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		<title>By: Lorraine</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1973869</link>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it is terrible</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it is terrible<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1973869', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mihael</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1973761</link>
		<dc:creator>Mihael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spooge: Why put your words in the form of a question? Itâ€™s clear youâ€™re just making assertions, thinly disguised as questions. Since youâ€™re not sincere. dont expect any answers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spooge: Why put your words in the form of a question? Itâ€™s clear youâ€™re just making assertions, thinly disguised as questions. Since youâ€™re not sincere. dont expect any answers<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1973761', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Nuclearclock</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1862654</link>
		<dc:creator>Nuclearclock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At last, we finally have it.. the war that created - through a ratcheting of oil prices - a massive weapons buying frenzy that is in turn quickly fueling the very likely chances of another, larger war. The Oil and Weapons organizations are in full gear here in the year 2007. The algorithm war-oil revenue- more war is nirvana for them -- but deadly for the animal kingdom here on earth. There does not appear to be any way to stop this cycle.

I blame Cheney most of all. And the elder Bush as well - for god&#039;s sake he should have taken his son aside and given him a good stiff belt across the face. 

For the rest of us, buy your dose of arsenic for your family. When it all blows soon, at least you&#039;ll not be in denial in the final hours if you live in the outer suburbs or rural areas. And that is what it all boils down to.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At last, we finally have it.. the war that created &#8211; through a ratcheting of oil prices &#8211; a massive weapons buying frenzy that is in turn quickly fueling the very likely chances of another, larger war. The Oil and Weapons organizations are in full gear here in the year 2007. The algorithm war-oil revenue- more war is nirvana for them &#8212; but deadly for the animal kingdom here on earth. There does not appear to be any way to stop this cycle.</p>
<p>I blame Cheney most of all. And the elder Bush as well &#8211; for god&#8217;s sake he should have taken his son aside and given him a good stiff belt across the face. </p>
<p>For the rest of us, buy your dose of arsenic for your family. When it all blows soon, at least you&#8217;ll not be in denial in the final hours if you live in the outer suburbs or rural areas. And that is what it all boils down to.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1862654', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: karlX</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1842651</link>
		<dc:creator>karlX</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#50Get ready, folks.
Here begins the fundamentalist ranting of Vince P about Muslim fundamentalism. 12 hours straight of pure fear/hate/filth based non-stop non-debating, just some copy &amp; paste right wing fear induced lies. Fasten your seat belts, people. Cuz Vince P is on the run!!!

Comment by Juan C

well said juan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#50Get ready, folks.<br />
Here begins the fundamentalist ranting of Vince P about Muslim fundamentalism. 12 hours straight of pure fear/hate/filth based non-stop non-debating, just some copy &amp; paste right wing fear induced lies. Fasten your seat belts, people. Cuz Vince P is on the run!!!</p>
<p>Comment by Juan C</p>
<p>well said juan<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1842651', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus</title>
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		<dc:creator>ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Valiant: Youâ€™re not in the Service, so you need to keep out of it.
Comment by Vince P â€” February 21, 2007 @ 12:08 am&lt;/em&gt;

Neither are you in the service, but you would be if you weren&#039;t a hypocrite and/or so mentally unstable they wouldn&#039;t have you.  Either way, you&#039;re unfit to be an american, let alone represent our values.  Freak.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Valiant: Youâ€™re not in the Service, so you need to keep out of it.<br />
Comment by Vince P â€” February 21, 2007 @ 12:08 am</em></p>
<p>Neither are you in the service, but you would be if you weren&#8217;t a hypocrite and/or so mentally unstable they wouldn&#8217;t have you.  Either way, you&#8217;re unfit to be an american, let alone represent our values.  Freak.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1835919', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1835216</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Valiant: You&#039;re not in the Service, so you need to keep out of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Valiant: You&#8217;re not in the Service, so you need to keep out of it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1835216', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1835141</link>
		<dc:creator>ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Wayne: you keep saying to ignore me after almost everything I write. Youâ€™re all talk, coward. Comment by Vince P â€” February 20, 2007 @ 10:40 pm&lt;/em&gt;

