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Jahanshah Javid, Hezbollah in Disguise!

Jahanshah Javid, Hezbollah in Disguise!
Hezbollah's Front Businesses in America!
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Irani Lover, no one likes to

Irani Lover, no one likes to see their country bombed. But, the grip that the Mullah regime has on the throat of Iranians, has, unfortunately, resulted in support among people for foreign intervention for the purpose of ousting the Mullahs. Furthermore, the U.S. among tens of other countries around the world (Including Iran) is engaged in arms sell and every country on the plant is engaged in arms purchase. The governments of Finland, Switzerland, Botswana, ..Among other acquire American weapons also. How come they don’t use those weapons on their neighbors or their own people? See my point? It’s not the U.S weapons that are to blame; it is the fascist regimes like Saddam and IRI. Iran is powerful compare to other Middle Eastern countries, no question, but their weapons technology is way outdated. Trust me. There are numerous weapon magazines and statistics available to support that argument. Finally, the reason that Hezbollah, and for that matter, any guerilla group, were hard to defeat is because they were hiding among civilians and Israel, because of the reaction of world opinion, was not and will never be able to engage in a full scale military assault on civilians unless as a last resort. Last year’s war in Lebanon definitely was not a last resort for Israel

The reality...

Thank you Behrad for an interesting article. Although it seems that the majority of the info offered here is based on speculations, yet the main point (IRI's extensive planning on asymmetrical warfare) is all but true! While having kept up with the arms race with Israel (e.g. developing Harpoon surface-to-sea missiles immediately after Israelies employed their tactical Dolphin Submarines), the IRI has found the American military's Achile's heel in its vulnerability to asymmetric, intermittent fighting (aka jang-o-goriz, the Persian area of expertise).

As a matter of fact one of the main focuses in the war games recently conducted by the IRI Navy and Revelutionary Guards in Persian Gulf was on various methods of blocking the strait of Hormuz in case of an American attack-- by planting mines or simply drowning a ship. That would be a quick and easy way of trapping the U.S. fleets in and interrupting the flow of oil! As a result of this the price of oil could shoot up to near $500 a barrel! This would drag the U.S. infantry and ground forces into Iranian soil and at that point The U.S. army will find itself facing a vast war front from Pakistan/ Afghanistan to Lebanon (after ivolvement of Syria).

What is going to happen after that is anybody's guess. But what is certain is that five million basijis will not role over and greet the American carpet bombings. In fact ( despite the abuse endured at the hands of IRI) it's the poor people who will stand up and fight for their country rather than the privileged stratum who comprise the main opposition to IRI. Moreover, the linkage that invading Iran provides would facilitate the free movement of religious zealots from Kashmere to Lebanon across the Middle East to fight the "infidles" and seek martyrdom!!!

to Agha nader

MR Nader i like your toun, i like people who dont have same ide but steel talk with respect.
actually the world poll has shown that iranian people dont want yankees to attack iran, the international poll result has shown that if some one attack iran the grip of mullahs on iranian would be stronger because iranian people would back up the mullahs against foreigners.
if you want to see the facts i have them.
i belive you when you say that iranian weapons our out dated but not all of them. yes iranian tank like zufagar is not like yankees Abraham but iranian has understood that if they want to fight US theier best weapon is asymtric warfare. a IRGC guy can do much better armed with a RPG29 then 2 zulfagar tak against abraham tank. russia give the chanse to iran with kind of sukhi plane they want but iran refused because they must buy 500 plane to fight against 500 plane. insteed they have mobile anti air system. which move all the time. iran has the best anti air defence now. iranian has modern UAV and actuallay better kommunication system then israel. we even have sateleit. i dont say that we can defeat US but we can fight solong so that US has to back off.
finaly israel did not carre about civilians, they bombed civilian area and kill for the most civilians and they use kluster bombs so israel did their best, ask a IDF soldier and he would course hezbollah but in the same time he would say they are lions. every military guy admire hezbollah resistence but i allso know that hezbollah had some high ranking iranian officer in their command center. israel did what they could and the same thing did hezbollah.the only thing israel did not was to use their atom bombs and hezbollad did not use their zel zel missile to attack jerusalem.

