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Bush is ignoring this guy like he did 9-11. Right now, Bush is this guys .
October 20, 2006
Iran’s Leader Warns Countries That Back Israel
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 9:28 a.m. ET
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday threatened any country that supports Israel, and said the United States and its allies had ''imposed a group of terrorists'' on the region with their support of the Jewish state.
The Iranian leader also called the U.N. Security Council ''illegitimate,'' ahead of the planned circulation of a draft resolution on Iran next week.
Diplomats have said they would seek limited sanctions on Tehran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment -- a key process that can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or the material for a warhead.
Ahmadinejad's comments came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's strongest words to date about Iranian threats. Olmert warned that Iran would have ''a price to pay'' if it does not back down from its nuclear ambitions -- hinting broadly that Israel might be forced to take action.
Speaking to tens of thousands of supporters at a pro-Palestinian rally in the capital, Tehran, the Iranian leader addressed Israel's allies: ''It is in your own interest to distance yourself from these criminals... This is an ultimatum. Don't complain tomorrow.''
( he knows the US is ed in Iran, and he can hit Israel very badly, with the Hezbollah coming in from Lebannon )
Dozens of rallies were held across Iran for ''Al-Quds Day,'' the Arabic name for Jerusalem. Many became anti-American protests as well, criticizing U.S. support for Israel.
In 1981, the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan as ''Al-Quds Day,'' a day of protest to show the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims. Jerusalem is the third holiest site in Islam after the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina.
A banner in Tehran carried a quote from the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: ''Quds is part of Islam's body.''
Protests also were planned in Egypt and Lebanon.
Ahmadinejad, who has a history of similarly fiery rhetoric, said Israel no longer had any reason to exist and would soon disappear.
''This regime, thanks to God, has lost the reason for its existence,'' he said.
''Efforts to stabilize this fake (Israeli) regime, by the grace of God, have completely failed... You should believe that this regime is disappearing,'' he said.
Talking to reporters Thursday on his way home from a three-day trip to Moscow, Olmert did not specifically threaten to cripple Iran's nuclear program in a military strike, as Israel did 25 years ago in Iraq when it sent combat planes to destroy an unfinished nuclear reactor. But he repeated what he said a day earlier after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow -- the Iranians ''have to be afraid'' of the consequences of their intransigence.
''They have to understand that if they object to every compromise, there will be a price to pay,'' Olmert said.
Iran says its nuclear pursuits are peaceful and energy-related. But the United States and some in Europe accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Enrichment is a key process that can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or the material for a warhead.
On Friday, Ahmadinejad said the U.N. Security Council and its decisions would be ''illegitimate'' as long as it was dominated by the U.S. and Britain.
''What sort of Security Council is this? The whole world knows that the U.S. and Britain are enemies of the Iranian nation,'' he said.
The United States and Britain -- along with France, Russia and China -- have power to veto any Security Council measures.
''The time is over for such logic. Under such cir stances, the Security Council is illegitimate and its decisions are illegitimate,'' Ahmadinejad said, drawing chants of ''Death to America'' from the crowd.
Ahmadinejad has said the Nazis' slaughter of 6 million Jews during World War II was a myth, and that Israel should be wiped off the map or moved to Germany or the United States.
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The Repugs have lost Iran, also.
Damn these Repugs to .
The super-rich and corps are of course the ONLY ones to benefit from the Repugs, using their money to insulate themselves from the real world.
You know Rummy, in disgraced, humiliated retirement, will have plenty of $100K speaking gigs for the Repug self-congratulating echo chamber.
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Bush is ignoring this guy like he did 9-11. Right now, Bush is this guys .
Dumbya aint' worried. He'll leave all this mess to the next president.
the hits just keep coming
October 20, 2006
Shiite Militia Seizes Control of Iraqi City
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
A Shiite militia that has been accused of a wave of sectarian attacks on Iraq’s Sunni minority has seized control of the city of Amara in southeastern Iraq, attacking police stations and erecting checkpoints, witnesses in the city said today. At least 15 people have been killed, health officials said.
The takeover of Amara by the militia, the Mahdi Army, was a broad act of defiance against the authority of the central government, which has been trying to impose order and curb sectarian violence. The incident also raised questions about whether Iraq’s militias can be reined in.
It followed meetings earlier this week between the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki; the Mahdi Army’s anti-American leader, Moktada al-Sadr; and Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is widely viewed in Iraq as the only Shiite leader with the authority to subdue the Shiite militias.
The power the militias have to destabilize the country is demonstrated almost daily, and the Maliki government is under mounting American pressure to stem the violence. Just last weekend, Shiite militiamen went on a killing spree in and around the town of Balad, murdering 38 Sunnis in reprisal for the beheading by Sunni extremists of 19 Shiite workers.
Sheik Abdul Kareem al-Muhammadawi, a prominent tribal leader, said in an interview by telephone today that the Mahdi Army responded by deploying its troops in the city. He said the police were outgunned, with insufficient weapons and ammunition.
“There is no state in the city right now,” he said.
The clashes in Amara, culminating in what effectively was a seizure of the city by the militia, appeared to spring from the assassination this week of a senior police official loyal to another powerful Shiite militia, the Badr Organization. The official’s family and the Badr group accused the Mahdi Army of being behind that killing, according to an account from Amara. A brother of a Mahdi Army commander was then kidnapped in reprisal, the account said.
A British military spokesman in the area, Maj. Charlie Burbridge, said in an interview with CNN that the violence of Thursday and today sprang from the local dispute, and that it did not mean the Mahdi Army intended to take over the city.
( but it shows that if they wanted to, they could. Good luck installing Iraqi police in Samara again )
He told Reuters that the Iraqi Army had deployed about 230 troops to help defend police stations, while British forces kept up reconnaissance from the air and stood ready to offer more assistance if asked.
“Some of these clashes became quite intense exchanges of fire,” Major Burbridge was quoted by the news agency as saying.British troops occupied a military base in Amara, which is near the Iranian border, for several years after the 2003 invasion, and the base was a frequent target of attacks by Shiite militias. It was turned over to Iraqi control in August.
The nearest British troops are now stationed more than 20 miles from the city, Mr. Muhammadawi said.
At least three police stations and several other state facilities in Amara were attacked.
The government reacted with hurried efforts to restore order. Mr. Muhammadawi said he and other tribal leaders tried to intervene, while Mr. Maliki dispatched a delegation to the area. A message from Mr. Sadr was broadcast from police cars and ambulances, calling on gunmen to lay down their weapons, but it appeared to be disregarded, Mr. Muhammadawi said.
Mr. Sadr himself sent a team to Amara from the holy Shiite city of Najaf.
The Associated Press reported that about 800 black-clad militiamen with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were patrolling city streets in commandeered police vehicles.
Some reports said the city was calm today.
Kirk Semple and Iraqi employees of The New York Times contributed reporting.
That didn't last too long did it?
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