When you sign up for Iraq, the humor in your posts might diminish - coward.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Wayne: you keep saying to ignore me after almost everything I write. Youâ€™re all talk, coward. Comment by Vince P â€” February 20, 2007 @ 10:40 pm</em></p>
<p>When you sign up for Iraq, the humor in your posts might diminish &#8211; coward.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1835141', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Franklin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Franklin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George Bush started the United States Civil War! 
whoo-hoo! Liberalism is a mental disorder!
Franklin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George Bush started the United States Civil War!<br />
whoo-hoo! Liberalism is a mental disorder!<br />
Franklin<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1834567', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juan C</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1834556</link>
		<dc:creator>Juan C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Right on Juan!!!
Comment by big papa&lt;/em&gt; 

:]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Right on Juan!!!<br />
Comment by big papa</em> </p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1834479</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wayne: you keep saying to ignore me after almost everything I write.  You&#039;re all talk, coward.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wayne: you keep saying to ignore me after almost everything I write.  You&#8217;re all talk, coward.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1834479', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1834412</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Vince  has  been  smoking whatever  it is  that makes  him a paranoid lunatic  again.

Since he has nothing on the  topic  of this thread  to  add, other than his bigotted, paranoid rants, I propose we just ignore  the freek.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vince  has  been  smoking whatever  it is  that makes  him a paranoid lunatic  again.</p>
<p>Since he has nothing on the  topic  of this thread  to  add, other than his bigotted, paranoid rants, I propose we just ignore  the freek.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1834412', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1834262</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was a hypothetical</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was a hypothetical<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1834262', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1833506</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Vince P #61

&lt;strong&gt;...Who said I have one?&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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<p><strong>&#8230;Who said I have one?</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1833501</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Now, the freaking teachersâ€¦thats a danger. 

/sarcasm&lt;/em&gt;

Comment by Juan C #37

&lt;strong&gt;hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Right on Juan!!!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Now, the freaking teachersâ€¦thats a danger. </p>
<p>/sarcasm</em></p>
<p>Comment by Juan C #37</p>
<p><strong>hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!</p>
<p>Right on Juan!!!</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833501', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1833428</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well now we go from pleasant video about the Iranian people

to the vile government:

(Video and transcript at)

http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&amp;P1=1380

London-Based Syrian-Born Historian Mahmoud Al-Sayyed Al-Dugheim: Iran Established Global Shiite Government, Operating in Accordance with the Protocols of the Mullahs of Qom, to Annihilate the Sunnis 
 
Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian-born historian Mahmoud Al-Sayyed Al-Dugheim, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 30, 2007.

Mahmoud Al-Sayyed Al-Dugheim: We consider the Zionist plan to be dangerous to the Arab nation, but even more dangerous is the Safavid, Sassanian, Iranian plan to restore the Empire of Cyrus, which would range from Greece to Egypt, and the Arabian Peninsula, in addition to other regions. The Zionist plan was unable to penetrate the ranks of Islamic unity, the way the Safavid Iranian plan did. The collaborators with the Zionists throughout the Arab and Islamic world are too ashamed to reveal themselves, while the collaborators with the Sassanian, Safavid plan boast about it in public. Wasn&#039;t it one of their leaders who said yesterday: &quot;We are a Lebanon in Iran, and an Iran in Lebanon&quot;?

[...]

While the Zionist plan targets Jerusalem, which is holy to us, the Safavid plan targets Mecca and Al-Madina. If you go back to their books, which they do not mention in the media, yet these books exist and are accepted by them - they claim that their Hidden Imam will come to Mecca and Al-Madina, destroy the Al-Haram Mosque and the Mosque of the Prophet, and will dig in the graves of Abu Bakr and Omar, and burn them both, and then he will command the wind to blow them away. He will also dig in the grave of Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, and will execute her. All this is part of their plan.

[...]