Irani Lover, no one likes to

Irani Lover, no one likes to see their country bombed. But, the grip that the Mullah regime has on the throat of Iranians, has, unfortunately, resulted in support among people for foreign intervention for the purpose of ousting the Mullahs. Furthermore, the U.S. among tens of other countries around the world (Including Iran) is engaged in arms sell and every country on the plant is engaged in arms purchase. The governments of Finland, Switzerland, Botswana, ..Among other acquire American weapons also. How come they don’t use those weapons on their neighbors or their own people? See my point? It’s not the U.S weapons that are to blame; it is the fascist regimes like Saddam and IRI. Iran is powerful compare to other Middle Eastern countries, no question, but their weapons technology is way outdated. Trust me. There are numerous weapon magazines and statistics available to support that argument. Finally, the reason that Hezbollah, and for that matter, any guerilla group, were hard to defeat is because they were hiding among civilians and Israel, because of the reaction of world opinion, was not and will never be able to engage in a full scale military assault on civilians unless as a last resort. Last year’s war in Lebanon definitely was not a last resort for Israel.

read this, what a general says

//www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0...

to nader

actually it was we who helped israel with osarik, iranian air force bombed osarik first and we bomed the anti air system in that area after that israili air force come and bomn osarik but it was iran who helped them.

that is correct, in iran the

that is correct, in iran the people dont like mullah regime but if you ask young people on street what would you do if USA attack 90% of them said i would fight them to the end.
most of ous young iranian think if US ATTACK, we have to fight harder then iran iraq war. because yankees are invaders and we want to take revenge for those who died by US weapon in the hand of saddam.
your article was very good, you have understood how young iranian think and how much they love their country.
iran has develop very advanced weapons and they even have SCHKVAL or HOOT and the yankees call it hangar destroier because no one has any defence against this anti ship missile. have a israli friend and he told me that we were crushed by iranian weapons not hezbollah. two israili war ship were hit by iranian kowsar, 35 merkav tanks very blow up by iranian anti tank missile like toofan2. apache helicopters very shoot down by iranian fire shoulders misagh2.
hezbollah was hard to catch because they were operating with iranian communicaion system, and they were watching israili movement with iranian made UAV.
you can find pool on the internet how iranian yooung think like zogby international. and theier poll show that young iranian are nationalist and by the way iran is getting best war system from china and russia.
russia has given iran s300 tor1, panzer3.....

It is sad that some of us

It is sad that some of us have bought into the Stalinist, Regressive, Communist, fascist, Chvezian, socialist, Iran destroying, world destroying,,,,,,,, propaganda! No one is denying the fact that the Iraq mission was a disaster regardless of what were the motives behind the U.S interventions. The essential question is why does the Iranian Islamist and their allies, the leftist Iranian, hate U.S and Israel so much? Israel has done absolutely nothing since the day it was established to endanger our national security or work against our interest. Even if for the sake of our conversation, we assume that thy hate Israel because of its occupation of Arabic land after the 1967, we have still taken position against a country that never posed any danger to us, in fact provided assistance to us (Remember the Ozirac Nuclear Facility bombing). As a result, we have subjected ourselves, for absolutely no reason, to the consequences of any action Israel takes to serve the interests of its people, including military operation against the barbaric regime in Iran who is undeniably providing material and inspirational support for Israel’s enemies. Another essential question is why does the Iranian leftist never blame the wonderful Communism regime of Stalin for occupying Azerbaijan after WWII? Why aren’t they ever critical of the fascist IRI regime that is basically having let Putin plunder our wealth and dignity? Why aren’t they ever critical of the fact that it is Putin who has reduced our share of the Caspian Sea from 50% to 10%? Why such amazing double standard? Are those leftist denying the fact that if it wasn’t for U.S intervention, we would’ve lost Azerbaijan forever to our “communism brothers”? Are they denying the fact that the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussain was built, supported, armed and directed by communist USSR? The same army who is responsible for the death of nearly 1 million Iranians? Are they denying the fact that even beautiful socialist France itself, has admitted to initiating the Iraq WMD program? Isn’t this because they are so morally and ideologically bankrupt and ashamed for their support of Iranian people enemies?

What does Iran have?

My dear friend.I am not talking about official statements .Of course no one among iranian official never say that.But there is a reality,officially Israel also doesnt have Nuclear weapon.I suppose there is no doubt about Israels bomb.Iran has all rights to improve Nuc program and have N bomb as well!!!
And about Zionists,US propaganda yes there huge anti Iranian propaganda,but i dont undestand connection of such propaganda with my opinions?

