investigation

[foreigner]

IG's report, confirmed that a major focal point involves former Deputy Undersecretary for Defense Policy Douglas Feith

 

Feith announced his resignation in January 2005, a week after the New Yorker's Seymour Hersh accused him of working with Israeli officials to select potential targets for a preemptive Iran strike.

 

Larry Franklin, who pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents regarding Iran to a Washington-based Israeli lobby in 2005;

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Pentagon_Inspector_General_to_release_investigation_0207.html

 

&

 

Secretary Rice is pleading a memory lapse on an Iranian offer shortly after the Iraq war to, among other things, recognize Israel.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002512.php

[Fidel]

Secretary Rice is pleading a memory lapse on an Iranian offer shortly after the Iraq war to, among other things, recognize Israel.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002512.php

 

Hmmm..

 

Something doesn't seem right, does it?

 

From an NBC interview with 'Nejad:

 

"We think that the American people are like our people. They're good people. They support peace, equality and brotherhood. They like to see the world in peace. We think that, together, nations can uphold the peace and justice around the world."

 

Transcript of full interview

 

Curiouser and curiouser...

[Nervous_Dog]

Gues which Middle East country other than Israel has a jewish MP?

 

Guess which countries leader said "Even the death of one jew would be wrong, but why must palastine pay for the autrocity"

 

Iran and Iran

 

Ahhh - its all politics

[foreigner]

Iraq Intel from Feith & Pentagon Manipulated To Support war

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802387_pf.html

 

Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense (& Israeli Lukid representative) Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability"

 

the secularist dims are tearing up the evangelical republicans.

[..]

Heard Feith interviewed on NPR this afternoon, stammering away that he was just "criticizing the CIA" and "those allegations are just wrong." But the best line was his saying "that's just so erroneous that I do not know how to refute it." 55555555555555555555 If it is so wrong, it should be easy to refute, na?

 

Cheers,

SD

[Flashermac]

The Jews of Iran

 

1948 Jewish population: 100,000

2004: ~25,000

 

 

The Jewish community of Persia, modern-day Iran, is one of the oldest in the Diaspora, and its historical roots reach back to the 6th century B.C.E., the time of the First Temple. Their history in the pre-Islamic period is intertwined with that of the Jews of neighboring Babylon.

 

Cyrus, the first of the Archemid dynasty, conquered Babylon in 539 B.C.E. and permitted the Jewish exiles to return to the Land of Israel, bringing the First Exile to an end. The Jewish colonies were scattered from centers in Babylon to Persian provinces and cities such as Hamadan and Susa. The books of Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Daniel give a favorable description of the relationship of the Jews to the court of the Achaemids at Susa.

 

Under the Sassanid dynasty (226-642 C.E.), the Jewish population in Persia grew considerably and spread throughout the region; nevertheless, Jews suffered intermittent oppression and persecution. The invasion by Arab Muslims in 642 C.E. terminated the independence of Persia, installed Islam as the state religion, and made a deep impact on the Jews by changing their sociopolitical status.

 

Throughout the 19th century, Jews were persecuted and discriminated against. Sometimes whole communities were forced to convert. During the 19th century, there was considerable emigration to the Land of Israel, and the Zionist movement spread throughout the community.

 

Under the Phalevi Dynasty, established in 1925, the country was secularized and oriented toward the West. This greatly benefited the Jews, who were emancipated and played an important role in the economy and in cultural life. On the eve of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, 80,000 Jews lived in Iran. In the wake of the upheaval, tens of thousands of Jews, especially the wealthy, left the country, leaving behind vast amounts of property.

 

The Council of the Jewish Community, which was established after World War II, is the representative body of the community. The Jews also have a representative in parliament who is obligated by law to support Iranian foreign policy and its anti-Zionist position.

 

Despite the official distinction between "Jews," "Zionists," and "Israel," the most common accusation the Jews encounter is that of maintaining contacts with Zionists. The Jewish community does enjoy a measure of religious freedom but is faced with constant suspicion of cooperating with the Zionist state and with "imperialistic America" â?? both such activities are punishable by death. Jews who apply for a passport to travel abroad must do so in a special bureau and are immediately put under surveillance. The government does not generally allow all members of a family to travel abroad at the same time to prevent Jewish emigration. Again, the Jews live under the status of dhimmi, with the restrictions im posed on religious minorities. Jewish leaders fear government reprisals if they draw attention to official mistreatment of their community.

