Kashani is having it both ways. America and Israel created Al-Qaeda, he says, but now, "thanks Allah, it is now taking good care of ourselves." From Al-Bawaba, with thanks to KB:
Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani said on Friday that, "Al-Qaeda is the illegitimate child of the United States and Israel." Addressing thousands of worshipers at central campus of Tehran University, Kashani made the remark in response to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's criticism of Islam in his reaction to fatal Thursday bomb blasts in London.He added, "Tony Blair has in his yesterday remarks asked, 'Is this Islam? What kind of Islam do they (Al-Qaeda) believe in? This is a fake version of Islam.'"
Ayatollah Kashani reiterated, "Has the British prime minister forgotten who Al-Qaeda's parents are? I remind him then that the United States is Al-Qaeda's father and Israel is the mother of that illegitimate child (Al-Qaeda)."...
According to IRNA, Emami-Kashani said, "You gave birth to this group to make a beast out of it for us, but thanks Allah, it is now taking good care of ourselves."
Yes. America and Israel have done great things for Iran. It was they, of course, who worked tirelessly to present, on a platter, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and not, as has been alleged, either the French who gave him refuge for years at Neauphle-le-chateau (what especially appealed to them about him, I am reliably informed, were his culinary tips about to whom to serve certain tasty dishes -- they found his attention to such details in the Careme-and-Curnonsky vein, very much to their liking), or to the PLO, which trained his men, and supported Khomeini in every way (the very first visitor, to be embraced by the Ayatollah, was a spittle-exuding and well-satisfied Yasser Arafat).
Of course it was America. And Israel. They created Al Qaeda. And no doubt, if any softer version of the authentic Hadith is presented by soi-disant "reformers" of Islam, those Bright Young Muslim Things who get those Carnegie Foundation grants to "think deeply" about such matters, those versions too, will be ascribed to the diabolical agents of Shaytan (whisper, whisper) in Washington, in Tel Aviv. Have they no shame?
No, Hugh. They have no shame. Not a trace. Never did and never will.
The Iranian Mullah should actually send a thank you card to President Bush for removing the Iranian's arch-nemesis in the Middle East, Saddam Hussein. Now Iran's sphere of influence in the Middle East will grow that much larger with the agreement to equip and train the Shiite dominated military of Iraq. Its sad that while our government was busy making up stories of WMD in Iraq that Iran was actually acquiring them. Not sure if anyone has seen this, since I am somewhat new to this site, but here is a map of Europe in the year 2015 if anyone is interested.
www.bnp.org.uk/images/humor/europe_2015.gif
Mike in Cali:
if "bnp" stands for british national party, you may not end up being all that popular with the Brit bloggers who know the BNP for the fascists they are.
waterdragon52
Im not familiar with the party, but if that is what their about than I mean no offense to my English friends. I'll make sure to avoid their sites completely in the future. Thanx
Mike:
I guessed that you would not be familiar with the BNP and they probably weren't your cup of tea. They probably never show up on the radar screen in the US media. We don't hear about them in Canada much either.