Iran the news again...................

[Shammu]

I think there is a greater meaning to this action than we might imagine, like making ready for the Mahdi??

[nChrist]

Seven historic synagogues in Tehran destroyed

Tehran, 15 April (AKI) - Seven ancient synagogues in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have been destroyed by local authorities.

The synagogues were in the Oudlajan suburb of Tehran, where many Iranian Jews used to live.

"These buildings, which were part of our cultural, artistic and architectural heritage were burnt to the ground," said Ahmad Mohit Tabatabaii, the director of the International Council of Museums’ (ICOM) office in Tehran.

"With the excuse of renovating this ancient quarter, they are erasing a part of our history," said Tabatabaii.

He called for the government to intervene to stop the work commissioned by the local authorities.

A group of residents of Oudjalan have also sent a letter to the mayor of Tehran asking him to suspend the renovation work being carried out in the suburb.

Seven historic synagogues in Tehran destroyed

UM?  Maybe all of Tehran needs to be rennovated, and it probably will be soon.

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Ahmadinejad Says Oil at $115 a Barrel is Too Low, Calls for Higher Prices

Saturday , April 19, 2008

TEHRAN, Iran —
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted Saturday as saying crude oil prices at $115 a barrel are too low, and that oil must "discover its real value."

Oil prices have hit all-time highs above $115 a barrel in recent weeks, amid reports that oil and gasoline stocks in the United States were lower than expected and as the dollar sinks to record lows.

"The oil price of $115 a barrel in today's global markets is a deceiving figure. Oil is a strategic commodity that needs to discover its real value," the Web site of Iran's state-run television quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

The Iranian president made the remarks during a visit to an oil and gas exhibition in Tehran late Friday.

Crude oil futures surged to a new trading record of $117 a barrel Friday following an attack on a key pipeline in Nigeria. The rise capped a week of record highs fueled by supply woes and the dollar's weakness relative to other major currencies.

Ahmadinejad said despite the surge in oil prices, the economic value of crude oil is currently less than what it was in 1980.

"While the price of other commodities have increased, the economic value of the current oil price is even less than 1980," he said.

Ahmadinejad accused Western industrialized nations of "selfishness" in their quest for cheaper oil.

"When they get hold of oil, they assume that oil is a free commodity and belongs to them and has wrongly been placed in other territories... This is the spirit of selfishness and arrogance," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

A host of supply and demand concerns in the U.S. and abroad, along with the dollar's weakness, have bolstered oil prices, even as record retail gasoline prices in the U.S. appear to be dampening demand.

A stronger dollar makes commodities such as oil less attractive to investors as a hedge against inflation, and it makes oil more expensive to investors overseas. Analysts believe the weaker dollar is the primary reason oil has soared well past $100 a barrel this year. But the effect tends to reverse when the greenback gains ground.

Ahmadinejad called the U.S. currency "a handful of paper" without any global support.

Iran has stopped using the U.S. dollar in its oil transactions with the outside world, switching to other non-dollar currencies such as Euro.

"The dollar is not money any longer but a handful of paper distributed in the world without commodity support," the Web site quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

Ahmadinejad Says Oil at $115 a Barrel is Too Low, Calls for Higher Prices

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I am so angry with out leaders for being so stupid for the last 30 years for caving into environmentalists. Stupid, stupid policies! Democrat and Republican- they're all to blame. For making us slaves to other nations for our food and fuel. I'm paying 3.51.9 per gallon of fuel.

We need to drill here and do our own refining. Boot out every single politician who is against it. What were we thinking to allow ourselves be placed under the thumb of the Chavez's and ImaNutjob's of the world anyway??

I'm just frustrated with our leadership getting us into this situation. I'm not an economist but I know what they're doing is really foolish. All administrations and Congress-persons for the last 30 years have failed to look after the nation. Now we are in a fix and the bunch that we're about to get into office are literally what's been scraped off the bottom of the barrel.

Okay, I'll get off my high horse now...........

[HisDaughter]

I am so angry with out leaders for being so stupid for the last 30 years for caving into environmentalists. Stupid, stupid policies! Democrat and Republican- they're all to blame. For making us slaves to other nations for our food and fuel. I'm paying 3.51.9 per gallon of fuel.

We need to drill here and do our own refining. Boot out every single politician who is against it. What were we thinking to allow ourselves be placed under the thumb of the Chavez's and ImaNutjob's of the world anyway??

I'm just frustrated with our leadership getting us into this situation. I'm not an economist but I know what they're doing is really foolish. All administrations and Congress-persons for the last 30 years have failed to look after the nation. Now we are in a fix and the bunch that we're about to get into office are literally what's been scraped off the bottom of the barrel.

