“The Iranian octopus extends everywhere in Iraq, wringing her body of riches even after it tore it to shreds with sectarianism. During his current visit, the criminal Rafsanjani [Iran’s former president] proposed an Iraq-Iran joint initiative in the area of religious tourism. … The purpose of this scheme is absolute Iranian control over Iraqi airports, hotels, security and administrative institutions, and over entrance to the cities of Samara [the Golden Mosque], Al-Kazimiyah [two Shiite Imams are buried there], Karbala [Shiites consider this the second holiest city after Mecca] and Najaf [site of the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, whom Shiites consider the ‘righteous caliph and first imam’]. … The day isn’t far off when the sons of Karbala, Najaf, Al-Kazimiyah and Samara find themselves strangers in their own home towns and Iranian intelligence officers administer and govern them, in public fashion, under the pretext of joint projects to promote tourism.”
By Khadir Taahar
Translated By James Jacobson
March 8, 2009
Iraq – Kitabat – Original Article (Arabic)
The Iranian octopus extends everywhere in Iraq, wringing her body of riches even after it tore it to shreds with sectarianism. During his current visit, the criminal Rafsanjani [Iran’s former president] proposed an Iraq-Iran joint initiative in the area of religious tourism.
The purpose of this scheme is absolute Iranian control over Iraqi airports, hotels, security and administrative institutions, and over entrance to the cities of Samara [the Golden Mosque], Al-Kazimiyah [two Shiite Imams are buried there], Karbala [Shiites consider this the second holiest city after Mecca] and Najaf [site of the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, whom Shiites consider the ‘righteous caliph and first imam’].
READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, your most trusted translator and aggregator of foreign news and views about our nation.
Founder and Managing Editor of Worldmeets.US