The Shah was most definitely one of the sworn enemies of the Arabs, but he did not legislate a law to persecute the Sunni Muslims, who constitute one-third of the Iranian population. The new Iranian constitution persecutes Sunni Muslims in Iran, while it gives constitutional rights to the the Zoroastrians, the Jews, and the Christians. This constitution denies the Sunnis these rights. There is no Sunni mosque in Tehran, even though there are over two million Sunni Muslims there. 

[...]

All these actions are part of the 50-year plan of the Protocols of the Mullahs of Qom. This plan has been published and is well known. It aims to infiltrate the Sunni Muslim countries, to annihilate them, and to sow civil strife between the ruler and his subjects, all within fifty years.

[...]

Listen to the following secret communiquÃ©: &quot;At the command and with the guidance of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Guide of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and under the title &#039;The Shi&#039;a of Ali Are Victorious&#039;, the extended conference of the world&#039;s Shiites was held in the holy city of Qom. It was attended by the leaders of all Shiite parties and religious authorities. The conference decided that a global organization must be established to annihilate the people who are left, to examine and analyze the current regional situation, to build a military force, to infiltrate governmental institutions through the women&#039;s organizations everywhere, and then to infiltrate intelligence agencies, and to finish off the Sunni leaders, even by assassination.&quot; This is the plan of the Hashashin, which still exists. There is a fatwa by their imams and religious authorities, which permits the trading and planting of hashish, in order to profit and to cover up their crimes.

[...]

While the American target is economic oil, the Iranian Persian goal is to massacre the Arabs, as is evident in all their writings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well now we go from pleasant video about the Iranian people</p>
<p>to the vile government:</p>
<p>(Video and transcript at)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&amp;P1=1380" rel="nofollow">http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&amp;P1=1380</a></p>
<p>London-Based Syrian-Born Historian Mahmoud Al-Sayyed Al-Dugheim: Iran Established Global Shiite Government, Operating in Accordance with the Protocols of the Mullahs of Qom, to Annihilate the Sunnis </p>
<p>Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian-born historian Mahmoud Al-Sayyed Al-Dugheim, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 30, 2007.</p>
<p>Mahmoud Al-Sayyed Al-Dugheim: We consider the Zionist plan to be dangerous to the Arab nation, but even more dangerous is the Safavid, Sassanian, Iranian plan to restore the Empire of Cyrus, which would range from Greece to Egypt, and the Arabian Peninsula, in addition to other regions. The Zionist plan was unable to penetrate the ranks of Islamic unity, the way the Safavid Iranian plan did. The collaborators with the Zionists throughout the Arab and Islamic world are too ashamed to reveal themselves, while the collaborators with the Sassanian, Safavid plan boast about it in public. Wasn&#8217;t it one of their leaders who said yesterday: &#8220;We are a Lebanon in Iran, and an Iran in Lebanon&#8221;?</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>While the Zionist plan targets Jerusalem, which is holy to us, the Safavid plan targets Mecca and Al-Madina. If you go back to their books, which they do not mention in the media, yet these books exist and are accepted by them &#8211; they claim that their Hidden Imam will come to Mecca and Al-Madina, destroy the Al-Haram Mosque and the Mosque of the Prophet, and will dig in the graves of Abu Bakr and Omar, and burn them both, and then he will command the wind to blow them away. He will also dig in the grave of Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, and will execute her. All this is part of their plan.</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>The Shah was most definitely one of the sworn enemies of the Arabs, but he did not legislate a law to persecute the Sunni Muslims, who constitute one-third of the Iranian population. The new Iranian constitution persecutes Sunni Muslims in Iran, while it gives constitutional rights to the the Zoroastrians, the Jews, and the Christians. This constitution denies the Sunnis these rights. There is no Sunni mosque in Tehran, even though there are over two million Sunni Muslims there. </p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>All these actions are part of the 50-year plan of the Protocols of the Mullahs of Qom. This plan has been published and is well known. It aims to infiltrate the Sunni Muslim countries, to annihilate them, and to sow civil strife between the ruler and his subjects, all within fifty years.</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>Listen to the following secret communiquÃ©: &#8220;At the command and with the guidance of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Guide of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and under the title &#8216;The Shi&#8217;a of Ali Are Victorious&#8217;, the extended conference of the world&#8217;s Shiites was held in the holy city of Qom. It was attended by the leaders of all Shiite parties and religious authorities. The conference decided that a global organization must be established to annihilate the people who are left, to examine and analyze the current regional situation, to build a military force, to infiltrate governmental institutions through the women&#8217;s organizations everywhere, and then to infiltrate intelligence agencies, and to finish off the Sunni leaders, even by assassination.&#8221; This is the plan of the Hashashin, which still exists. There is a fatwa by their imams and religious authorities, which permits the trading and planting of hashish, in order to profit and to cover up their crimes.</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>While the American target is economic oil, the Iranian Persian goal is to massacre the Arabs, as is evident in all their writings.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>big papa: Just how embarassed would you be if your family saw the drivel you write?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>big papa: Just how embarassed would you be if your family saw the drivel you write?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833401', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
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		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Vince is holding another SERIOUS interior debate...

