Iran Claims 70,000 Volunteer to Fight Israel

[Americanhero1]

TEHRAN, Iran —  More than 70,000 Iranian students have volunteered to carry out suicide bombings against Israel, Iran's state news agency reported Monday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has not responded to their request for permission.

Volunteer suicide groups have made similar requests in the past and the government never responded, giving the campaigns more of the feel of propaganda.

According to the official IRNA news agency, hardline student leader Esmaeil Ahmadi said the students want to fight Israel in support of Hamas, Gaza's Islamic militant rulers.



Iran is Hamas' main backer, though the country denies sending weapons to the Islamic militant movement that took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Iran considers Israel its archenemy, and Ahmadinejad has called for the destruction of the Jewish state.

Five hard-line student groups and a conservative clerical group launched the registration drive for suicide bombers last week and asked the government to allow them to stage the attacks.

In an open letter to Ahmadinejad, the students said "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." A copy of the letter was made available to The Associated Press last week.

The hard-liners started signing up volunteers after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a religious decree Dec. 28 saying anyone killed while defending Palestinians in Gaza against Israeli attacks would be considered a martyr.

Khamenei's religious decree was not considered a government decision and did not oblige the government to launch attacks against Israel.

At a gathering two days later in Tehran, hard-liners distributed registration forms.

Israel's bombardment of Gaza, which has killed hundreds of Palestinians, has outraged many in Iran and throughout the rest of the Muslim world. Israel says it launched its campaign in retaliation for Hamas rocket fire aimed at civilians in southern Israeli towns.

On Dec. 30, IRNA reported that dozens of Iranian students broke into the British Embassy residence in Tehran, accusing Britain of supporting the Israeli air assault that started Dec. 27. The report said the students pulled down the British flag and raised a Palestinian flag at the compound's entrance before police forced them to leave.

The protest lasted about half an hour, and no injuries were reported.

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[SavetheWest]

If they accept and promote the suicide bombers, that probably means that they are not close to having a nuclear weapon.  If they reject or don't accept the suicide bombers that may mean they are close to having a bomb and don't want to ruin their chance at hitting the USA and/or Israel.  They may know that the West and Israel are ready for that reaction though, so who knows.

[IsraelForever]

Terrific!  If so many of them wish to die, I say we do it for them.  I'm telling you what I have been saying for a long time:  It will get to the point where it's either us or them.  We're dealing with totally insane people, obviously.  "Reason" means nothing to them.  Kill them before they kill you... that's what it boils down to, no matter how horrible it seems.

[SavetheWest]

leftist Jews, Christians and Hindus are going to get many more people killed...of that, I'm sure of.