October 12 – Final Response Forthcoming From Iran’s Ahmadinejad?
October 11, 2007 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
Tomorrow, October 12, 2007 is the last Friday of Ramadan and the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has issued a statement, vowing to liberate “all of Palestine” with some sort of “final response” to Iran’s enemies.Iranian government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said the message would be sent to coincide with Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of Ramadan.
On September 19th the following article appeared in the Islamic Republic News Agency
Supporters of the Zionist regime will receive their response during the world Quds Day’s rallies, government spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Elham, said Wednesday.
The spokesman made the remarks during his weekly press conference while commenting on the current visit to the occupied Palestine of the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Quds Day is held each year on the last Friday of Muslims fasting month of Ramadan after it was nominated by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, as a day to voice the protest of the Islamic Ummah against the Zionists.
The day falls on October 12 this year.
“The US loses all opportunities to cooperate with regional and other world states by trying to support a regime (the Zionist regime) which is now at its weakest political and social position,” Elham said.
He warned that Washington’s insistence on its wrong policies and arrogant approaches would have no result “but further political disgrace” for itself. Referring to the approaching World Quds Day, the spokesman stressed, “Supporters of the Zionist regime will definitely receive the final response for their support on that day.”
Source http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0709199796134418.htm
So what does this mean?
No one really knows. Ahmadinejad has made these types of threats before, most recently leading up to an August 22nd date, in which he indicated by several references that he would be giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This threat was surrounded with a great deal of talk of the return of the 12th Imam.
The 12th Imam
See Pamela’s article at Atlas Shrugs for more on this.
Is Ahmadinejad once again “crying wolf”, or in this case “nukes”. No one really knows for sure, but much has changed in the middle east since August. Tensions have increased along with and Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric and many are beginning to believe some type of confrontation is inevitable.
All of this needs to be viewed within the same context as the Iranian radicals. Ahmadinejad and those in Iran who are aligned with him in his beliefs, believe they are leading Iran into a new “Persian Empire” and that a religious war against Israel and the U.S. will herald the arrival of the Muslim “messiah” known as the “Mahdi”.
Because of their belief that they must prepare the way for the “Mahdi,” many would not be surprised if the Iranians attempt some typ of action to bring on the Mahdi by launching a military action against the United States and/or Israel in the very near future. Is October 12th, the date they have selected? We will apparently know the answer soon.
About this date in history.
October 12th, 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia (modern day Iran) conquers Babylon (modern day Iraq). Very significant date in history for Iran.
October 12th, 1492 – Christopher Columbus discovers America.
October 12th, 2000 – The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members.
October 12th, 2002 – Terrorists detonate bombs in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
October 12th, 2007 – Al Quds day — also known as “Jerusalem Day”, or the “International Day of Al-Quds”. This day is celebrated in an annual event opposing Israel’s control of Jerusalem, or Al-Quds in Arab
Other items to consider…
The Rhetoric
Ahmadinejad has continued to call for for “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” along with his mantra to “wipe Israel off the map”. Many countries including Israel and the U.S. have made it clear that Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
Mysterious Strike Inside Syria
Israel is still maintaining silence several weeks after Syria complained that Israeli aircraft invaded its airspace in a mysterious incident that raised tensions and triggered a welter of US media speculation about possible targets for the operation. Explanations for what anonymous US officials have said was a strike inside Syria range from suggesting it was aimed at the shipment of weapons to Hizbollah from Iran, to saying Syria may be building a nuclear facility with North Korean help.
A World Without Israel
Ahmadinejad recently used his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to againa unveil a vision of a world without Israel, in which America and Europe would be freed of what he said was Zionist oppression.
600 Missiles Pointed At Israel
Six hundred Iranian Shihab-3 missiles are pointed at targets throughout Israel, and will be launched if either Iran or Syria are attacked, an Iranian website affiliated with the regime reported. “Iran will shoot at Israel 600 missiles if it is attacked,” the Iranian news website, Assar Iran, reported. “600 missiles will only be the first reaction.”
Russians Evacuated?
There are numerous unconfirmed reports that Russian nuclear technicians have evacuated from their assignment at the Bushehr nuclear reactor facility and returned to Russia without explanation, this according the Khorramshar News Agency.
Conclusion:
We’re not good at making predictions and we won’t attempt one here. We will all have to wait and see if anything happens.
(Our guess…massive protests in Iran and several speeches…but we could be wrong)
Feel free to kick in your 2 cents in the comments.
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UPDATE: It’s 8:11 am in Tehran, Friday October 12th, 2007.
UPDATE: It’s now 7:24 pm in Tehran, Friday October 12th, 2007. Nothing to report…. In fact,uncharacteristically silent considering Ahmedinejad’s awareness and manipulative attraction to the western media.
UPDATE: It’s 1:11 am in Tehran, Saturday October 13th, 2007. Final response…Non-event.
We all saw what happened when Hitler was around, this guy (Ahmadinejad) is no different.
Are we really going to sit back and wait for this idiot to strike the Western World first?