...relax...

...go about your business...

...and it&#039;ll go away...&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Vince is holding another SERIOUS interior debate&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;relax&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;go about your business&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and it&#8217;ll go away&#8230;</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833347', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/middle-east-defense-contractors/comment-page-2/#comment-1833208</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a pretty cool video:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4679426685869498072

BBC:
Rageh Omaar embarks on a unique journey inside what he describes as one of the most misunderstood countries in the ... all Â» world, looking at the country through the eyes of people rarely heard - ordinary Iranians. 

It took a year of wrangling to get permission to film inside Iran but the result is an amazing portrayal of an energetic and vibrant country that is completely different to the usual images seen in the media. A country of contrasts</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a pretty cool video:</p>
<p><a href="http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4679426685869498072" rel="nofollow">http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4679426685869498072</a></p>
<p>BBC:<br />
Rageh Omaar embarks on a unique journey inside what he describes as one of the most misunderstood countries in the &#8230; all Â» world, looking at the country through the eyes of people rarely heard &#8211; ordinary Iranians. </p>
<p>It took a year of wrangling to get permission to film inside Iran but the result is an amazing portrayal of an energetic and vibrant country that is completely different to the usual images seen in the media. A country of contrasts<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833208', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Someone who canâ€™t spell genius, shouldnâ€™t use the word as an insult. Or maybe the should - shmuck.

People who can&#039;t spell &quot;they&quot; shouldn&#039;t be sanctimonious about spelling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Someone who canâ€™t spell genius, shouldnâ€™t use the word as an insult. Or maybe the should &#8211; shmuck.</p>
<p>People who can&#8217;t spell &#8220;they&#8221; shouldn&#8217;t be sanctimonious about spelling.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833166', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:uNzhsoeUZYYJ:memri.org/bin/articles.cgi%3FPage%3Darchives%26Area%3Dsd%26ID%3DSP89705+memri+897&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us&amp;lr=lang_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;

Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani: â€˜Fight the Jews and Vanquish Them so as to Hasten the Coming of the Hidden Imamâ€™

The official Iranian news agency Fars, which is close to the conservative circles in Iran, recently published a statement by Ayatollah Hossein Nouri-Hamedani, one of the Iranian regime&#039;s leading religious authorities, in which he advocates fighting the Jews in order to prepare the ground and to hasten the advent of the Hidden Imam, the Messiah according to Shiite belief. 

It should be noted that the Fars news agency took the report off its web site several hours after its publication, and other Iranian media outlets close to the conservatives refrained from citing it. 

The following is the text of Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani&#039;s censored statements, which appeared in identical language on two internet sites: Peykeiran, a site close to the anti-regime communist left; and Asylum-Norway, an internet site belonging to an organization that supports Iranian refugees in Norway: [1] 

Prior to the Advent of the Hidden Imam, Arrogance and Colonialism Rule the World 

&quot;Fars news agency: Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani, discussing [Shi&#039;ite] religious texts, said: &#039;One should fight the Jews and vanquish them so that the conditions for the advent of the Hidden Imam be met.&#039; According to the Fars news agency&#039;s report, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani met with members of the Mahdaviyat Studies Institute. [2] He praised the institute&#039;s work and demanded that the religious seminaries in Qom also do more to research religious texts and hadith concerning the Hidden Imam... 