Okay, I'll get off my high horse now...........

Naw you can stay up there, and I'll ride with ya on this one!

[nChrist]

I am so angry with out leaders for being so stupid for the last 30 years for caving into environmentalists. Stupid, stupid policies! Democrat and Republican- they're all to blame. For making us slaves to other nations for our food and fuel. I'm paying 3.51.9 per gallon of fuel.

We need to drill here and do our own refining. Boot out every single politician who is against it. What were we thinking to allow ourselves be placed under the thumb of the Chavez's and ImaNutjob's of the world anyway??

I'm just frustrated with our leadership getting us into this situation. I'm not an economist but I know what they're doing is really foolish. All administrations and Congress-persons for the last 30 years have failed to look after the nation. Now we are in a fix and the bunch that we're about to get into office are literally what's been scraped off the bottom of the barrel.

Okay, I'll get off my high horse now...........

Hello DreamWeaver,

Brother, I think that you have understated the problem and are overly optimistic! Get back on your horse - CHARGE!

[Soldier4Christ]

 A Washington insider says that an Iran with nuclear capability would set the Middle East for nuclear war

Anthony Cortisman, a former director of intelligence assessment for the Secretary of Defense, who is now a top strategic guru at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says that if Iran achieves it's goal of a nuclear weapon of mass destruction the entire power-balance in the Middle East will be changed and it will set the stage for a nuclear war in the region.

Cortisman says that theoretically it is possible that the Israeli State, economy and organized society would survive such an almost mortal blow; however, Iran would not survive in the normal sense of the term.

The possibility of a nuclear war in the Middle East, should Iran acquire a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, is very viable says one strategic planner; however, Bible prophecy has additional information about this possible scenario for the Middle East as well.

Anthony Cortisman the strategic guru in Washington says that a nuclear confrontation between Iran and Israel would kill millions of Iranians and leave Israel crippled, but the Jewish State would survive.

This scenario that at this point in time is possible, if all intelligence from the region is correct is only in the mind's of the analyst. But from the pages of Bible prophecy this potential war, nuclear or not, will take place according to the ancient Jewish prophets.

Ezekiel mentioned Iran specifically as a nation that till form a coalition with other nations to attack Israel and endeavor to destroy the Jewish State, that's in Ezekiel 38:5 where Iran is referred to as Persia.

Bible prophecy does not mention that nuclear weapons will be used but the prophets do say that the total destruction of the Jewish State is on the agenda of the alignment of nations against Israel in the last days, as found also in the prophetic books of Daniel, Joel and Micah.

The assessment that there could be a nuclear war in the Middle East ans soon is close to what Bible prophecy calls for in the last days. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

[Shammu]

Ahmadinejad: Israel a 'stinking corpse'
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST    May. 8, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the state of Israel is a "stinking corpse" that is destined to disappear, the French news agency AFP reported.

"Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken," the official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as having said.

"Today the reason for the Zionist regime's existence is questioned and this regime is on its way to annihilation."

Ahmadinejad further stated that Israel "has reached the end like a dead rat after being slapped by the Lebanese" - referring to the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006.

Ahmadinejad: Israel a 'stinking corpse'
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God is very patient and long suffering, the fact Ahmadinejad's allowed to continue to act the way he does proves that.

[nChrist]

Ahmadinejad: Israel a 'stinking corpse'
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST    May. 8, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the state of Israel is a "stinking corpse" that is destined to disappear, the French news agency AFP reported.

"Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken," the official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as having said.

"Today the reason for the Zionist regime's existence is questioned and this regime is on its way to annihilation."

Ahmadinejad further stated that Israel "has reached the end like a dead rat after being slapped by the Lebanese" - referring to the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006.

Ahmadinejad: Israel a 'stinking corpse'
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God is very patient and long suffering, the fact Ahmadinejad's allowed to continue to act the way he does proves that.

Israel is just as IMPOSSIBLE TO DESTROY as the HOLY BIBLE is!

WHY?

GOD SAID SO!

[Soldier4Christ]

 A landmark archaeological discovery found in the British museum gives proof of Old Testament truth


An expert on ancient Babylon, Dr. Michael Jersey of Vienna, has discovered a small clay tablet located in the British museum that is a landmark archaeological discovery and provides proof of the Old Testament's veracity.

