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If you are referring to Iraq, they have used chemical weapons on their own people. You are full of it
Who? We target terrorists. Civilian casualties MUST be avoided or we end up with more f*cking terrorists. It is not easy.
Originally posted by NarrowGate
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
I have never heard about Iran openly endorsing magic, regardless of the kind of "magic". You saying Iran's theosophical position involves magic?
Like the sacred books of many religions, the Koran is believed to possess supernatural power, and it is used in various occult practices, which some claim the mullahs have instituted in order to hold their people in a state of superstition and ignorance, and to make use of their fears as a means to their own pecuniary ends. Whether or not the mullahs originated these practices, they have certainly in many cases encouraged the people to adhere to them. And the result is that among the masses there is probably more faith in the magical uses of the book than there is understanding of its contents.
The accepted forms of Koranic magic are: the "cutting of the Koran" (istikhara); divination (fal); prayers, or portions written out and used as talismans; reading the Koran for magical results; and other special uses of the book itself.
Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as “a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds”.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by NarrowGate
How is Iran evil?
They aren't evil.
Originally posted by ThoughtIsMadness
reply to post by NarrowGate
"You hate a dog because it does not do as you say.You beat a dog with a stick until it bites you, then you kill the dog and tell everyone that the dog was vicious." - US policy on terrorism
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
The Sunni don't necessarily like Iran because it is mostly Shi'a and they have differing opinions on certain things. Iran subscribes to the coming of the Hidden Imam and there are differences of opinion on this issue. Sunni are more moderate anyway, and the whole Hidden Imam thing is a sort of black magic. I read a Theosophical article on it once, and I cannot find it anymore, but it left a big impression on me.
I also have read that the Muslim Brotherhood has British secret society roots. I think it is an Illuminati invention. I think true Islam has been tweaked to allow for more radical leftist ideals. I also read a few years back that in the early part of the century, the Russians tried to communize Iran, and that some of the clerical religious stuff was a knee jerk reaction.
After the 1953 CIA-organized coup, the Shah and the U.S. moved to crush the widespread anti-U.S., anti-Shah opposition, solidify the Shah’s grip on power, and bring Iran firmly under U.S. control--politically, economically, and militarily.
The Shah immediately formed a military government and put Iran under indefinite martial law. The U.S. poured military advisors and aid ($504 million between 1952 and 1961) into Iran, reorganizing, training, and expanding the Monarchy’s police, military and, in 1957, its dreaded secret police--SAVAK.1
Opposition groups which had backed the overthrown Prime Minister Mossadegh, including the broad-based National Front and the pro-Soviet Tudeh Party, were immediately outlawed. All forms of political organization and activity--even literary gatherings--were banned. Massive arrests, unjustified detentions, institutionalized torture, summary tribunals, prison-murders, and executions were the order of the day. Newspapers, magazines, books--even leaflets--were outlawed if they criticized the government or the U.S. Censorship was enforced so strictly that the number of publications soon dropped from 600 under Prime Minister Mossaedegh (1951-53) to around 100.
Originally posted by NarrowGate
Originally posted by artnut
Originally posted by NarrowGate
Originally posted by Unity_99
Does anyone remember Obama signed unlawful, illegal legislation, that only the worst fascists in the world sign, that they can unlawfully detain anyone they wish, without trial, without charge, and without the letting the person know why they're being detained, and even murder them.
So, no I don't have to their "intelligence".
Show me evidence of this legislation being abused. While I don't like it either, I have not heard of them abusing it yet. In the short term it may prove beneficial. If and when the war on terror is actually over - we can be rid of the law.
eta: we have had people stateside be brainwashed by islamic extremists in the past btw. Sad to say, but I can see why they passed it
edit on 4-2-2013 by NarrowGate because: (no reason given)
What makes you think they would ever get rid of this law willingly, and what makes you think you would ever hear about the "abuse"? If they don't even have to tell the person the reason they were arrested, and can detain them indefinitely, why do you think you would ever hear about it?
