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January 2007
President Ahmadinejad's Count Down to War?
by OPINIONIST
Ahmadinejad mind-map bullet points:
- Holocaust denier
- US/Israel “soon to be destroyed”
- “one bomb” will destroy Israel
- North Koreans assisting Iran’s nuclear program
- Israel very quiet recently
- Israel political will and military resources to attack Iran unilaterally?
- 2nd U.S. carrier group en route Persian Gulf
- U.S. defend Iraq’s Iran / Syrian borders in response?
- 2009 term limit, Parliament shortened Ahmadinejad’s term?
- ‘Hojjatieh’ ultra-conservative Shia believer of the 12th Imam/Mahdi
- Ahmadinejad wants his administration to ‘pave way for 12th Imam’s return
- His administration politically weaker; forcing his hand?
- Inflation, unemployment, building opposition to his policies
- Ahmadinejad even scares Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- Ayathollah’s recent overtures (”goodwill”) to U.S. via Saudi King
- Sec. of State - Condi Rice - making trip to Riyadh next week
February 2006
February 2005
Shias win Iraqi election
by mikepower
The United Iraqi Alliance, a Shia coalition assembled by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has won the Iraqi elections, taking over 4 million votes, or about 48 percent of the ballots cast, officials said today.
Partial Iraqi results show support for UIA
by mikepower
Partial results have shown the Shiite-led United Iraqi Alliance, which is endorsed by powerful cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, with a large margin over U.S.-backed interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in the race for seats in the 275-member National
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