munaeem | 20 December, 2006 21:27
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has predicted that Britian, Israel and the United States would eventually disappear from the world like the Egyptian pharaonic kings.
"The oppressive powers will disappear while the Iranian people will stay. Any power that is close to God will survive while the powers who are far from God will disappear like the pharaohs," he said Wednesday, according to Iranian news agencies.
"Today, it is the United States, Britain and the Zionist regime which are doomed to disappear as they have moved far away from the teachings of God," he said in a speech in the western town of Javanroud.
"It is a divine promise."
Ahmadinejad's comments were the latest salvo by the deeply religious president against the West and Israel. He has repeatedly predicted that Israel is doomed to disappear.
The remarks come amid mounting efforts by UN Security Council powers to agree a resolution imposing sanctions on
Iran over its controversial nuclear programme.
"They are threatening us with sanctions. But they have to know that nuclear energy is the desire of all the (Iranian) people and the people will insist on their right," Ahmadinejad said.
munaeem | 20 December, 2006 19:41
David Ignatius writes in the Washington Post:
"America's security interests are not served by remaining indefinitely
as an occupying power in Iraq.""This is precisely the trap the enemy laid when Bush invaded in 2003 --rawing U.S. forces into hostile terrain and then slowly picking awayat them. It's the classic guerrilla strategy, used in Algeria, Vietnam,fghanistan and a dozen other wars, and it works. That's becauseforeign expeditionary armies are rarely willing to insert enough troops to pacify a country in revolt."
David Ignatius's admission that America is an occupying power will be shocking to many Americans. But it is good to know that there are people in America, who admit that America has committed a mistake by invading Iraq.
There is no doubt America should not stay in Iraq indefinitely. The question is , how can America get of quagmire. There is no simple solution.
The administration's wrong policies have greatly aggravated the situation.If they take any wrong step, it will create a great upheaval in the region.
I believe that Iraq will prove to be another Vietnam for American.
munaeem | 20 December, 2006 10:15
Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman has been hospitalized. Rahman, who is known as the Blind Sheik, is serving a life sentence in the United States.
Americans allege that he inspired extremists to carry out the 1993 attack on the World Trade Centre.
In a bulletin, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says the 68-year-old was rushed to a hospital earlier this month.
FBI is predicting that his death could trigger possible terror attacks in the United States.
In 1998, Al-qaeda threatened the U.S. authorities that they would take revenge if he died in U.S. custody.
munaeem | 20 December, 2006 10:03
According to an unnamed defense department officials , the Pentagon is considering a buildup of U.S. Navy forces in the Gulf.
The Bush administration spokesmen refused to comment on this development, when asked about this.
The White House press secretary Tony Snow,, "We do not comment on tactical moves, reported or otherwise."
munaeem | 20 December, 2006 09:52
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