news.yahoo.com - 12/31/2008
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TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Five ...
salon.com - 12/30/2008
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salon.com —
(updated below - Update II) University of Maryland's
Program on International Policy Attitudes -- July 1, 2008...
: A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 18 countries finds that in 14 of them people mostly say their government should not take sides in the ...
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George Washington's warnings and U.S. policy towards ...
thinkprogress.org - 12/30/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, on Fox’s Hannity and Colmes, Iran war
hawk John Bolton said that Israel’s recent bombing campaign...
in Gaza is all the more reason for the United States to bomb Iran now. “So while our focus obviously is on Gaza right now, ...
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Bolton: Gaza Crisis Means We Should Attack Iran Now
commentarymagazine.com - 12/31/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
“If someone was sending rockets on my house
where my daughters were sleeping at night, I would...
do everything to stop it, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.” – President-elect Barack Obama Now that Hamas’s long war against Israel is ...
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What Would a Proportionate Response Look Like?
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Iranian Hardliner Students Beg Regime to Become Suicide Bombers
Gateway Pundit —
The regime even has an online signup page for would-be suicide bombers: Hat Tip Banafsheh Hardliner Iranian students are reportedly begging the regime to go explode themselvesin Israel. The AP reported: Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Five hard-line student groups ...
Iran: "Volunteer student suicide groups ... are determined to go to Gaza"
Jihad Watch —
... "Volunteer suicide bombers seek to attack Israel," by Ali Akbar Dareini for Associated Press, December 31 (thanks to James): ...
Iranian Students Volunteer for Suicide Attacks Against Israel
Crooks and Liars —
... And here we go again. Bush's ineffectiveness in the face of the Gaza attacks will help cultivate yet another generation of Middle Eastern hardliners: ...
On Iranian volunteer suicide bombers
Yourish.com —
From an AP writer:
Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.
But there seems to be a hitch:
The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Volunteer suicide groups have made similar requests in the past and the government never responded to their calls.
An the AP man adds a disparaging remark:
The ...
Anti-Israel Protests in America Cross the Line of Decency
Pajamas Media —
... , thousands of Muslim youth and their supporters have taken to the streets over the past few days in condemnation of Israel. In Iran, volunteer suicide bombers seek government approval to attack Israel . Hard-line Iranian student groups drafted an open letter to Ahmadinejad. The students write: “Volunteer student suicide groups … are determined to go to Gaza. You are expected to issue orders to the relevant authorities to pave the way for such action.” The depravity of such a statement may seem far-fetched and shocking to those who reside in western nations. Yet sentiments ...
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