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Iran bans volunteers from fighting Israel
2009-01-08
Phhhhew. I'll bet there's thousands of pseudo Jihadis that are breathing easier...
And their Moms. Don't forget all their sainted mothers...
Iran's top leader has banned hard-line Iranian volunteers from leaving the country to carry out suicide bombings against Israel.
Someone sent a message, did they ...
Iran's state television on Thursday quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying that Iran can't allow volunteers to cross its border and take military action against Israel. But he said Iran won't spare any efforts to assist Hamas in other ways.
In other words...good luck, boys. Give em hell for us.
"Youse guys could always stage a sit-in! Or maybe take over an embassy!"
Hard-line Iranian student groups asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the IDF assault on the Gaza Strip.
Lemme at em! LEMME AT EM!!
"I want to moidalize 'em!"
"Finish yer education first, sonny."
"But I've memorized the Quran! And I can shoot-off a gun! What else do I need to learn?"
Iran is Hamas's main backer, though the country denies sending weapons to the Islamic terrorist movement.
"No, no, certainly not!"
Just good wishes and happy thoughts.
The volunteers staged a sit-in at Teheran's international Mehrabad airport this week, demanding they be sent to Gaza, the online Rooz agency reported.
Worked about as well as any other student sit-in around the world ...
The volunteers, numbering up to 200 people, belonged to an Iranian group, which issued an advertisement earlier this week offering a reward of $1 million to anyone who would assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Betcha the Mad Mullahs™ would react different if someone offered a million to whack Short Round ...
Posted by:tu3031

#10  The Iranians finally realized that non-verbal provocations launched by the supreme leader constitute an act of war


It is more like the Iranian government has no problem with the protests and the volunteering. That keeps the fools from remembering that they are for the most part jobless with no hope of employment soon.

The problem the Iranian government has with the fools is that most of them will never become shaheed. Either the Israelis will kill some of them, or they will linger in Gaza both disrespecting and being disrespected by the Palestinians and perhaps get a bit too fond of the hashish.

Eventually they will return to Iran, disillusioned and bitter. And that is what the Iranian government does not want to happen.
Posted by: Milton Fandango   2009-01-08 21:59  

#9  UNFORTUNATELY, THE PALEOS GET SHAFTED

Funny how that happens over and over again. Do you suppose the Paleos will ever catch on that the entire Middle East is using them?
Posted by: SteveS   2009-01-08 20:43  

#8  I don't think we'd be getting rose petals thrown at our feet if teh mullahs and thugocracy in Iran were smited. It's not the Arab/Persian way to show gratitude.

Typically, they ask: "why not faster, why so much collateral damage, when can you leave, support us with financial aid, don't expect oil favoritism, you bastards(!) you killed Abu Kenny!"

That said, most of Iran is educated and western-looking whether they acknowledge it or not. They'd do OK if the black turbans ate shrapnel. There would be "death to Juice!" rallies, but they'd eventually get over it
Posted by: Frank G   2009-01-08 19:31  

#7  Imteresting - it forestalls Iran from giving Israel any excuse to attack and destroy its budding Nucprogs, while also indir fostering pro-Islamist, anti-US-Isr-Western destabilization in EGYPT, etal. as per the Israeli-HAMAS fight in Gaza. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PALEOS GET SHAFTED - AGAIN - BY THE GEOPOLITICS OF THEIR NEIGHBORING MUSLIMS. THERES ALWAYS SYRIA + NIGHTLY ROWBOATS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-01-08 18:01  

#6   Believe it or not, a LOT of Iranian people love Americans and Israel more then the amount of people that wish for both of our destruction

Allow me to express my scepticism. I think Mofw in #3 is much closer to the mark.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-01-08 16:38  

#5  lftbhndagn, I believe it but how can the US help them remove their government? Any kind of prying tends to backfire and every year they have riots and seem to be waiting for something before everything collapses into status quo again.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-01-08 16:37  

#4  Believe it or not, a LOT of Iranian people love Americans and Israel more then the amount of people that wish for both of our destruction and would carry out such attacks. Seems to me the bluff didn't work IN Iran either.
Posted by: lftbhndagn   2009-01-08 14:25  

#3  "provocations launched by the supreme leader constitute an act of war"

I don't think Iran cares much about that.
What Iran REALLY cares about is being seen backing a loser. And Hamas is losing BIG.
Posted by: Minister of funny walks   2009-01-08 12:36  

#2  "What is the purpose of your visit, and I have to remind you that if you say suicide bomber I can't let you board."

"ummm..I..umm....make baby's milk."

"Good for you son. Hows an upgrade to first class sound? And the rest of you?"

(unison)"Baby's milk! U lu lu lu!"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2009-01-08 12:28  

#1  The Iranians finally realized that non-verbal provocations launched by the supreme leader constitute an act of war. Not that Israel is going to bomb Iran any less, mind you.
Posted by: Darrell   2009-01-08 12:17  

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