 

Iran's official government-controlled media often issues anti-Semitic propaganda. A prime example is the government's publishing of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a notorious Czarist forgery, in 1994 and 1999. Jews also suffer varying degrees of officially sanctioned discrimination, particularly in the areas of employment, education, and public accommodations.

 

The Islamization of the country has brought about strict control over Jewish educational institutions. Before the revolution, there were some 20 Jewish schools functioning throughout the country. In recent years, most of these have been closed down. In the remaining schools, Jewish principals have been replaced by Muslims. In Teheran there are still three schools in which Jewish pupils constitute a majority. The curriculum is Islamic, and Persian is forbidden as the language of instruction for Jewish studies. Special Hebrew lessons are conducted on Fridays by the Orthodox Otzar ha-Torah organization, which is responsible for Jewish religious education. Saturday is no longer officially recognized as the Jewish sabbath, and Jewish pupils are compelled to attend school on that day. There are three synagogues in Teheran, but since 1994, there has been no rabbi in Iran, and the bet din does not function.

 

Following the overthrow of the shah and the declaration of an Islamic state in 1979, Iran severed relations with Israel. The country has subsequently supported many of the Islamic terrorist organizations that target Jews and Israelis, particularly the Lebanon-based, Hezbollah. Nevertheless, Iran's Jewish community is the largest in the Middle East outside Israel.

 

On the eve of Passover in 1999, 13 Jews from Shiraz and Isfahan in southern Iran were arrested and accused of spying for Israel and the United States. Those arrested include a rabbi, a ritual slaughterer and teachers. In September 2000, an Iranian appeals court upheld a decision to imprison ten of the thirteen Jews accused of spying for Israel. In the appeals court, ten of the accused were found guilty of cooperating with Israel and were given prison terms ranging from two to nine years. Three of the accused were found innocent in the first trial. In March 2001, one of the imprisoned Jews was released, a second was freed in January 2002, the remaining eight were set free in late October 2002. The last five apparently were released on furlough for an indefinite period, leaving them vulnerable to future arrest. Three others were reportedly pardoned by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

 

At least 13 Jews have been executed in Iran since the Islamic revolution 19 years ago, most of them for either religious reasons or their connection to Israel. For example, in May 1998, Jewish businessman Ruhollah Kakhodah-Zadeh was hanged in prison without a public charge or legal proceeding, apparently for assisting Jews to emigrate.

 

Today, Iran's Jewish population is the second argest in the Middle East, after Israel. Reports vary as the the condition and treatment of the small, tight-knit community, and the population of Iranian Jews can only be estimated due to the community's isolation from world Jewry.

 

 

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/iranjews.html

[foreigner]

this is simply another case of all jews being blamed for the actions of the amoral zionist.

 

as you post documents arabs were tolerant of those of different beliefs pre israel.

& before the israeli & zionist murder & thievery the arabs got along with jews fine.

 

you are constantly pointing out how israel has turned the middle east into a war zone

& continuously documenting that mel is right

 

you in a mel gibson fan club? spewing mel gibson anti-israel propaganda?

repeatedlly contending that before israel all was fine ..

 

I'll accept your position as gospel & from this point forward use the

"Flash Doctrine":all was fine in the mid east before israel

in all future mid-east discussions.

 

the "flash doctrine" intrepeted for americans:

"It's israel, stupid."

 

[color:red]mel mel mel mel mel mel mel mel[/color]

[Flashermac]

Whatever you're drinking, I want some of it. Must be good stuff.

 

 

[bust]

Problem with most of the conflict in the trouble spots is it is created by powerful groups from afar. Sometimes wonder whether they treat the ME like a giant chess board.

 

[Old Hippie]

ZTurmoil assure military sales/actions/money, higher oil prices and more money manipulating the precious commodity...won't stop until we get off the oil...