Though the tablet was unearthed near Baghdad in 1920, only recently has it been deciphered by Dr. Jersey which led to the discovery of the records of a donation of gold by the chief eunuch of King Nebuchadnezzar. Dr. Jersey quickly consulted Jeremiah 39 where he found the man's name listed a s one of Nebuchadnezzar's top ministers who actually took part in the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem some 2,500 years ago.

An ancient Babylonian tablet found in the British museum is evidence that the nation of Iraq will be destroyed forever according to Bible prophecy.

A recent discovery in the British museum by an expert on ancient Babylon gives a direct link to the Bible and the Babylonian history under King Nebuchadnezzar. The Babylonian tablet gives the name of one of Nebuchadnezzar's top ministers which is the same name of Nebuchadnezzar's men found in Jeremiah 39. This old Testament passage used by the archaeologist is the account of King Nebuchadnezzar's siege of the city of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple in 586 BC.

It was that destruction of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem 2,500 years ago that God said would be the reason He would destroy the Babylonians, the modern-day Iraqis, forever, Jeremiah 50:28, 51:11. However, before the Babylonians and the literal city of Babylon are destroyed, this nation and the city of Babylon will become the headquarters for the one-world, economic, political, governmental system led by Antichrist, Revelation 18.

Of course, that war-torn nation must be rebuilt and become the power center of the world before the destruction as recorded in Revelation 16:17-21.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "ImaNutjob" revels in Iran's new belligerence
By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor
Last Updated: 1:03PM BST 11/07/2008

Bombastic President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran terrifies the world ... but his career hangs in the balance

Of all the leaders who have cast a chill over the world with threats and bravado, only Iran's bombastic president can boast a doctorate in traffic management.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the "over-promoted municipal politician" – as one former envoy in Tehran calls him – once fretted over the pitiful state of the capital's clogged and grimy streets when he served as mayor.

Yet he will glory in his country's missile tests this week. Mr Ahmadinejad, revelling in his unofficial status as the world's leading firebrand, has previously claimed that Iran is the world's "number one power" and its very name means a "hard punch in the teeth" for America and her allies.

When it comes to verbal belligerence, no one can outdo him. Shortly after he became Iran's president in 2005, he achieved global fame by calling the Holocaust a "myth" and inviting a motley collection of deniers and anti-semites to a conference in Tehran.

His guests ranged from a former chief of the Ku Klux Klan to a raft of pseudo historians.

Most notoriously of all, Mr Ahmadinejad later told a cheering crowd that Israel should be "wiped off the map". His acolytes have since disputed this translation – although it was good enough for the official news agency, IRNA, when it reported his speech.

A more accurate rendition may be that Mr Ahmadinejad merely called for Israel to be "wiped from the pages of history". Phew. So no threat there then. What lies behind this outpouring of rage? Mr Ahmadinejad was born in 1956 to a humble family in rural Iran. Most accounts say that his father was a village blacksmith.

The son was bright enough to gain admission to the Science and Technology University in Tehran, where he arrived in 1976. Iran's Islamic revolutionaries were on the march against the increasingly unpopular Shah Reza Pahlavi. As a pious young man from a modest background, Mr Ahmadinejad was a natural recruit to their ranks.

He joined a revolutionary militia and played some part in the Shah's downfall in 1979. Exactly what Mr Ahmadinejad was up to during this crucial period is still disputed. He may have performed a leading role in the incident that seared Iran into the consciousness of the world – the storming of the US embassy and the abduction of its staff.

Three Americans who were among the 52 diplomats held for 444 days have testified that Mr Ahmadinejad was among the hostage-takers. A photograph has emerged showing a bearded youth, bearing some resemblance to Iran's president, standing beside a blindfolded American captive.

But the likeness is far from exact and the memories of the witnesses may have faded with the passing of almost 30 years. Whether or not Mr Ahmadinejad helped storm the US embassy, his ideological devotion to the cause was beyond doubt.

When Saddam Hussein's Iraq tried to strangle Iran's revolution at birth by invading in 1980 and starting an eight-year war, Mr Ahmadinejad was soon at the front as a soldier with the Revolutionary Guards. He joined a special forces unit and took part in at least one sabotage raid deep into Iraqi territory.

After the war, Mr Ahmadinejad went into politics, rising to become a provincial governor and mayor of Tehran. Yet few took him seriously. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's president between 1989 and 1997, viewed him with disdain as a semi-educated ingénue with a shaky grasp of reality.

Moreover, Mr Ahmadinejad's views were hard-line even by the standards of Iran's leaders. He wanted no compromise with liberal reformers, however much popularity they commanded in a country where two thirds of the population of 70 million are below the age of 30.