He (Ahmadinejad) named the game….LET’S ROLL !!!!
My guess—-nothing will happen. This is a global chess game; but with bluffing, poker faces and saber rattling. Iran reminds me something of a quarterback trying to draw the defensive line offsides. They hope they can say or do something to provoke an attack, and after the fact, claim they were the vicitms of unprovoked aggression. They are hoping for a “WMD in Iraq” causation in which the global community would condemn the U.S. after the fact, and thus the all the Iranian bluffing about nukes. The U.S. and Iran both know that even if a nuke test came to fruition, that we would bomb them back into anceint Pursian times! They are trying to damage us politcally. In the end, if they employed their only real offensive weapon in the U.S.; that being terrorists, that America would rise from its P.C. induced sleep and crush them on a scale greater than that of WW2. Imagine every able bodied man lined up around the block, ready to sign up…..Iran’s miscalculation is that their greatest ally; the Democrats, would crumble and liberals would suddenly disavow ever having been one. There would be no politica strife in the U.S…..only Rosie Riveter and G.I. Joe.
Watch your six, free world. Prepare for the worse and hope for the best. I find it odd that 138 Muslims Leaders Warn Pope ‘Survival of World’ at Stake. Is that just end of Ramadan, or are they aware of something that we are not aware of?
We are hearing these Muslim clerics saying that Islam means peace. But the word Islam means “submission” and a Muslim is one who is in submission to Allah. Their goal as stated in the Qur’an is to bring the entire world into submission to Allah and the Koran and have a global Islamic empire.
The Sahih Muslim Hadith, [Book 019, Number 4294] indicates that a Muslim da’wa is required before an all out onslaught with the infidel western enemies.
Last month we had Bin Laden issuing a warning (da’wa) to the infidels of America and the west to convert to Islam or perish, “The biggest and most irreversible error one can commit in this world is to die without surrendering oneself to Allah, namely, to die without embracing Islam……” Today we may be seeing 138 leading scholars from every sect of Islam pleading a reconciliation. I question the scholars real motives.
Is an attack imminent? Do these scholars know or suspect that something is up with Al-Qaeda or Amannamedjihad? Only the Islamists know for sure.
I say, beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing. Because the invitation for reconciliation was not extended to the Jews, I would be suspect and skeptical at this move by the scholars. It tends to confuse the issue and win the hearts and minds of the naive.
My message for the liberal crowd who is probably organizing the kumby ya sing alongs at this very moment, “You don’t know what you are up against.”
just another little boy making some school yard threats. maybe someone should spank his butt
I think that we (the US) needs to take every threat whether it be verbal or not very seriously from anyone who obviously does not have our best interest at hand. People like Ahmadinejad have serious napolean (little man) complexs and feel the need to put fear in our minds. As stated in the news lately its no surprise that President Bush is all for carrying out targeted missile attacks and with Britain on his side…its probably only a matter of when. Ahmadinejad wants to start WW3. He believes that Mahdi will come if he does. So with that being said Something is going to happen and I think a lot sooner than most people want to believe. Are we damned if we do damned if we don’t? I would say yes. Either way who ever starts any sort of attack something bad will come from it and it will be ugly.
I look for something lethal and appalling to happen on 10/12/07. Ahmadinejad has been threatening Isreal and the U.S., and Western culture far too long and in stronger and stronger terms. He also has, by all reports, an unhappy and restless group of students and real liberals in Iran who he’d like to silence without further direct action against fhem. Showing strength against the “Satans” and doing some real harm will help him to accomplish two goals, hurting the U.S and Isreal, and giving his dissidents at home cause to reconsider their “seditious” complaints. He’sgot to prove that he is not a paper tiger! God help us all.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071011/D8S79UHO0.html
This news item could be a way to allow the Bush administration to say “I told you so” after the fact…
I don’t really know anything about Iran, so I have to ask why does everyone call Ahmadinejad a Hitler? I’ve never heard of anything he did.
I would agree with the masses! We better watch this, My thought is he has been here doing what? Measuring distance,deflection? Then stopping at other countries that feel the same ignoant way towards the U.S. We recieve reduced fuel from this other NUT CASE, If and (I hope we are) Checking shipments from venaswaila (forgive my spelling.) could he not place a device in the gas/oil frieghter trying to do damage ?it would surely make a fool of us! The libs will be saying oh he is helping us by giving us cheaper oil for heating and gas! Think again and it is ALWAYS better to keep your mouth shut when your up to your chin in S–T! Look maby all we do for other countries may not work out like we planed. But if thats the case then why are we the first one they call for help? THIS GUY IS A NUT CASE AND NEEDS TO BE WATCHED VERY CLOSE!
What are we waiting for? We cannot allow a mad mad to own or use a weapon, especially a WMD. Its them or us! What would you prefer for an out come?
Nothing yet. Maybe more smoke….still the reports of the Syrian army calling
up reserves last night and putting both military and civilain hospitals on the ready are curious.
wow, nothing happened!