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Originally posted by purplemer
reply to post by Xcathdra
Hey how you...
I think something smells a little wrong with this. If they really felt this way about the Jews then surely they would start with the ones in there own back door... and as far as I am aware the Jews in Iran are still living there.... no problems
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran.
Hey how you...
I think something smells a little wrong with this. If they really felt this way about the Jews then surely they would start with the ones in there own back door... and as far as I am aware the Jews in Iran are still living there.... no problems
(OP's Source)
Calling Israel a danger to Islam, the conservative website Alef, with ties to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the opportunity must not be lost to remove “this corrupting material. It is a “‘jurisprudential justification” to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm.”
Originally posted by buddha
thia is FAKE.
it is just to start a war agains them.
if they wonted to kill them off this bad.
they would have been doing stuff or years.
only america wonts this war.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Originally posted by Viking9019
Wasn't the leader of Iran supposed to have said this a few years ago but it was the media twisting the words around to bring hate upon Iran?
Actually Ahmadenijad did say it. The IRIB (Iranian State Media) covered the event, and was the Iranian media outlet that all other media outlets got their information from. The IRIB is the one who translated the President, and I doubt they are going to attribute words to him if he never said them being it would be a death sentence if they did.
When it created international backlash their propaganda machine tried to erase all evidence of him ever saying it and Ahmadenijad went on a denial spree that put his holocaust denials to shame.
Originally posted by casenately
reply to post by seabag
Thank you for insulting us, claiming our allegiance with the supposed enemy, and making huge blanket statements that basically admit there is no evidence except you expert opinion and interpretation of non evidence. Thanks!
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
I was looking for news and found this,
Iran bans 'The Simpsons' toys, report says
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran.
www.reuters.com...
Hmmmmm, and Homer works at a Nuclear Power Plant, very interesting, seriously?edit on 022929p://bMonday2012 by Stormdancer777 because: (no reason given)
It is a “‘jurisprudential justification” to kill all the Jews
The necessity of the destruction of Israel from the perspective of Imam Khomeini
The Speech and Context:
While the false "wiped off the map" extract has been repeated infinitely without verification, Ahmadinejad's actual speech itself has been almost entirely ignored. Given the importance placed on the "map" comment, it would be sensible to present his words in their full context to get a fuller understanding of his position. In fact, by looking at the entire speech, there is a clear, logical trajectory leading up to his call for a "world without Zionism." One may disagree with his reasoning, but critical appraisals are infeasible without first knowing what that reasoning is.
In his speech, Ahmadinejad declares that Zionism is the West's apparatus of political oppression against Muslims. He says the "Zionist regime" was imposed on the Islamic world as a strategic bridgehead to ensure domination of the region and its assets. Palestine, he insists, is the frontline of the Islamic world's struggle with American hegemony, and its fate will have repercussions for the entire Middle East.
Ahmadinejad acknowledges that the removal of America's powerful grip on the region via the Zionists may seem unimaginable to some, but reminds the audience that, as Khomeini predicted, other seemingly invincible empires have disappeared and now only exist in history books. He then proceeds to list three such regimes that have collapsed, crumbled or vanished, all within the last 30 years:
(1) The Shah of Iran – the U.S. installed monarch
(2) The Soviet Union
(3) Iran's former arch-enemy, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
In the first and third examples, Ahmadinejad prefaces their mention with Khomeini's own words foretelling that individual regime's demise. He concludes by referring to Khomeini's unfulfilled wish: "The Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time. This statement is very wise." This is the passage that has been isolated, twisted and distorted so famously. By measure of comparison, Ahmadinejad would seem to be calling for regime change, not war.
The Origin:
One may wonder: where did this false interpretation originate? Who is responsible for the translation that has sparked such worldwide controversy? The answer is surprising.
The inflammatory "wiped off the map" quote was first disseminated not by Iran's enemies, but by Iran itself. The Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official propaganda arm, used this phrasing in the English version of some of their news releases covering the World Without Zionism conference. International media including the BBC, Al-Jazeera, Time magazine and countless others picked up the IRNA quote and made headlines out of it without verifying its accuracy, and rarely referring to the source. Iran's Foreign Minister soon attempted to clarify the statement, but the quote had a life of its own. Though the IRNA wording was inaccurate and misleading, the media assumed it was true, and besides, it made great copy.
Amid heated wrangling over Iran's nuclear program, and months of continuous, unfounded accusations against Iran in an attempt to rally support for preemptive strikes against the country, the imperialists had just been handed the perfect raison d'être to invade. To the war hawks, it was a gift from the skies.
It should be noted that in other references to the conference, the IRNA's translation changed. For instance, "map" was replaced with "earth." In some articles it was "The Qods occupier regime should be eliminated from the surface of earth." or the similar "The Qods occupying regime must be eliminated from the surface of earth." The inconsistency of the IRNA's translation should be evidence enough of the unreliability of the source, particularly when transcribing their news from Farsi into the English language.