top members of the Iranian government are actively recruiting young men and women for martyrdom to train for suicide attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and/or against Israelis.
The article in question:
timesherald.com
And Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters recently that the group's campaign to sign up volunteers for suicide attacks had "nothing to do with the ruling Islamic establishment."
"That some people do such a thing is the result of their sentiments. It has nothing to do with the government and the system," Asefi said.
There are crazies in every country, including the US, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Holland, etc.
As I've stated before, I see such "news" as futher proof of two things:
a) extremist groups are trying to consolidate their power within Iran
b) we are helping the extremist groups by our own actions.
You don't see the extremist groups rallying to fight China, or Japan, do you? No, of course not. China doesn't have its army sitting on Iran's borders and is willing to invest in the country.
Furthermore, when EU members, China, India and Japan enter into business arrangements with a rogue terrorist nation, why should America negotiate with any of those countries on trade issues or any other issue for that matter, especially when they attack America behind the facade of the WTO and the UN? They can't have it both ways.
The US uses the WTO, NAFTA and other trade agreements to attack everyone else too. Its not one-sided.
I should remind you that Vice President Cheney, as CEO of Haliburton, was lobbying Clinton so that he could do deals with Iran. |
