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| Ayatollahs worried about military loyalty... |
| 2002-12-08 |
| Iran has launched an effort to bolster the military's loyalty to the ruling Islamic clergy. Officials said the Defense Ministry has bolstered Islamic indocrination among officers and troops to ensure their loyalty. They said the campaign was ordered amid rising unrest in Iran and a steady flow of leaks of military and strategic information to the West. Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has instructed the military to increase courses in what he termed faith as well as religious and political insight. Khamenei was quoted by the official Iranian news agency IRNA as saying this was vital for the military to "defend Iran and the revolution." He's making the assumption the two are one and the same, of course. The Sovs used to treat the Party and the State as the same thing, too... Khamenei met last week with officials in charge of indocrination at the military and Defense Ministry. The two bodies have established ideological departments to bolster loyalty and the influence of the clergy in the military and defense establishment. Yep. The Sovs used to have political officers, too... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Ayatollah: How do we increase the effectiveness of the military? Abdul the Rat: We indoctrinate them with Islamic teachings? Ayatollah: Very good...And how do we quell the student rebellion? Abdul: ...We indoctrinate them with Islamic teachings? Ayatollah: Excellent, Abdul! |
| Posted by: Brian 2002-12-08 16:13:29 |