&quot;Nouri-Hamedani said that the texts concerning the end of days are rife with allusions and hidden meanings. He asked the researchers to devote their efforts to elucidating these texts. He noted: &#039;In the texts it is told that the Hidden Imam will remove the yoke of humiliation from mankind&#039;s neck. Therefore it is clear that prior to the advent of the Hidden Imam, Arrogance [a common epithet for Western powers, especially the U.S.A.] and colonialism rule the world.&#039; 

The Jews Have Hoarded All the Wealth in One Place, and All the World are Their Slaves 

&quot;According to this religious authority, &#039;at present the Jews&#039; policies threaten us. One should explain in the clearest terms the danger the Jews pose to the [Iranian] people and to the Muslims. Ever since Islam&#039;s appearance, the group that expressed fierce opposition to Islam â€“ and still acts in this fashion â€“ were the Jews. They were involved in the Khaybar, Uhud, and Ahzab wars.&#039; [3] He added: &#039;Already from the beginning the Jews wanted to hoard the world&#039;s goods in [their] greed and voracity. They always worked in important professions and now they have hoarded all of the wealth in one place. And all of the world, especially America and Europe, are their slaves.&#039;&quot; 

Crazy Ideas Such as Secularism, Liberalism, and Humanism are Part of Our Enemies&#039; Plans to Sow Disunity 

In another statement from last year, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani, on the occasion of his visit to the cities of Khoramshahr and Shalamche, said: &quot;World Arrogance [i.e., the U.S. and the Western powers] is creating a trinity of evil: heresy, divisiveness, and Zionism, in order to weaken the [Iranian] people&#039;s spirit and to create division and disagreement with respect to our regime. [Therefore] all of the senior officials and the public must be on their guard more than everâ€¦ 

&quot;The spreading of prostitution and evil things, the creation of a mentality of inferiority, and the propagation of crazy ideas such as secularism, liberalism, and humanism are [all] part of our enemies&#039; plans to sow disunity in [our] society... 

&quot;The revelation of the culture of Jihad and martyrdom in the country [Iran] struck world Arrogance [i.e., the U.S. and the Western powers] with dreadâ€¦ The existence of such a spirit among our youth led to world Arrogance&#039;s not daring to infringe on our borders... History shows that every people that lost the culture of Jihad and martyrdom were brought down.&quot; [4] 


[1] The speech was apparently delivered on April 14, 2005. http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=23105; http://www.asylum-norway.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=182. The speech was apparently delivered on April 14, 2005. 

[2] Mahdaviyat studies are concerning the Shiite doctrine of the Hidden Imam, who is to reappear as Mahdi, i.e., the rightly guided one. 

[3] These refer to famous victories of the Muslims under the leadership of Prophet Mohammad: The Battle of Khaybar took place in 628 A.D., the Battle of Uhud in 625 A.D., and the war of the Ahzab refers to the siege of Al-Madina in 627 A.D. 

