Iran declares war on U.S.

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 5th 2004 | Joseph Farah

[F14 Pilot]

Nobody else is saying it, so, once again, it is left to me to explain what really happened in Iraq yesterday.

Iran declared war on the U.S.

The signs have been there for a long time. I don't know if they have been intentionally ignored by U.S. forces in Iraq, or whether there is some master plan at the Defense Department to deal with this scenario.

All I can tell you is we are now fighting a regional war. Our local opposition in Iraq is being trained, armed and directed with foreign support – by neighboring Iran.

The uprising yesterday was treated in many initial news accounts as a spontaneous uprising directed by Najaf cleric Moktada al-Sadr.

What the other news accounts left out was one significant, but well-established fact: Al-Sadr works for Iran. He is an Iranian agent. His authority comes from Iran.

Last April, an Iranian cleric, Kadhem al-Husseini al-Haeri, issued a religious edict and distributed to Shiite mullahs in Iraq, calling on them "to seize the first possible opportunity to fill the power vacuum in the administration of Iraqi cities."

The edict, or fatwa, issued April 8, 2003, showed that Shiite clerics in Iraq are receiving significant direction from Iran. The edict said that Shiite leaders have to "seize as many positions as possible to impose a fait accompli for any coming government."

"People have to be taught not to collapse morally before the means used by the Great Satan if it stays in Iraq," the fatwa read. "It will try to spread moral decay, incite lust by allowing easy access to stimulating satellite channels and spread debauchery to weaken people's faith."

The fatwa also instructed the cleric's followers to "raise people's awareness of the Great Satan's plans and of the means to abort them."

On April 7, the day American troops effectively toppled Hussein's government by seizing its main seats of power in Baghdad, al-Haeri sent a handwritten letter to the city of Najaf, appointing Moktada al-Sadr as his deputy in Iraq.

Haeri wrote: "We hereby inform you that Mr. Moktada al-Sadr is our deputy and representative in all fatwa affairs."

It added: "His position is my position."

Also last April, WorldNetDaily reported that Iran had armed and trained some 40,000 Shiite Iraqi fighters – most former prisoners of war captured during the Iran-Iraq war – and sent them to Iraq to foment an Islamic revolution. The report originated in my premium, online, intelligence newsletter G2 Bulletin.

The report said this small army represents the vanguard of Iran's effort to subvert the U.S.-led liberation of Iraq and use the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime for its own ends.

"Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir Khakim is on record pledging more than once to his followers a plan to impose Islamic rule over Iraq with the help of Iran," reports G2 Bulletin. "The Tehran ayatollahs, or the Pasadran, the powerful revolutionary guard, repeatedly have been telling the Iraqis they would be their legitimate allies and partners. In such a scenario, there is no room for the U.S. The coalition that liberated Iraq is seen by the Iraqi Shiite militants and their Iranian sponsors as a tool for handing Iraq over to them without the need to use a massive force of their own."

Iran has clear objectives in Iraq. The only question is whether the United States still has clear objectives in Iraq – and whether Washington recognizes that this war front just got wider.

[F14 Pilot]

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[F14 Pilot]

[McGavin999]

Well, we all know that's the plan. Unfortunately for the Mad Mullahs the Iraqi people don't seem too interested.

[Makedonski]

Solution ---> bomb Iran?

[MEG33]

Lookie here..just what we've been discussing..Iran's part in the riots and killings.

[yonif]

The whole Arab/Islamic world is at war with non-Muslims.

[Mike Darancette]

Last April, an Iranian cleric, Kadhem al-Husseini al-Haeri, issued a religious edict and distributed to Shiite mullahs in Iraq

I thought that Iran was Sunni Muslem.

[Fledermaus]

It doesn't matter. Bush isn't going to to anything to Iran OR Syria in an "election year".

Funny, I thought he was a leader and a different man for the job.

Instead, he's nothing but a typical entrenched politician only caring about his ego, his job, his mention in the history books.

And Kerry would be worse exactly how? I'm not voting for him, but I still can't find a reason to vote for Bush other than I don't want Kerry. I'm getting tired of choosing between two worthless candidates.