Who says Iran has a nuclear weapons program!!

Some of you people have really bought into all the propaganda that the Bush Administration, the neocons, the Zionists, Israel and the think tanks such as AEI, Brookings Institute etc.. are repeating, and in fact repeating their statements verbatum!!

Do you remember the spin on Iraq? Iraq didn't pose an imminent threat to the United States and her allies in 2003. Although the notion was ridiculous that the secularist Iraqi government would uphold strong ties to fanatic religious motivated Islamic terror groups, that it even supported the perpetrators of 9/11, most Americans believed these false assertions.

The mission was not accomplished in May 2003, the war was never a "cakewalk" and the Iraqis didn't welcome American troops "as liberators" as Dick Cheney had predicted.

In Iraq in 2003 and during the operation "Iraqi freedom," neither the UN inspectors and the CIA before the invasion, nor the several governmental teams after it ― among them the 1,200 person Iraq Survey Group ― detected "significant quantities of uranium from Africa" or any other signs of weapons of mass destruction.

There is absolutely no evidence of a nuclear weapons program in Iran according to the IAEA. The IAEA has conducted the most extensive inspection in its history and has found no evidence of diversion of material towards nuclear program in Iran. Or are you people saying that Cheney, Bolton, Podhoretz, Israel are more of an expert and have inspected Iran's nuclear facilities!!

On the contrary, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been able to verify the non-diversion of nuclear materials at the enrichment facilities in Iran. According to a report, released on August 27, the IAEA "has therefore concluded that it [the nuclear program] remains peaceful in use."

According to the IAEA, currently 439 nuclear power reactors operate in 30 countries. In the same way Iran, as a signatory state of the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), is legally entitled to enrich uranium in order to use Atomic energy peacefully.

This is another deadly spin by the U.S. to divert attention from its failure in Iraq.

"The potential of another world war" helps Bush, as Democratic Dennis Kucinich puts it, to "bolster support for his monumentally failed foreign policy." But the war in Iraq is the war of Washington's political and economic establishment, not just "Bush's war," because he hardly has to deal with democratic opposition.

Before the war with Iraq, it seemed that journalists and social scientist neglected their duty to research thoroughly and to inform the public with reliable facts. Instead they became a mouthpiece for the U.S. government, they even took Colin Powell's embarrassing report to the United Nations on February 3, 2003, at face value.

Its time for people to start acting responsibly as opposed to the same warmongering that we are hearing from this Administrion, Israel, and the neocons that got us into the mess in Iraq.

I am more flabbergasted that many of you who are Iranians are making these statements.

It is interesting that the

It is interesting that the author is trying to paint the picture that the following discussion is a mirror of Middle Eastern public opinion. I really doubt this was ever a conversation, seems to me more like a leftist propaganda. Because at a time that our own fellow citizens are been oppressed and butchered daily by the medieval regime in Tehran, it is amazing to see how some Iranians are so obsessed with what the U.S does around the world that it seems like poking at and trashing the U.S is much, much more important to them than the destruction or the survival of their own country. This truly shows how much we deserve what happens to our country, and offcourse, for our leftist friends, who else to blame it on but the U.S. It’s obvious that the 1st step for the salvation of our country is for us to treat ourselves with what I like to call the “America obsession disorder”. We hate it so much that we trash it non stop, but at the same time, we would do anything to get to it, and we would do anything to be like it!!! Even the references the Islamic authorities use in their speeches to America, shows that this is nothing but a mental disorder, most probably caused by “Hasoodi”. And it seems that no one else around the world is suffering from it but our leftist and Islamist populations. That being said, It is true that the Middle Eastern public opinion (with the exception of Iranians inside of Iran) has been influenced by religious extremism to a point that every free election that is held there, the extremism win. The IRI intensive inspiration of religious fundamentalist ideas has finally prevailed. I have to say to the author, please go to Iran, have another “conversation” with any Iranian on the street, and see, unfortunately I should say, not only they wish that the U.S could help them overthrow this murderous regime, but even if Satan himself offered help, they would take it !

"Next War"

When he appeared in front of American news media he was all smile. He perhaps showed so much confidence in order to cover his inner feelings. Feelings that, however uncertain, indicated the fact that he knew deep inside his own mind that the regime was not ready to fight."Why war" he kept asking reporters,and answering every question with one of his own:"Why do you think that there needs to be a war between the two countries".

