Who described Iran as "an inspiration and paymaster for terrorist"?
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C. President George W. Bush !\nbut himself is an inspiration and paymaster of terrorist !
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Mahmood Ahmadi-Nejad, President of the regime of Velayat-e-faquih in Iran
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I'm not surprised. Its also widely known that the biggest financial supporters of the IRA cause were americans.\n..against terrorism as long as its against them. IRA bombing and killing kids in NI is ok as long as it's in the cause of 'freedom'.
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It is term used by Iran and its leaders about the USA.  Are we the "Great Satan"?  Yes according to Iran.  No if you ask anyone here in the USA.\n\nBush has called Iran, part of the Axis of Evil.  Same kind of thing.  We want our people to know they are bad.  And they do the same thing for their people.
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Terrorism is a wide concept that has been used throughout the ages, by the powerful to oppress the weak. It has absolutely nothing to do with Islam. In fact, I believe most of the writings in the Qu'ran are similar in one way or another to Christianity and Judaism, and I'm a Catholic myself. Here's the definition of terrorism from Encyclopedia Britannica:\n\n" The systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. Terrorism has been practiced by political organizations with both rightist and leftist objectives, by nationalistic and religious groups, by revolutionaries, and even by state institutions such as armies, intelligence services, and police."\n\nA good example of an authority or state using terror to achieve "victory" (just like that fake Muhammad quote you posted) is France after the revolution in 1789, Robespierre executed hundreds of possible political enemies and innocent people, thus inflicting  fear in the population. Another good example of a state promoting terrorism is the United States of America. Want examples? The A-bombs in Japan, the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam, the funding of anti-soviet guerrilla groups in Afghanistan (Osama Bin Laden was in one of those groups), the funding of the Contra guerrilla in Nicaragua, the sales of weapons to IRAN during the 80's which eventually led to the Iran-Contra Scandal, the funding of anti-goverment and terrorist groups inside Saddam's Iraq during the 90's.
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First off terrorism is not limited to Muslims and all Muslims are not terrorist.  The Irish Republican Army = terrorist, school yard bullies = terrorist, Gangs & Mafias = terrorist.  Now that that misconception is clear.  Let's talk terrorism.  \n\nI don't think what you have mentioned is a possible cause of terrorism because I witness the same thing happen right here in the US anytime I go to the store.  Kids running wild and the parents not doing anything about it.   There are so many spoiled brats in America it's rediculous.  \n\nFor example, Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton one could assume that they, "are never told they are wrong, that they are spoiled into getting what they want, ... (throw) childish tantrums... because they have never been made to grow up.", yet we don't see them crashing airplanes into buildings.
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Terrorist is someone adhering to human-hating ideology who conspires, trains, funds and directly executes achieving political aims with undiscriminated violence, jeopardizing civilians and governmental bodies.
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mohammad reza shah pahlavi (persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی) (october 26, 1919, tehran – july 27, 1980, cairo), styled his imperial majesty, shahanshah (king of kings), and aryamehr (light of the sryans), was the shah of iran from 1941 to 1979. he was the second and last shah of the pahlavi dynasty.
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Hizbullah is Iran's secretly (not really so secret) funded army. And I am not surprised at this attempt. If we continue to demonstrate that we have the stones to stick this fight through to the finish, they will lose ground. They (Iran and Syria) are known for their double-speak, loudly and globally proclaiming how America is bullying the middle east, yet at home and speaking to their citizens declaring a terrorist war on ALL of the western civilisations. No surprises here.
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This quote comes from Orwells book "1984". He wrote the book so I assume he is the source of the quote.
