The Blowhard
09-16-2001, 12:35 PM
From Fox News:
Iranian troops rushed Sunday to seal the 560-mile frontier with Afghanistan. The Shiite Islamic government in Teheran is a bitter enemy of the Sunni Muslim Taliban, accusing them of perverting Islamic law, and is aiding the Northern Alliance, which controls a sliver of Afghanistan near the border of the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan.
"Islamic countries who see the Taliban as an embarrassment will not really care if the United States strikes against them," an anonymous Iranian analyst told Reuters. "Their understanding of religion is so backward and crude, they cannot rally other Muslim countries to support them."
Iranian reformers, including President Mohammed Khatami, condemned Tuesday's attacks upon the United States, while hardline conservatives praised them, reflecting Iran's deep political divisions. Reuters reported Sunday that the mayor of Teheran, along with the head of the city council, had sent a letter of condolence to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
"The news about the recent terrorist acts which took many innocent lives in New York caused deep grief and sorrow," said the letter by Mayor Morteza Alviri and city council head Mohammed Atrianfar. "Undoubtedly, this act is not just against New Yorkers, but all humanity."
Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called the children of God.
Iranian troops rushed Sunday to seal the 560-mile frontier with Afghanistan. The Shiite Islamic government in Teheran is a bitter enemy of the Sunni Muslim Taliban, accusing them of perverting Islamic law, and is aiding the Northern Alliance, which controls a sliver of Afghanistan near the border of the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan.
"Islamic countries who see the Taliban as an embarrassment will not really care if the United States strikes against them," an anonymous Iranian analyst told Reuters. "Their understanding of religion is so backward and crude, they cannot rally other Muslim countries to support them."
Iranian reformers, including President Mohammed Khatami, condemned Tuesday's attacks upon the United States, while hardline conservatives praised them, reflecting Iran's deep political divisions. Reuters reported Sunday that the mayor of Teheran, along with the head of the city council, had sent a letter of condolence to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
"The news about the recent terrorist acts which took many innocent lives in New York caused deep grief and sorrow," said the letter by Mayor Morteza Alviri and city council head Mohammed Atrianfar. "Undoubtedly, this act is not just against New Yorkers, but all humanity."
Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called the children of God.