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Iran: Revolutionary Guard ships ready to escort Gaza blockade runners
This escalation of rhetoric further demonstrates that entire Fraud Flotilla affair has ultimately been a power play masquerading as a mission of mercy, and the main beneficiary, by far, is Hamas. "Iran Revolutionary Guards ready to escort Gaza ships," from Reuters, June 6 (thanks to Sr. Soph):
| 5 CommentsTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are ready to provide a military escort to cargo ships trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.
"Iran's Revolutionary Guards naval forces are fully prepared to escort the peace and freedom convoys to Gaza with all their powers and capabilities," Ali Shirazi, Khamenei's representative inside the Revolutionary Guards, was quoted as saying by the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Any intervention by the Iranian military would be considered highly provocative by Israel which accuses Iran of supplying weapons to Hamas, the Islamist movement which rules Gaza.
Iran does not recognize the Israeli state and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has often predicted its imminent demise.
Last Monday Israeli troops killed nine activists on board one ship in a convoy trying to deliver aid to Gaza, sparking international outrage, especially in Muslim countries.
Another ship was boarded on Saturday and pro-Palestinian activists have promised more as they challenge the blockade imposed four years ago with the stated aim of stopping arms getting to Hamas.
Shirazi said Iran should encourage more international efforts to break the blockade. "We should expose our enemies to a spontaneous global action and not let them achieve their heinous goals," he said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will continue to prevent ships from reaching the shore and creating "an Iranian port in Gaza," a reference to Iran's support for Hamas.
The Revolutionary Guards, with their own navy, air force and command structure separate from the regular armed forces, are seen as fiercely loyal to the Supreme Leader.
"If the Supreme Leader issues an order for this then the Revolutionary Guard naval forces will do their best to secure the ships," Shirazi said. "It is Iran's duty to defend the innocent people of Gaza."
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Islam is as Islam does. Always was, always will.
It is not accurate to say Rauf is financing the flotilla.
Rauf belongs, or at one time belonged, to the group Perdana Peace Organization which is a major financer of the Gaza flotilla.
http://www.perdana4peace.org/agenda.aspx?x=3
Perdana is run by super anti-Semite Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Maylasia.
Here is a sample of Mahathir's style:
In 2005, Rauf signed a Perdana petition to "criminalize war".
Here is article #7:
Will Rauf condemn Hammas? Of course, not.
So, what does "criminalize war" means?
It means standing up to the Anglo-American-Zionist war racketeers.
Long time personal advisor to Mahathir, Matthias Chang, who was on board the Rachel Corrie, has written extensivly about his views.
You can read about them at his site.
http://futurefastforward.com/
What is "peace maker', "bridge builder" Rauf doing with a group of racist, anti-Semitic, crackpot, professional Islamists?
here's a story from early last year about the threat:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3A76f6fe33-87ec-4a49-96be-fd20aae7a9ab