Go ahead, flame me! I don't care. The GOP has turned into the Democratic party because they want to protect their power. When the argument against a Dem is "they'll spend even MORE worthless money on pork projects", the argument to elect the Republican becomes moot.

Just look how the GOP "establishment" backs Arlen Specter this year. Even Rick "should be in a" Santorum, a normally conservative man, backs Specter over Toomey! What a crock of s**t.

We need to develop a viable conservative party and quit cowering on the margins.

But it's not going to happen and so more and more people will stop voting GOP and staying home while the Dems keep feeding their attack dogs red meat, get out the union vote and money stolen from members with no accountability, and eventually take it all back and make it even worse.

Oh wait? Worse? Hard to see how these days as long as the GOP is morphing into the Democrats. If the Dems were smart now, they'd write off their left wing and go back to the DLC middle and move to the right.

They'd be in office another 50 years.

[Mo1]

Iran has clear objectives in Iraq. The only question is whether the United States still has clear objectives in Iraq – and whether Washington recognizes that this war front just got wider.

Oh I'm sure our side has a pretty good idea on what's going on and I trust our side is in the process of dealing with these terrorists

[NaughtiusMaximus]

An interesting post. I've gotten the strong impression that there has been a multidimensional civil war brewing behind the scenes and that Iran was very much an interested party. Thanks for filling in some of the gaps.

[Criminal Number 18F]

I thought that Iran was Sunni Muslem.

Yikes! Mike, Iran is the foremost nation of the Shiite branch of the Islamic faith. What is interesting is that the Iranian (and Iraqi) Shiites are seen by the Wahhabi sect in particular and the Sunni branch in general as heretics.

It is possible that the Islamists of the Sunni Triangle, who are sponsored by the Saudi Wahhabis, will make common cause with the Shiites. Until the US is gone. They they will be at each other's throats.

Also, Iranians are Persians; they are not Arabs and the ethnic and racial difference will have an effect. Most Iraqis will not lightly accept a Persian yoke (mind you, if the Iranian ayatollahs hadn't purged the Shah's military they would have had to accept one in the 1980s). If it is made clear enough that certain clerics are working for Iran, not Iraq, it will undermine those clerics.

One thing to remember is that Muqtada al-Sadr is the representative (I was going to say buggeree-boy) of the Iranian Ayatollahs, but Muqty is NOT the major or most respected Shiite Ayatollah in Iraq. (That would be Sistani, whose position on all this unrest is not being reported).

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[F14 Pilot]

BOMB??????
No, Free Iran or help the Iranians get rid of the Mullahs.
War is not the solution there.

[pt17]

It doesn't matter. Bush isn't going to to anything to Iran OR Syria in an "election year".

Consider the possibility that GWB doesn't have the (CIA type of) intelligence to do anything to either country right now, regardless of any election. Also, having come up short with no WMD, he isn't going to get much support for doing anything overtly. I think the real problem is the Mullahs, Imams and Ayatollahs. They, and not their countries, need to be visited in the middle of the night for some frank discussions.

[F14 Pilot]

Iranians are not Arab and they are not Sunnis.

[Fledermaus]

If by "frank discussions" you mean bullets in the backs of their heads, I agree.

And I don't give a crap about the CIA or intelligence. They need to die, period.

[F14 Pilot]

I can understand your feelings over this and appreciate but I disagree with you on some parts of the comment you wrote above:
Yes, Bush looks for power and office as any other politician does the same. But remember, Bush won't do any thing in the election year, yes you are right. But what will Dems do if they get the office?
Bush has to be careful about his ego, his office and power because he will not be able to help any one if he loses his seat in the oval office.

[pt17]

And I don't give a crap about the CIA or intelligence

I understand your feelings but you'll like need some intelligence if you're to have a proper visit.

[endthematrix]

It's just a matter of who the true caliphate is. All (extremist?) factions want Pan Arabia. There will always be jockeying for power and within tribes and clans. When the SUPREME MULLAH steps up who gonna complain? He would rule ruthlessly anyway and the all bow to Allah, and under their rule you would have to bow too. I say "would" because it's an Arab hookah dream.