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They will get rid of the law when the war on terror is won. IDK how long that will take though. Those "evil Zionists" are going to help us win it too believe it or not.
The reason you would hear about it is because everyone has loved ones. If peaceful protesters and such start getting snatched up, you will hear about it. There will be leaks. Believe it or not, there are people in the US government that actually care about us. If the NDAA is abused, we will hear about it.
The war on terror is no joke. It is not to be equated to the war on drugs as some like to do. These people are evil, and they will spread if we let them. They also happen to hate America with a passion. No they do not have good reason for this. We would help them actually, if they would freaking let us. The problem is we require them to stop slaughtering and oppressing people. You see that right there is where the US and terrorist organizations (that run some nations now) disagree. We don't think people should be slaughtered and oppressed.
With this in mind, we should make sure they don't manage to slaughter any of us. We are keeping score here. The score is in human lives. The only thing that matters is the losses. I am happy they can do what is necessary to protect us.
When the war on terror ends, this law will change. It will happen because it would be a popular move, and politicians rely on votes.
The war on terror will end one day BTW. We will win this fight.
edit on 4-2-2013 by NarrowGate because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MysterX
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by corporation
Originally posted by corporation
FBI arresting an innocent man. There is no reason to have arrested him.
How have you determined this? Do you have the same intelligence the FBI has?
Can someone clarify something for me please?
Is the United States at war with Iran?
Has the US officially declared war on Iran, or has Iran officially declared war on the US?
If not, i don't see how anyone travelling to Iran can possibly be any business of the FBI or any other agency.
Not particularly liking a country is neither here nor there, for a US citizen to be arrested over simply going there, official war would have to had been declared.
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
Originally posted by MysterX
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by corporation
Originally posted by corporation
FBI arresting an innocent man. There is no reason to have arrested him.
How have you determined this? Do you have the same intelligence the FBI has?
Can someone clarify something for me please?
Is the United States at war with Iran?
Has the US officially declared war on Iran, or has Iran officially declared war on the US?
If not, i don't see how anyone travelling to Iran can possibly be any business of the FBI or any other agency.
Not particularly liking a country is neither here nor there, for a US citizen to be arrested over simply going there, official war would have to had been declared.
The United States has been "unofficially" at war since they ousted the Shah of Iran. We've blown up civilian passenger planes, we've destroyed weapons facilities and we've even financed an anti-Iranian terrorist group that identifies itself as "Al Qaeda in Iran" (which means that half the CIA can be blown up without a trial by a drone).
Now the "reason" is because of Nuclear Weapons -- but how could Iran see this as any "change" in policy? A cynical person would think this is just about capitulating to Oil and Banking concerns.
While there is an "embargo" that doesn't mean ALL business has stopped -- just the ones that aren't well connected. If you are there for humanitarian reasons, I suppose they have to assume you are a terrorist.
The rest of the world has to believe that associating with Iran is evil, because they want to get a bomb like Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE -- but they haven't attacked other countries like those nations,... so they somehow are more of a threat.
The US doesn't bother declaring war via congress anymore -- so you just don't do things they say are "wrong" or they will punish you. "Legal" or "correct" or fair doesn't enter into the equation. Fascist countries can be good as long as you don't get in their way.
Originally posted by DarknStormy
When I think of oppression, I think of Gaza, not Iran.
Since Iran’s crackdown against anti-government protests following the 2009 presidential election the human rights crisis in the country has only deepened. There is a broad-based campaign underway to severely weaken civil society by targeting journalists, lawyers, rights activists, and students. The number of executions has risen sharply since 2010, and authorities tightly restrict access to information by blocking websites, slowing down internet speeds, and jamming foreign satellite broadcasts. In March 2011 the UN Human Rights Council appointed a Special Rapporteur on Iran in response to the worsening rights situation in Iran, but authorities have so far refused to allow him access to the country