Bad news: CIA death squad hunting the Mahdi in Iran
posted at 3:32 pm on August 15, 2007 by Allahpundit
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The new Revolutionary Guard sanctions were just a smokescreen. They took the Tancredo strategy and ran with it. The bastards. The magnificent, messiah-killing bastards.
I blame it on the Mossad. And Glenn Reynolds.
Update: How do you surveil the Mahdi without getting caught? Easy. Suddenly it’s all coming into focus.
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Rove, you truly are a magnificent bastard.
DCA on August 15, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Go, Team America!
Pablo on August 15, 2007 at 3:44 PM
It’s bound to fail. Everyone knows that since “Super Spy Plame” was outed the CIA has been defanged. Damn you, Rove!
Aldo on August 15, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Target date: August 22, if only because I recall a lot of people freaking out over that date last year.
JammieWearingFool on August 15, 2007 at 3:49 PM
It’s the goats and sheep, not the squirrels. they get him all liquored up, have they’re way with him then get him to whisper sweet secrets into they’re ears all night long
gberez on August 15, 2007 at 3:53 PM
One GBU on their refinery and the CIA could go home. The ‘peeples’ would take care of it.
Limerick on August 15, 2007 at 3:55 PM
But this means that none of our imaginary friends are safe!
trubble on August 15, 2007 at 4:06 PM
It..it all makes sense now.
Iblis on August 15, 2007 at 4:18 PM
If that is in fact the method for spying on the Mahdi, can we then conclude that he is a nut?
Weight of Glory on August 15, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Mine is. But that’s because he’s a Zionist Neocon.
Weight of Glory on August 15, 2007 at 4:36 PM
That must be some potent opium they’re smoking over there.
infidel4life on August 15, 2007 at 4:46 PM
ummm..which link is the story?
TexasDan on August 15, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Well, if he’s imaginary, he must be part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
trubble on August 15, 2007 at 4:58 PM
HA!
Weight of Glory on August 15, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Nuke ‘em and let Allah sort them out.
Hening on August 15, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Considering that Sadr and his followers are on the ball waiting to protect the Imam
Al-Mahdi Army / Active Religious Seminary / Al-Sadr’s Group
Hujjat al-Islam Muqtada al-Sadr says that the Mahdi would soon return, in Iraq. This rumor, touching the core of Shi’i faith and eschatology, is being spread by Sadr’s preachers. In the Shia tradition, the Mahdi is the 12th Imam, who is in occultation. Muktada al-Sadr says the Americans were aware of the impending reappearance, and that the Americans invaded Iraq to seize and kill the Mahdi. His supporters chant Sadr’s name at rallies to imply that he is the “son of the Mahdi.” Sadr has stated that the army “belongs to the Mahdi” as an explanation of why he cannot disband it, as has been required of other private militias.
William Amos on August 15, 2007 at 5:08 PM
You want a date people freak out over? Elvis’ birthday is this month. The 17th?
Kowboy on August 15, 2007 at 6:13 PM
The Mahdi is down a well.
Waiting for the signal to rise.
No one knows what he looks like.
Read John Buchan’s “Greenmantle” for further instructions.
profitsbeard on August 15, 2007 at 7:32 PM
I thought you were talking about al-Sadr…
These people think Bush is after the Mahdi!
AlexB on August 15, 2007 at 11:04 PM
How about… Target date: August 27, the day the students report back to my Middle School. NOOOOOOOoooooooo…
Mojave Mark on August 16, 2007 at 12:28 AM
It sounds crazy, but the Shi’ites (or is it the Sunni’s?) are anxiously waiting for the Mahdi, much like Christians are waiting for Christ to return. I have a theory that the Mahdi is actually the anti-christ of the Bible. Some of their prophesies, as I understand them, would supposrt that view. For example, the Mahdi is supposed to bring world peace for seven years. The Bible talks about the anti-christ who will make a seven year peace deal with Israel, but will break it half way through. I heard an interview with Walid Shoebat and he was talking about some of the prophesies that some Muslims believe. Apparently, Ahmedinejhad believes that the 12th Imam will return when there is sufficient caos in the world. Their prophesies speak of “Troubles in the Skies,” one reason why they are obsessed with blowing up airliners, etc. Interesting, if they weren’t so deadly serious about it. I have no doubt that Iran will use the nukes they make to help usher in their Mahdi. Crazy stuff… If this is truely what is motivating them, all hope of reasoning and diplomacy is out the window. I know that is not a news flash.
Ordinary1 on August 16, 2007 at 9:36 AM
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The Shi’ites believe in this specific “12th imam, the Mahdi”, based on a kid who “disappeared” a millennia or so ago.
Supposedly he’s been in hiding all this time, so he’ll a little long in the tooth.
profitsbeard on August 16, 2007 at 1:14 PM
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