Posted on 06/05/2004 6:43:29 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranians have signed up for suicide attacks on Israel, U.S.-led forces in Iraq and British author Salman Rushdie, a recruiting group said on Saturday.
Shi'ite Iran has strongly condemned the occupation of Iraq and voiced its outrage at damage to shrines in the holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala.
The father of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, condemned Rushdie to death in 1989 for alleged blasphemy in his novel "The Satanic Verses".
"Some 10,000 people have registered their names to carry out martyrdom operations on our defined targets," said Mohammad Ali Samadi, a spokesman for the Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign.
But he said the group would need the green light from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to launch the attacks.
The independent group said it started to register Iranian men and women prepared to carry out the attacks after Friday prayers last week and sent forms to religious universities.
"Our targets are mainly the occupying American and British forces in the holy Iraqi cities, all the Zionists in Palestine, and Salman Rushdie," he said.
"It is not our fault that the Zionists have brought their wives and children to the occupied territories and have turned them into shields for themselves," he added, when asked about the killing of civilians.
"Salman Rushdie is the only non-military target for us, because we believe his attack against Islam was much worse that a military assault," the spokesman said.
Hardline cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati urged worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran to attack U.S. and British interests.
"It is the duty of every Muslim to threaten U.S. and British interests anywhere," he said.
Although Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami said in 2001 the death sentence against Rushdie should be seen as lifted, hardliners still occasionally call for his murder.
Ping
2500 registered up to now!
Why don't they all just eat some poison and get it over with. Just give in to the death cult.
"It is not our fault that the Zionists have brought their wives and children to the occupied territories and have turned them into shields for themselves," he added, when asked about the killing of civilians.
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Get the list and oblige them to be premature martyrs.
Iranian Cleric accused US, UK & Israel. Their nationals should feel unsafe wherever they are.
IranMania News ^ | June 5th, 04 | AFP
Posted on 06/05/2004 12:06:08 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
TEHRAN, June 4 (AFP) - Top Iranian hardline cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Janati on Friday accused the United States, Britain and Israel of "warring against God" and said their nationals should be made to feel unsafe wherever they are.
"If the Muslims do not know security, the Americans, British and the Israelis should not know security, for they are "moharebs" (warring against God)," Janati said at Friday prayers in Tehran, broadcast by state media.
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" Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign."
The adherants of the religion of peace want you dead, wherever and whoever you are.
I wouldn't believe that 10,000. Probably more like 2,000....and those they probably paid.
I guess they want next.
The whole religion is getting to be pretty disgusting. Apparently the only way for muslims to reach paradise is through murder, suicide or both. Rushdie is a prime example of why muslims don't speak out against other muslims.
DEATH TO THE TERRORIST REGIME OF IRAN!
LoL. You assume the regime CARES about the people!
A threat like that means nothing.
Anyone that openly calls for the death of Americans should be on our hit-list.
It's obvious that we will never make these people happy no matter what we do.
Why bother being nice?
Get them before they get us.
now is Mohammad Ali Samadi himself signed up to be a martyr, or does he have the tough job of co:ordinating 10,000+ names into the databank for future reference? how does the CCMGIC decide who goes first; is it a lottery? names get picked out of a turban? these guys are such geeks... i hope the New Iranian Revolution is swift and just
just in time for Friday "prayers".....guess they all got their marching orders.
"is Mohammad Ali Samadi himself signed up to be a martyr...?"
LoL. I think we know the answer to that..........
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