles-u-s-troops-deal-iniraq-4912683/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ayatollah.blog.co.uk,2008-10-22:/2008/10/22/ayatollahscuttles-u-s-troops-deal-iniraq-4912683/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:08:05 +0200</pubDate><description>	&lt;p&gt;"Man of God" scuttles Iraq's agreement with United States.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Washington deal with Iraq known as the "Status of Forces Agreement" has been dealt a serious blow by top Shi'ite Cleric.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Kazem Al-Haeri told the Iraqi lawmakers not to sign the American pact.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The agreement would have given immunity to American soldiers to commit crimes in Iraq and not face Iraqi justice.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Grand Ayatollah said signing this humiliating deal with America would be "a sin that God would not forgive". &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The religious leader has great influence over large number of people inside and outside the Iraqi parliament. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Iraq's Parliament is now refusing to accept the the treaty and demands changes to the text.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Washginton had been making attempt to rush the treaty through. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;U.S. Army Chief in Iraq General Odierno had tried to put pressure on Iraqis to sign the treaty by saying that they were letting Iran dictate the terms of the agreement. Iraqi lawmakers were furious and condemned Odierno for meddling in Iraq politics. They demanded to review the entire treaty with U.S. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In Lebanon, Hezbollah's Spiritual leader also blasted the U.S for trying to legitimise the occupation of Iraq. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Ayatollah Fadlalah said Iraqi should not endorse the dishonourable deal. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;APN - October 22, 2008
&lt;/p&gt;
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