Deep down he knew because he was repeatedly told by his superiors in their many discussions before going to New York that compromise would come. That whenever any conflict would come to directly threaten the survival of the regime, they would sacrifice all to stay in power. Yes his smiles did reveal that bit of inner truth.

what does Iran have?

US will attack Iran anyway,even all Iranians will fight against US.Because Iran with nuclear weapan is more dangerous than war .
I think we should not exaggerate Iran's power,there are millions of Think thanks,institutions that are in aware of sitation in Iran,and eternal dynamics of Iran.But i think there will be considerable impact of attack to Iran:Hamas,Hezbollah,Afganistan,Shiites in Iraq,Petrol crises and etc.These are factors that IRan is using in its foreign policy and because of it Iran is more confident.
And dont forget about the silent bomb which is into Iran : ethnic minorities ,Azeris,kurds.

It doesn't matter if he had an Iraqi friend or not

I don't understand why the dispute over whether the Iraqi friend is real or not, that is not the issue. Many of the issues that the writer has discussed are correct.

The issue is clear the U.S. Admin. has been planning to invade or force regime change in any nation in the Middle East which is not subordinate to the U.S. Gov. This has been the discussed in detail in the Project for the New American Century (PNAC).

Obviously Iran and Syria have been major targets, and more seriously Iran! Iran does not have the superior military force compared to the U.S. and that is a fact. However, this does not mean that it cannot and will not cause severe damage to U.S. interests. Even the Pentagon, CENTCOM, CIA, U.S. generals and Mossad agents are aware of this. If the U.S. believed that it was such a cake walk, it would have invaded Iran by now!

I also agree that American people are the most thoroughly mis-educated and generally media-mesmerized national population on the face of the planet. Even so, they do not like the way things are going as Iraq drags on and on and their paychecks shrink as the cost of living gets more and more expensive.

American people are sick and tiered of wars which has had severe repercussions on the U.S. economy, spiraling U.S. current account deficit, the plunging value of the U.S. dollar,borrowing from China to pay for the Iraqi war, the death of over 4,000 U.S. soldiers, hatred toward America at an all time high and the use of military power as a tool for foreign policy. The list is simply too long. Jesus, Condi is now trying to recruit U.S. diplomats to go to Iraq because of lack of sufficient soldiers, and she is finding it difficult to get any volunteers to even go to the safe haven of the "green zone".

Furthermore, you are going to have many U.S. generals and soldiers who are going to start defecting. Henry Kissinger is on record as calling the military something like "stupid animals" there merely to do the bidding of the elite. It could be that many in the military command structure have read this history and passed it around. It could well have helped them determine the face of one of military history's most famous adages: "Know Thine Enemy.

I agree Iranians like life and hate wars. This is why you are not finding one Iranian suicide bomber. However, any attack on Iranian soil will rally the Iranian people around the flag and they will fight to protect their country. I am not talking about those Iranians who are living a comfortable life, just like their American counterparts who want others to do the dirty work for them. However, there are many patriotic Iranians who will fight to protect Iran from imperialist conquest and U.S. hegemony.

At least this is my opinion.

After my pill

I just had my pill and I have to say, I actually agree with dynasofti

Abdullah de Nostredame

You sure your kin is not descended from Nostradamus?

What a bunch of Baloney!!

Iranians could not resist 3 Americans diplomats armed with nothing but checkbooks in 1953! Is this article Taarof or Roodarweisty?! Sadly, I should think that "Hezbollah heech ghalatee nemitavanad bekonad"!! As for pride in fighting oppressive invaders, Iranians have shown their best bending over to Arabs and Moguls centuries ago, and, most recently, to the cockroaches presently in charge of their destiny. It's high time the psycopathic Islamist rhetoric touched base with reality: Islamism manifested its true nature with a loud bang on 9/11, As such it will NEVER enjoy the kid-glove, "detente" and "nation-building" ethic extended to communists. It will face the ultimately ruthless force and wrath of the free world. Think Falluja, not UN Security Council!!

Most Iranians are lovers not fighters

I had a good laugh reading your post.  When the kitchen gets hot , Iranians cannot withstand the heat and start waving the white flag and invite the Americans for tea.  Who are you kidding?  We are a nation of self serving, fun loving individuals who mostly think about acquiring wealth and having all the pleasures of life (worst than americans.)