As mayor of Tehran, Mr Ahmadinejad ordered the arrest of women wearing make-up and couples seen holding hands in the streets. He denounced burger bars as a symbol of Western decadence.

Yet he also won genuine popularity. In contrast to many of Iran's leaders, he was personally incorruptible and possessed the common touch. Mr Ahmadinejad would regularly walk to work or spend a day with Tehran's street cleaners. When ordinary people had complaints, he would see them personally.

During the presidential election of 2005, Mr Ahmadinejad came from nowhere to defeat Mr Rafsanjani, his key rival. Exactly why this happened is still mysterious.

The most powerful man in Iran is not the president but the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Whoever receives his favour is also likely to win a presidential election. It seems that Ayatollah Khamenei alighted on Mr Ahmadinejad as one of the few hardliners with some popular appeal.

In the shifting sands of Iranian politics, the president's true importance is open to debate. Under the Islamic Republic's labyrinthine constitution, he runs the government and makes key appointments.

But he has no power over Iran's armed forces or the Revolutionary Guard. They answer directly to the Supreme Leader. This week's missile tests were not ordered by Mr Ahmadinejad – although he would certainly have approved of them. Instead, they were certainly Ayatollah Khamenei's handiwork.

When it comes to foreign policy, the situation is less clear. Since Mr Ahmadinejad won power, Iran's stance has become more confrontational in substance as well as in rhetoric. The country began enriching uranium – the vital process that could be used to produce the essential material for a nuclear weapon – within a year of Mr Ahmadinejad's election victory.

The chief negotiator on the nuclear issue, Ali Larijani, was replaced by Saeed Jalili, a hard-line acolyte of the president. Former ministers have testified that Mr Ahmadinejad brooks no opposition in cabinet and rules with an authoritarian streak.

There seems little doubt that Mr Ahmadinejad has an independent power base – and so his fire-breathing belligerence does matter.

The central question is what the Supreme Leader thinks of his president. Ayatollah Khamenei's real opinions are the most important of Iran's many riddles. He has variously described Mr Ahmadinejad as the "best president" since the revolution – and chided him for mismanaging the economy and squandering the oil revenues.

The parliamentary elections this year saw Mr Ahmadinejad's hard-line critics win a bare majority. All this means that he may not be able to seek re-election when his term ends next year. On the other hand, if war looms larger on the horizon, Mr Ahmadinejad might be seen as just the man to rally Iranians – and petrify the world – with his own brand of threatening fervour.

Like peace in the Middle East, Mr Ahmadinejad's career hangs in the balance.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "ImaNutjob" revels in Iran's new belligerence

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ImaNutjob speaks of "peace and security"
July 9, 2008

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran test-fired a long-range missile on Wednesday in response to what it says are threats from Israel and the United States, Iranian officials said.

 "We want to tell the world that those who conduct their foreign policy by using the language of threat against Iran have to know that our finger is always on the trigger and we have hundreds and even thousands of missiles ready to be fired against predetermined targets," Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of the Revolutionary Guard ground forces, said on state TV.

"We will chase the enemies on the ground and in the sky and we are able react strongly to enemy's threats in shortest possible time."

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps test-fired a Shahab-3 missile and several other missiles during war games in the Persian Gulf called the Great Prophet III, according to Iran's state-run media and a U.S. military source.

William Burns, a senior U.S. State Department official, said Iran is "as serious ... a problem as any we face today."

The exercise comes a month after Israel conducted a military drill in the eastern Mediterranean involving dozens of warplanes, and the latest Iranian activities prompted concern from Israel and condemnation from the United States.

Iran occasionally tests missiles, but this firing comes amid international tensions over its nuclear aspirations.

The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said "the war game was aimed at improving the combat readiness of Iran's armed forces. The 2,000-kilometers-range Shahab-3 missiles were tested to demonstrate Iran's capability in hitting its enemies accurately at the early stages of their probable attacks against the Islamic Republic."

Video Watch footage of the missiles being fired

The agency added: "Domestic and foreign political and military analysts believe that Shahab-3 is able to reach targets in the occupied lands in case of the Zionist regime's probable attacks against Iran's nuclear sites."

 Iran's Press TV said the military "successfully test-fired new long and mid-range missiles." It mentioned the Shahab 3, "which can hit any target within a range of 2,000km." It said the missile was equipped with a one-ton conventional warhead.

"Nine highly advanced missiles with improved accuracy were simultaneously tested including the Zelzal and Fateh missiles with ranges of 400km and 170km respectively."

Press TV said troops were also involved in the maneuvers in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz areas.