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Sala'm Aga / Khanum!\n\nDo you want to imply that Iran's case is similar to that of the Iraq during last days of Saddam when he was denying having any WMD and USA was insisting that he was lying?\n\nIn any case, there is a great difference in the analogy. Iran has been more-or-less positively identified by the IAEA to be moving towards a secret nuclear weapons program, as per circumstantial evidences its inspectors and 'monitors' has obtained.\n\nSo, in my personal view, the President of Iran Mr. Ahmedinezad is playing high-wire act and also brinkmanship with the West (not only with USA). I am a Muslim and I worked in Iranian Air Force for two years as civilian specialist and I have no ill feeling for the Iranian people.\n\nGod forbid, if Iranian people had to live the miserable life that of Iraq then it would be solely the present government of Iran that would be held responsible to ignore numerous warnings to refrain from its present belligerent attitude and sit with world community and sort out its differences across the table.\n\nInshaAllah we hope major catastrophe could be averted and Iranians can live and prosper and be the Malaysia of the Middle East!\n\nKhuda Hafez
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This is actually to rebuke what v_aaragorn  has said. He is looking for sources on the questioners question. I have a few listed here. These all document the threat that Iran is to the US and to the free world\nhttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=1705\nhttp://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/10/29/irans_threat/\nhttp://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2004/august/shamkhami_threats_19804.shtml\n\nHere is a link detailing some of the illegal tactics of the Iranian Gov. against it's people who are not Muslim.\nhttp://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/bahai_educators.htm\n\nAlso from reading the comments from the poster it is very obvious that this person is not Iranian or in Iran at this time. I actually have a gentlemen sitting next to me who is a political refugee in this country from Iran because he is not Muslim, he is Bahi. He and his escaped Iran so that they wouldn't be arrested/beaten for there religious beliefs.
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Yeah, and who's the psychopath. I think that I'd trust the Iranian president over that compulsive liar Bush any day.
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Extremists who hate everything America stands for.  Run by people who want to build and use nuclear weapons. Hotbed of terrorism, which started with the abduction of the American hostages in 1980.  But still, we allow Iranians to come to our country to study, practice medicine and make better lives for themselves.  In gratitude, they want to kill us.  Nice people.  Warm and cuddly, huh?  How do you think we should think about you given your history and attitude toward the United States?
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Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani - an ally of Osama Bin Laden.
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when i think of terrorists, i think of the middle east. which includes iran.\n\nbecause thats the source of most of the suicide bombings and weapons of mass destruction.\n\nim not racist though. i love all people. my uncle is iranian. i love him to death :)
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If I had to pick one country, I'd support an attack on Iran. Iran is ruled by a fundamentalist theocracy that blatantly lends financial support to terrorists operating in Lebanon and in other countries around the globe. These terrorists pose a direct threat to U.S interests, both domestically and abroad.\n\nThe fundamentalist Iranian President has brainwashed the population into believing that the whole world is out to destroy Islam, and that leading this fight are the Americans. This, of course, doesn't make any sense, since there are millions of Islamic people currently living in the U.S peacefully.\n\nUnfortunately, the Iranians have soaked this propaganda up like fresh sponges, and they have concluded that America is "The Great Satan".\n\nIn a speech broadcast through all of Iran, and rebroadcast throughout the world, the Iranian President made a call for the destruction of Jews and the State of Israel. That sounds a little too much like Hitler for my liking. Notably, the Iranians also deny that the holocaust ever existed.\n\nIn this same speech the Iranian President Ahmadinejad declared, "Israel must be wiped off the map." This wasn't just an isolated event either; these hateful slogans are regularly used at government events to rally the people.\n\nOne of the reasons why the Iranians hate the U.S so much is that they view us as an impediment to their goals of destroying Israel. They know full well that the U.S would not allow them to destroy Israel, and so they are incapable of fulfilling this goal so long as the U.S is around.\n\nThat's why the discovery that Iran is cranking away on a nuclear development program is so scary. It's not hard to imagine that Iran would drop a nuke on Israel in a heartbeat, and probably send a few over to the U.S as well. They could never successfully invade Israel, but when you drop a nuclear bomb, it's all over in a few seconds.\n\nIran claims that their nuclear program is for "energy development only”, but I have news for you: The technology used for nuclear energy is not that different than the technology used for making nuclear bombs. Do we really want them to have nuclear reactors?\n\nThe good news is that the world powers are determined to stop Iran from getting this technology. Even countries that didn't support the invasion of Iraq have put their foot down on the Iran issue. I sincerely hope that we can resolve the issue diplomatically, but if not...