April 17, 2006

Iran’s Army? “40,000 Trained Suicide Bombers”

"Iran suicide bombers 'ready to hit Britain'":

IRAN has formed battalions of suicide bombers to strike at British and American targets if the nation's nuclear sites are attacked. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers are ready for action.

The main force, named the Special Unit of Martyr Seekers in the Revolutionary Guards, was first seen last month when members marched in a military parade, dressed in olive-green uniforms with explosive packs around their waists and detonators held high.

Dr Hassan Abbasi, head of the Centre for Doctrinal Strategic Studies in the Revolutionary Guards, said in a speech that 29 western targets had been identified: "We are ready to attack American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran's nuclear facilities." He added that some of them were "quite close" to the Iranian border in Iraq.

In a tape recording heard by The Sunday Times, Abbasi warned the would-be martyrs to "pay close attention to wily England" and vowed that "Britain's demise is on our agenda".

The problem with this strategy is that suicide bombing only works when the host nation denies it had anything to do with it. Otherwise it's an act of war, and gets responded to via the old-school rules, in which a nation with an army such as Iran has, gets utterly demolished and owned by a nation such as ours.

Even the leaders of Iran aren't dumb enough to think England or the U.S. would respond to mass suicide bombings, conducted as an official state action,  as if it called for action by our police.

This announcement from Iran is, in short, a bluff, intended as PR stunt, and is based on a hope that our gullible MSM will embrace it.

Hamastan Now Officially Supports Suicide Bombing—How is This Not a Declaration of War?

From Drudge (I'll copy the whole article since these Drudge "flash" links tend to go stale in a few days):

Tel Aviv bombing is part of self-defense: Hamas

Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said on Monday that the Tel Aviv attack was part of the Palestinians' right of self-defense.

"Resisting Israeli aggression was rightful as long as it continues," Abu Zuhri said.

"The occupation seized money of the Palestinian people and urged the world not to assist the Palestinians, so this attack took place before those who agree with this aggressive attitude," he said.

At least six Israelis were killed and 30 others wounded, with some in serious condition, as a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near an old bus station in the center of Tel Aviv.

Abu Zuhri was echoed by Wasfi Kabha, minister of Prisoners' Affairs in the Hamas-led cabinet.

Kabha told reporters that the attack came "in the framework of legitimate right for resistance against Israeli violations and crimes."

Coincidently, Monday was Palestinian prisoners' day. Palestinian officials said there were more than 8,000 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails, detention camps and prisons.

The Islamic Jihad (Holy War) and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to the Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack.

A spokesman for Saraya al-Quds, the Islamic Jihad armed wing, told reporters on telephone that his group is responsible for the bombing attack in Tel Aviv.

The spokesman said that the attack was "natural response to daily crimes carried out by the Zionists against our people."

Notice that Hamas says they're killing Israeli civilians, specifically because Israel isn't paying them money that is only due to the Palestinians if they hold to the terms of the Oslo accords -- terms which Hamas has specifically rejected. There is no destinction between this and an act of war.

The war between Israel and Hamastan will continue until one side loses decisively.

Photos From Iraq You’ll Never See in the MSM

Circulating on the net (alternate title: "Photos that Are Too Shocking and Graphic for Mainstream Media" ):

"All the news that's fit to print" has become a joke. Any news that doesn't fit the conclusion MSM wants to support is suppressed.