”We have taken the path of true Islam and our aim in defeating Saddam Hussein lies in the fact that we consider him the main obstacle to the advance of Islam in the region.” – Sadeq Khalkhali, Chief Judge of the Islamic Revolutionary Court [Source: The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis
- Alireza Jafarzadeh]In his excellent book, The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis
, Alireza Jafarzadeh, an Iranian resident in the United States, informs us about Iran’s goals for Iraq. “The Islamic Republic of Iran's number-one foreign policy agenda,” Jafarzadeh informs us, “is and always has been, exporting its extremist brand of Islamic rule to the rest of the Middle East and the world.” “Iraq, given its Shiite-majority population, important Shiite shrines, and long border with Iran, has been the most advantageous starting point for achieving this goal. Far from being simply a theory or a sensationalized viewpoint, the mullahs’ global ambitions are a fact written into Iran’s constitution. Article 11 spells out Iran’s “duty” to create a political “unity” of Muslims throughout the world.”“In accordance with the sacred verse of the Quran [“This your community is a single community, and I am your Lord, so worship Me” (21:92)] … the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran … must constantly strive to bring about the political, economic, and cultural unity of the Islamic world.”
Sobering facts!
According to Jafarzadeh, “Khameini and his mullahs greeted the 2003 Iraqi invasion as a golden opportunity to step in and remake Iraq in their own image.”
Ahmad Jannati, chairman of Iran’s Guardian Council said the following on December 30, 2005: We are happy with all that has happened in Iraq, including the elections and the victory of the encompassing and Islamic alliance. … A stable Islamic rule is being established in the country.”
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had said in a radio address in 1980 that Saddam Hussein was “Satan’s puppet”. How convenient it has been for the Iranians that America and Great Britain have done their dirty work for them and have ridden Iraq of Saddam Hussein, thus leaving the path clear for Iran to achieve its goals!
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread!
©Mark Alexander
1 comment:
Rustresistance:
I am reading a book about Iran and Iraq at the moment. If only the half of it is true, we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of 'winning' this war.
I have said all along that it was ludicrous to try and bring democracy to Iraq, simply because Islam and democracy are totally incompatible.
I won't go into my reasoning here again, since I have stated my case so often before on this forum. But what is written in this book only adds to what I have said all along.
By the way, if you are interested in the book, it is called The Iran Threat and it is written by Alireza Jafarzadeh.
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