Posted on 11/28/2004, 7:14:31 PM by Ginifer
TEHRAN, Iran -- The 300 men filling out forms in the offices of an Iranian aid group were offered three choices: Train for suicide attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq, for suicide attacks against Israelis or to assassinate British author Salman Rushdie.
It looked at first glance like a gathering on the fringes of a society divided between moderates who want better relations with the world and hard-line Muslim militants hostile toward the United States and Israel.
But the presence of two key figures -- a prominent Iranian lawmaker and a member of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards -- lent the meeting more legitimacy and was a clear indication of at least tacit support from some within Iran's government.
Since that inaugural June meeting in a room decorated with photos of Israeli soldiers' funerals, the registration forms for volunteer suicide commandos have appeared on Tehran's streets and university campuses, with no sign Iran's government is trying to stop the shadowy movement.
On Nov. 12, the day Iranians traditionally hold pro-Palestinian protests, a spokesman for the Headquarters for Commemorating Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement said the movement signed up at least 4,000 new volunteers.
Mohammad Ali Samadi, the spokesman, told The Associated Press the group had no ties to the government.
And Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters recently that the group's campaign to sign up volunteers for suicide attacks had "nothing to do with the ruling Islamic establishment."
"That some people do such a thing is the result of their sentiments. It has nothing to do with the government and the system," Asefi said.
Yet despite the government's disavowal of the group and some of its programs, there are indications the suicide attack campaign has at least some legitimacy within the government.
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This should be the President's next stop. And I mean stop. The American loving Iranians will welcome our troops. They are the majority there. So what's holding us up? Iran is the center of terrorism in the world. This fact has been known for years.
Hmm, let me think. Two out of three choices start with 'Train for suicide attacks'. The third sounds like a long, leisurely mission hanging out in English bookstores and coffee shops. Given how elusive the guy is, you'd probably be able to 'accidentally let him slip away' if you did find him, and keep the gig until he dies of natural causes.
The first two sound real tempting, but I'll take door number 3.
And we're supposed to believe Islam is a "religion of peace." Criminy.
"Get rid of that gum!"
Considering the way some of those Iranians behave while in Europe, they'll soon be (as stated in said movie) dancing around like Kansas City faggots.
I'm still disappointed that Saudi Arabia never was included in the axis of evil.
It is all about the oil.
How much training does it take to be a suicide bomber. You strap on the bomb, you mix with a crowd of innocents, hopefully you find a Jewish mother and child you can stand next to and you pull the string.
The teacher of suicide bombers does have to receive the attention of the class as he can show it only once!
The 300 men filling out forms in the offices of an Iranian aid group were offered three choices: Train for suicide attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq, for suicide attacks against Israelis or to assassinate British author Salman Rushdie.
Sounds like a Monty Python skit.
“Previous experience not required, and in fact undesirable.”
What will they do when they get the BOMB?
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