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.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

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

There is going to have to be violence by someone to get the Mullahs out. They aren't just going to turn over their power.

[F14 Pilot]

So, we have to support their fight for freedom.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Bump this article and Freeper insights

re. those our troops and allies will be dealing with in the near future.

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[Long Cut]

Iran declared war when they seized the American Embassy in 1979. That was an Act Of War by all definitions.

Over the intervening years, they have only confirmed it with their support of terrorism agains us.

I know why Jimmy Carter failed to declare war...a lack of stones. But Ronald Reagan's reluctance to do so, especially after the destruction of our embassy in Lebanon and the murders of our Marines there, was and is incomprehensible to me. It remains my one point of disagreement with his policies.

[F14 Pilot]

thanks for pinging!

[bogdanPolska12]

Hey Pilot. There is no doubt that Iran is involved in this. That is why battle ground has been drawn. Today operation is a breaking point, almost like El Alamo by Montgomery. This is fight till the end. We don't need to bomb Iran, we can use same tactic we did in Afghanistan and then applied in Iraq. Most Iranians are very pro Americans so we should use that for our advantage.

Good news also is Sharon has put Arafat on assassination list, and now breaking on FNC, Saudi bank scandal. More to come.

Bogdan

[JamesA]

More targets.....

[Valin]

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

You know better than that.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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[af_vet_1981]

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.

Good. Let us totally destroy that regime, down to the last mullah. I have never forgotten our Embassay hostages. The world should fear to harm American diplomats or citizens.

[ought-six]

"I thought that Iran was Sunni Muslem."

No. Iran is overwhelmingly Shi'ite.

[af_vet_1981]

But Ronald Reagan's reluctance to do so, especially after the destruction of our embassy in Lebanon and the murders of our Marines there, was and is incomprehensible to me. It remains my one point of disagreement with his policies.

Yep, when we needed Gen. McCarthur we found Cap Weinberger and others.

[ought-six]

"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."

Shhhhhhhushhhh...be quiet. They might be listening.

[FreedomPoster]

>>"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."

Time to bring in WMD - Weapons of MTV Destruction. They can't resist the Britney Bomb.

[Long Cut]

President Reagan, if he were able, would probably make the case that he was more worried about the Soviets at the time, and with our military decimated as it was during the Carter years, that he was unable to wage a decisive war on Iran and at the same time deter Soviet mischief.

Unfortunately, that still left us ignoring direct acts of war against our nation, with the results culminating on September 11, and costing hundreds of innocent lives along the way.

Of course, he was also probably secretly hoping that Saddam Hussein would take care of the Iranians for us, but obviously that was a misguided hope as well.

[Rams82]

This is WW3 and the sooner we realize it the better. A full scale regional war is possible in the mideast Between Syria, Iran, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups and The U.S. and Israel. If this does happen we CANNOT take our eyes of North Korea and China. I hope our homeland is secure.

[Godfollow]

No flames... your sentiments are quite understandable. It's beginning to look like what the middle east needs to keep it under control is an evil tyrant. We may have shot ourselves in the foot by removing him. Sometimes I think our Western values are only valid in our part of the world, and genocide really is to be considered where lunatic humanity is concerned. Nevertheless, I'll be voting for GW.

[boris]

"BOMB??????"

ASAP. Either we or the Israelis will have to take out all their nuclear facilities. Indeed, I cannot fathom why we are waiting so long.

Once that is done, we do the cities.

--Boris

[Luis Gonzalez]

I'm amazed that anyone here thought that we wouldn't be at war with Iran at one point or another.

Here's a hint...Syria's next, after Iran.

[F14 Pilot]

DMDs can't stand Britney Bomb!

(( DMD= Dictators of Mass Destruction ))