[4] Kayhan (Iran), April 4, 2004.</description>
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<p>Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani: â€˜Fight the Jews and Vanquish Them so as to Hasten the Coming of the Hidden Imamâ€™</p>
<p>The official Iranian news agency Fars, which is close to the conservative circles in Iran, recently published a statement by Ayatollah Hossein Nouri-Hamedani, one of the Iranian regime&#8217;s leading religious authorities, in which he advocates fighting the Jews in order to prepare the ground and to hasten the advent of the Hidden Imam, the Messiah according to Shiite belief. </p>
<p>It should be noted that the Fars news agency took the report off its web site several hours after its publication, and other Iranian media outlets close to the conservatives refrained from citing it. </p>
<p>The following is the text of Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani&#8217;s censored statements, which appeared in identical language on two internet sites: Peykeiran, a site close to the anti-regime communist left; and Asylum-Norway, an internet site belonging to an organization that supports Iranian refugees in Norway: [1] </p>
<p>Prior to the Advent of the Hidden Imam, Arrogance and Colonialism Rule the World </p>
<p>&#8220;Fars news agency: Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani, discussing [Shi'ite] religious texts, said: &#8216;One should fight the Jews and vanquish them so that the conditions for the advent of the Hidden Imam be met.&#8217; According to the Fars news agency&#8217;s report, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani met with members of the Mahdaviyat Studies Institute. [2] He praised the institute&#8217;s work and demanded that the religious seminaries in Qom also do more to research religious texts and hadith concerning the Hidden Imam&#8230; </p>
<p>&#8220;Nouri-Hamedani said that the texts concerning the end of days are rife with allusions and hidden meanings. He asked the researchers to devote their efforts to elucidating these texts. He noted: &#8216;In the texts it is told that the Hidden Imam will remove the yoke of humiliation from mankind&#8217;s neck. Therefore it is clear that prior to the advent of the Hidden Imam, Arrogance [a common epithet for Western powers, especially the U.S.A.] and colonialism rule the world.&#8217; </p>
<p>The Jews Have Hoarded All the Wealth in One Place, and All the World are Their Slaves </p>
<p>&#8220;According to this religious authority, &#8216;at present the Jews&#8217; policies threaten us. One should explain in the clearest terms the danger the Jews pose to the [Iranian] people and to the Muslims. Ever since Islam&#8217;s appearance, the group that expressed fierce opposition to Islam â€“ and still acts in this fashion â€“ were the Jews. They were involved in the Khaybar, Uhud, and Ahzab wars.&#8217; [3] He added: &#8216;Already from the beginning the Jews wanted to hoard the world&#8217;s goods in [their] greed and voracity. They always worked in important professions and now they have hoarded all of the wealth in one place. And all of the world, especially America and Europe, are their slaves.&#8217;&#8221; </p>
<p>Crazy Ideas Such as Secularism, Liberalism, and Humanism are Part of Our Enemies&#8217; Plans to Sow Disunity </p>
<p>In another statement from last year, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani, on the occasion of his visit to the cities of Khoramshahr and Shalamche, said: &#8220;World Arrogance [i.e., the U.S. and the Western powers] is creating a trinity of evil: heresy, divisiveness, and Zionism, in order to weaken the [Iranian] people&#8217;s spirit and to create division and disagreement with respect to our regime. [Therefore] all of the senior officials and the public must be on their guard more than everâ€¦ </p>
<p>&#8220;The spreading of prostitution and evil things, the creation of a mentality of inferiority, and the propagation of crazy ideas such as secularism, liberalism, and humanism are [all] part of our enemies&#8217; plans to sow disunity in [our] society&#8230; </p>
<p>&#8220;The revelation of the culture of Jihad and martyrdom in the country [Iran] struck world Arrogance [i.e., the U.S. and the Western powers] with dreadâ€¦ The existence of such a spirit among our youth led to world Arrogance&#8217;s not daring to infringe on our borders&#8230; History shows that every people that lost the culture of Jihad and martyrdom were brought down.&#8221; [4] </p>
<p>[1] The speech was apparently delivered on April 14, 2005. <a href="http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=23105" rel="nofollow">http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=23105</a>; <a href="http://www.asylum-norway.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=182" rel="nofollow">http://www.asylum-norway.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=182</a>. The speech was apparently delivered on April 14, 2005. </p>
<p>[2] Mahdaviyat studies are concerning the Shiite doctrine of the Hidden Imam, who is to reappear as Mahdi, i.e., the rightly guided one. </p>
<p>[3] These refer to famous victories of the Muslims under the leadership of Prophet Mohammad: The Battle of Khaybar took place in 628 A.D., the Battle of Uhud in 625 A.D., and the war of the Ahzab refers to the siege of Al-Madina in 627 A.D. </p>
<p>[4] Kayhan (Iran), April 4, 2004.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1833165', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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