Republic of Iran Manifests a Genuine Fanatical Dictatorship,
Ahmadinejad and his Army of Fanatical Basijis Rule by Force!
Iran will be among nations coming against Israel in FINAL War,
But it will be Syria on Israel’s front border lines leading the Jihad!
August 6, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Ezekiel 38:5,6 – Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: [6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Verse 5 names three of the peoples from which the Antichrist will draw his initial attacking horde: “Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:” Persia was basically the peoples east of the Euphrates, which today would be Iran and Iraq. Libya corresponds with the location of modern day Libya.
And Ethiopia in Ezekiel’s day was made up mostly of what we call Sudan today.
Verse 6 continues to name the peoples of Ezekiel’s day from which he will draw his support, and by knowing where they lived at that time, we can at least attempt to identify those nations that occupy these areas today: “Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.” Quite frankly, I have searched, and researched, the writings of many historians, both ancient and modern, and, in the end, knowing that honesty is the best policy I can only say that there is a wide diversity of opinion. Up to this point, as regards the locations of Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Libya, and Ethiopia, I have presented a case in my previous Blogs from both the Scriptures and historical records, which I believe is substantial. But in the case of Gomer, and the house of Togarmah, as to where they were settled in Ezekiel’s day, I can only give a rough approximation. The house of Togarmah and the descendants of Gomer were sandwiched between the Magogites (Scythians) to the north, and Meshach, Tubal, and Persia to the south. They stretched from west to east across modern day Turkey into the area south of the Caucasus Mountains, and through extreme northern Iraq and Iran.
The first two excerpts are from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
Excerpt 1 from National Interest
Mullahs and Generals
Hossein Askari
August 6, 2009
The Iranian regime’s claim of religious legitimacy is no longer credible. Iranians did not sacrifice their lives in a revolution and in a brutal eight-year war with Iraq to have their freedom stolen by a supreme leader and a president. Shia Muslims see it as their duty to reject an oppressive regime. The cycle of demonstrations will not stop, and if stopped by force, the opposition will go underground as it did under the shah. The senior religious establishment will not give its support to the supreme leader or to President Ahmadinejad. The regime has lost its appeal to the Muslim masses outside of Iran. The brutality of the regime has bared its ugliness for the whole world to see.
The government may survive for a few weeks, months, or even for a few years, not as an Islamic Republic but as a military dictatorship. The writer is the Iran Professor of Business and International Affairs at George Washington University. (National Interest)
Excerpt 2 from Los Angeles Times
Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations Threaten the World
Dore Gold (Los Angeles Times)
August 6, 2009
Iran has consistently used the West’s willingness to engage as a delaying tactic, a smoke screen behind which Iran’s nuclear program has continued undeterred and, in many cases, undetected.
In 2005, former chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani confessed that in the period during which he sat across from European negotiators discussing Iran’s uranium enrichment ambitions, Tehran quietly managed to complete the critical second stage of uranium fuel production: its uranium conversion plant in Isfahan. Former deputy foreign minister Mohammed Javad Larijani has said: “Diplomacy must be used to lessen pressure on Iran for its nuclear program.”
Israel is not Iran’s only target. If that was the case, the Iranians would have had no reason to develop missiles that fly well past Israeli territory to Central Europe and beyond.
An Iran that crosses the nuclear threshold after repeated warnings that doing so is “unacceptable” would be even less likely to be deterred in the future.
It would provide global terrorism the kind of protective umbrella that al-Qaeda never had back on 9/11, including for Hizbullah cells located at present in Central Europe and Latin America.
Halting the Iranian nuclear program is a global imperative; acquiescing to a nuclear Iran in the hope that it will pragmatically understand the limits of its own power would be a colossal mistake.
The writer served as Israel’s UN ambassador from 1997 to 1999 and is now president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. His new book, The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West, will be published next
Begin Excerpt from BBC News via World News
Tension as security forces flood Tehran
August 6, 2009
As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as president on Wednesday opposition supporters gathered outside the Iranian parliament and were met by hundreds of riot police.
Mehdi, not his real name, told BBC Persian of the huge security presence at Baharestan Square near the parliament.
“As I turned off the square, I froze on the spot – I couldn’t believe my eyes at the number of vehicles and motorbikes lined up on the road ”
I realised the situation was serious when the metro driver said the train would not be stopping at Mellat or Baharestan stations near the parliament.
People had planned to come by car and cause a traffic jam.
But all the roads to the square were blocked and cars were not allowed in the area.
Anti-riot police were out in force, and there was a severe security crackdown. At the top of every street there were Basijis [militia] and plain clothed guards – in extraordinary numbers.
I think out of every ten people, three of them were security personnel.
When I arrived Baharestan Square, I saw more Basijis on motorbikes with batons in their hands.
As I turned into Safi Ali Shah Road off the square, I froze on the spot – I couldn’t believe my eyes at the number of vehicles and motorbikes lined up on the road.
It was packed full of special guards in black uniforms, they were standing around chatting and laughing, but ready for action.
There were minibuses full of Sepah forces [Revolutionary Guards], and many of them were still asleep – I suppose they had been brought in early in the morning.
I came round the front of the station again and saw that the security forces had formed a human chain in front of the parliament.
‘Guards were right amongst the people’
Protestors had planned to circulate around the parliament building.
But if anyone stood still for a moment, they would be quickly pounced on by four or five guards.
On previous demonstrations, the guards had stood back from the crowds. But on this day, they were right amongst the people. On the slightest suspicion, they would grab individuals and take them away to a side street.
“ One Basiji stopped me and said: ‘I’ve been watching you for an hour now, you’ve been hanging around here, what exactly are you up to?’ ”
If they saw anyone using a mobile, even just to make a call,
they would seize them.
Then a helicopter passed over our heads towards parliament. Later we realised this must be have been Ahmadinejad arriving for the ceremony.
The Basijis on bikes had circled the whole square – they formed a chain, each about three metres apart. One of them stopped me and said: “I’ve been watching you for an hour now, you’ve been hanging around here, what exactly are you up to?”
I tried to laugh it off and be relaxed and said: “I’m not up to anything, I’m just looking, I will go now.”
He replied: “If I see your face here one more time, I’ll sort you out.”
But it was clear they were really nervous, because the crowds had really grown.
They worked in teams of three or four, not alone. I saw some people being arrested too.
At around 10am there was a struggle in one corner. Basijis suddenly descended on the scuffle from all sides.
There had been some chanting on the metro in 15 Khordad station – people were chanting “death to the dictator” and “God is great”.
But there were no chants in Baharestan Square itself.
If anyone dared raise their voice, they would be arrested.
I left around noon and headed back home.
Story from BBC News
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