Here comes WWIII ... Thanks Bushco!!!!

[Windy]

Shrine of Imam Ali (AS) belongs to all humanity: Iran


TEHRAN (MNA) -- Iran on Sunday announced that the sanctity of the shrine of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf should be protected at all costs and that the issue is not just a matter of concern for the Islamic world but for all humanity.

The shrine of Imam Ali (AS) belongs to the Islamic community and all human beings and if its sanctity is not respected it will set a bad precedent for the desecration of the holy places of all religions, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi told reporters at his weekly news briefing.

Defending the sanctity of the shrine is an Islamic and humanitarian duty and that is why President Mohammad Khatami asked the Malaysian prime minister to call an urgent meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi has also called for a meeting of the neighboring states to assess the situation and stop the bloodshed in Iraq, Asefi added.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman said the attack on the holy shrine is totally unacceptable and unjustified.

Of course, the presence of foreign forces and the continued occupation are the roots of all the problems in Iraq, he added.

He said the resistance against occupation is not just restricted to the Shia or the city of Najaf and has spread throughout Iraq.

He went on to say that even if the clashes in Iraq stopped, the wounds left from the attacks on the city would not heal quickly, adding that the events in Iraq would affect regional security and stability.

Asked whether it is acceptable to use the shrine as a safe haven, he said defenseless people such as the elderly and children have no other place to go for refuge.

Khatami called on Muslim countries Friday to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the "catastrophe" in Iraq, particularly the recent standoff in the holy city of Najaf.

Khatami urged the 57-member OIC to hold an emergency summit and said immediate action should be taken to end the escalating violence in Najaf, where militiamen loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces.

In a telephone conversation with Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the current OIC chief, Khatami said what is happening in Iraq is a spiritual and humanitarian catastrophe and immediate action must be taken to prevent the catastrophe from taking on greater proportions, particularly in Najaf.

Kharrazi raised the issue of holding an urgent meeting of Iraq’s neighboring countries to discuss the Najaf crisis in a telephone call to his Jordanian counterpart Marwan Muasher on Wednesday.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Descript...4&Cat=2&Num=011

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1. Windy your link isn't working try this

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/23/2004&Cat=2&Num=011

[Windy]

2. thanks!

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3. Here comes WWIII!!!

Excellent... now we can go everywhere and get all the evildoers. And as we get them... we will continue to create more and more and more. Truly certifiably insane behavior... sort of like "bring it on".

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ARMAGEDDON IS THEIR PLAN: Rumsfeld, Cheney et al., after 2 decades of planning for a dictatorship (The Armageddon Plan), appear to be now attempting to put that plan into effect. Ralph Schoenman, life-long activist and author, addresses THE POPULAR RESPONSE. 12 min. (part 3 of 4 interview conducted in Toronto, May 27, 2004 at the Intl. Citizens' Inquiry into 9-11) transcript here
12 minutes, quicktime 8.2 megs - thanks to IMC


DON’T BE A ROGUE SUPERPOWER: Pervez Hoodbhoy, prof. of nuclear physics (Islamabad, Pakistan) and veteran peace activist (Aug. 11, 2003, Chautauqua NY). The neo-cons in the White House (etc) “may say one thing, but they know the facts as well.” The prof quotes neo-con Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, White House deputy chief/Intelligence: "We are entering a new American Century in which we will become still wealthier, culturally more lethal and increasingly powerful. We will excite hatreds without precedent. There will be no peace at any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes. There will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe...To keep the world safe for our economy...we will have to do a fair amount of killing." (part 1 of 3).

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4. Someone better tell the idiot-in-chief

that we don't have the manpower or equipment to fight another war! Are they out of their f***ing minds??? That's right, THEY ARE!