A U.S. military official with knowledge of the testing counted the firing of seven missiles, one Shahab-3 and six shorter-range ballistic missiles. The testing took place over land, the official said.

The official, who noted that these kinds of tests had occurred before and were not unexpected, said the tests were tracked by U.S. intelligence.

Another military source said another Iranian exercise is under way inside the Persian Gulf with surface ships and submarines.

World powers, who suspect Iran is intent on building nuclear weapons, have offered economic and other incentives in exchange for the suspension of its enrichment program.

Iran, which says its nuclear program is strictly to produce energy, defends its right to proceed with enrichment.

There are worldwide worries that Israel, which is concerned by Iran's plans, is pondering a unilateral strike.

Israel's recent aerial military exercise was in part an effort to send a message that it has the capability to attack Iran's nuclear program.

The distance involved in the exercise was roughly the same as would be involved in a possible strike on the Iranian nuclear fuel plant at Natanz, a U.S. military official said.

In 1981, Israel attacked a nuclear facility in Iraq. Israel also struck a site in Syria that some say was a nuclear reactor under construction.

One Israeli Cabinet member, Shaul Mofaz, recently said it "will attack" Iran if the nuclear program was not halted.

Last week, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, Gen. Mohammed Ali-Jaafari, said any strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would be regarded a the beginning of war.

At the same time, Iranian leaders are discounting the possibility of war. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Malaysia this week for a conference, told reporters Iran was trying to prevent a confrontation.

"We are making all-out efforts to expand peace and security in the world. You should not be concerned about a new war," he said on Tuesday.

Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said it did not want conflict with Iran.

"But the Iranian nuclear program and the Iranian ballistic missile program must be of concern for the entire International community," Regev said.

The White House reacted strongly to the Iranian test-firing.

U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said: "Iran's development of ballistic missiles is a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and completely inconsistent with Iran's obligations to the world."
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Johndroe mentioned that the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany "are committed to a diplomatic path, and have offered Iran a generous package of incentives if they will suspend their uranium enrichment activities."

"They should also refrain from further missile tests if they truly seek to gain the trust of the world. The Iranians should stop the development of ballistic missiles, which could be used as a delivery vehicle for a potential nuclear weapon, immediately."

ImaNutjob speaks of "peace and security"

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ImaNutjob speaks of "peace and security"

Isn't it amazing how often we've heard those two words together the past few years?? Isn't Bible prophecy awesome!!

You've gotta wonder how ImaNutjob's idea of peace and security involves killing millions, or is that billions, of people in war. What a fruitcake...... I do wonder at times if he's been possessed by satan, part of the reason why he's working so hard for this is because it came to him in a vision from allah, or some such nonsense like that.

[nChrist]

       

ImaNutJob's Happy Meal box has always been empty, but he still carries it around.

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Iran briefs ally Syria on standoff with West

By ALBERT AJI, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 17, 3:28 PM ET

DAMASCUS, Syria - Iran's foreign minister briefed Syria's president Thursday on the international standoff over his country's nuclear program.

The meeting in Damascus signaled Syria's willingness to act on a request by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to try to help resolve the crisis by pushing Iran to cooperate with the international community.

Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, welcomed a Syrian role in trying to ease the tension, Syria's official SANA news agency reported. Speaking at a news conference, he added that Iran has always kept the Syrians informed of developments in the standoff with the United States and its European allies.

Sarkozy met with Syrian President Bashar Assad at a summit of European nations and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea last weekend in Paris. The French president asked Assad to step in and persuade Iran to offer proof that it has no intention of developing nuclear weapons.

Iran's assurances that it only wants nuclear technology for the production of energy have failed to quell suspicions that it is seeking a pathway to an atomic bomb.

Assad promised to relay the request from France to Tehran, but expressed doubts that his intervention would help, despite his country's close ties with Iran.

On Thursday, Assad stressed his view that "dialogue and diplomacy are the only way to settle this issue," SANA reported.

The visiting Iranian foreign minister also met with his Syrian counterpart, Walid al-Moallem, who said at a joint news conference that Iran's peaceful intention "was confirmed to us by our brothers in Iran."

Al-Moallem was also asked by a reporter how his country's indirect peace negotiations with Israel might impact Syria's relations with Iran, whose president has called for Israel to be wiped off the map.

Al-Moallem said the "strategic alliance" between Syria and Iran was strong and would not be shaken by the possibility of a peace treaty with Israel.

Mottaki expressed Iran's support for Syria's aims in the Turkish-mediated peace talks, namely the return of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war.

"We support the Syrian president's stand in recovering the occupied land," Mottaki said.

Iran briefs ally Syria on standoff with West