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The dance continues. One day, however, it will end, one way or another. "Iran not afraid of nuclear sanctions: Khamenei," from AFP (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
TEHRAN (AFP) - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday declared Iran was "not afraid" of sanctions over its contested nuclear programme and would further step up its progress."We are not afraid of Western sanctions," he told thousands of people in a speech in the southern city of Shiraz broadcast by state television.
"The Iranian people, thanks to God, will resist in the face of sanctions and economic blockades and will further intensify their progress."
Iran has been hit by three sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear programme, mainly targeting its ballistic missile and atomic industries....
Posted by Robert at May 1, 2008 6:26 AM
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He always reminds me of a nasty version of Mussolini as opposed to the obvious one of Hitler.
Admittedly il duce's rhetoric wasn't as poisononous as that of the hunchback of Tehran but the sabre rattling bravado is the same.
I hope that he is just as incompetent and remains firmly in line with the well established modern tradition of Muslim inefficiency.
If a war does ever break our with Iran v west..just how will our boys handle facing children wrapped in c4?
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at May 1, 2008 6:40 AM
Hey, what's the problem? Iran only wants nukes for peaceful purposes, like launching a ballistic Islamic peace initiative or two toward Tel Aviv, or better still, slipping the nukes to proxies in Lebanon or Gaza, and in this way preserving plausible deniability, "thanks to God."
Not fooled at all, the Israelis would almost certainly reciprocate the gesture, and Tehran and its Terrible Turbanzais would become molten black glass. This counter-action would probably cause private celebrations in Saudi because the boys in Riyadh hate and fear the heretic Shi'ites, even as they publicly cursed the "Zionist Regime" and swore eternal revenge (as usual) against the "apes and pigs" of "Occupied Palestine" for not appreciating the Iranian good faith peace initiatives.
Farfetched? Yes. Unlikely? No.
Posted by: Lex at May 1, 2008 8:26 AM
Give 'em something they are afraid of - Barbi dolls and comic books!
Posted by: tanstaafl at May 1, 2008 9:02 AM
Why not Cosmopolitan?
Posted by: PMK at May 1, 2008 10:40 AM
I am sure that he is not afraid. We have so many enemies within our fences to help Iran.
And, what ever our politicians can be bought and Iran knows that too.
Posted by: alaskan1000 at May 1, 2008 12:30 PM
Of course he is not afraid. The Amerika has no intention to stop Iran from making their nukes. If Ameriki where serious, why do they want to build a defence line in Eastern Europe.
Now here is something that puzzles me, 15 years ago a liter of petrol cost $0.25 today the price I pay in Indonesia is $0.40
Posted by: InfidelK9 at May 1, 2008 2:03 PM
Now here is something that puzzles me, 15 years ago a liter of petrol cost $0.25 today the price I pay in Indonesia is $0.40
Posted by: InfidelK9
Can you be more precise? By Western lights you had a steal 15 years ago and grand larceny today. Isn't Indonesia an oil-producer? What is the source of your confusion?
Posted by: PMK at May 1, 2008 5:20 PM
Iran has become such a pain the past few years. They don't do public hangings with the cranes anymore, so Live Leak is more boring. They do all the hangings within the prison walls now. This is a recent change. This is just another reason I'm so displeased with them.
Posted by: Bingo at May 1, 2008 8:43 PM
"We are not afraid of Western sanctions".
Methinks he doth protest too much.
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at May 2, 2008 5:54 PM
"If a war does ever break our with Iran v west..just how will our boys handle facing children wrapped in c4?
Posted by: MisIslamist "
probably the same way we did in VietNam when encountering youths approaching you with grenade in hand..
at May 2, 2008 7:13 PM
In Qatar, they are paying approx.$ 1,15.
They have their wealth from gas.
The only country in the Middle East, who has now a Cathoic Church.
But it was not that long ago, that a British men got 60 lashes involving alcohol.
But I just heard, that they might starting to sell alcohol.
How are they now on human rights???
Not every women in Qatar is veiled.
at May 2, 2008 10:54 PM
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