No matter what your friend says, Iran is a third world country and not industrialized enough to mess with the west. Unless Russia or China help them, the war would put an end to the current regime in Iran and would be a plus for Iran.   How long are we going to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world?  We could be an economic power with all the educated and intelligent people we have.  Look at India how their economy is growing %10-12 a year and getting all the contracts from the west.  I think we are much smarter people on the average than Indians but look at our economy. It is in shambles.  While Indians are enjoying their best economy ever. You think with economy like ours and lack of willing people to fight, we can muster defeating the west? ... I doubt it.

My goodness ..

I wish I had a friend or a relative like him. My mY!

Help

yeki in ghorse Xerxes ro behesh bede bekhore

Who was your relative?

A consultant of Mahmood Ahmadine...

calm down people

Man what's wrong with you people. Can't trust Iran will fight like the daliran that we are? If there was any doubts to the Iranian power (Maybe not to this extend) than by the American and Israelis had bombed us to nothingness. Iran is a Super power. And that's not a joke.

Re: This is too good...

Your "friend" says: "They (IRI) have arsenals of many new weapons that US does not know about them."

Yeah right! The US does not know about these top secrets, but your Iraqi friend does!

Here is another funny one. His friend says: "most of Arabs politicians in high positions provide them information". Are you kidding me? Were you writing this bull for 1st graders? And how the hell your "friend!" knows so many of these high ranking Arab officials? Did they discuss these together while having a friendly tea? Then in the next paragraph, you "demote" these high ranking arab officials to just a "diplomat"!!!

This is too good! His "friend!" then says :"In the first few hours of the war tens of thousands of missile will fly toward US bases..." Oh really?!!!! So your imaginary friend is also part of the top ranking Iranian military officials too???? Or is he just repeating the same bull than Iran's media is saying and we've all heard before? Wow what a friend!

Behrad thanks for the laughter, please next time tell us about your Afghan friend and his marvelous opinions, would you?

I agree with a lot of your info but...

I agree with a lot of your info but...I doubt it came from an insider who used to be in Iraqi government!

We didn't really need your connected friend to tell us all this! All that you present is very obvious!  It has been said many times and by many people.

It sounds like you used this imaginary individual as a vehidle to write this article.

I'm sorry, but reading your article, it gives the reader a sense that such a person doesn't exist! Just my opinion.

Good article though!

ghabele darke

baba ina beheshoon pool kam midan, majbooran har rooz ye toomar arajeef benevisan ke kharjeshoon dar biyad. dorogh haye khodeshoon ke tamoom mishe dast be damanae doostane well informed shoon tooye aragh mishan.taraf az aragh oomade moratab az afkare omoomi dar US sohbat mikone.

Very interesting article.

It is also interesting how your "relative" has exactly the same syntax and grammatical errors that you do. Similar - Ok, it's a cultural thing - Identical - it's a propagandist fabrication.

This kind of fabrication would only work on the uneducated and inattentive.

At least you got spellcheck to work.

Behaving irrational on the onset of revolt is unavoidable

From a very "special and informed" friend, HISTORY:

Iranians are giving notice to all supporter of this mullah and religious Shia system to get off the IRI's wrecked ship. Otherwise, Iranian people like any other nation behave irrational on the onset of revolt. Iranians anger build up level is extremely high at red level. Time for IRI mullahs and their lackeys to jump off this broken savage, dark and backward ship. The end is near.

Yea haa

Love to hear things like that. That's Iran man don't mess with it...I don't believe everything I read but I like reading this. And to some extend I believe them. Iran is a super power, this is not what I say, this is what the British, Americans and the western Europeans have agreed. Now how to deal with this newly born super power is another story.

Re: Your imaginary friend talks a lot like IRI....

Your imaginary friend is misinformed and a propganda tool for IRI. Do you really think you are dealing with 2nd graders here?

You are not using this technique on us, are you? I am refering to this technique: 

"Oh but I didn't say any of these, it was my "special and informed" friend who said it..." ???

You Islamists are funny.

Ok. you succeeded in diverting attention from the IRI crimes against Iranians and humanity, but only for a few minutes. The focus here is the crimes IRI is committing and will remain that until the IRI is gone.