by John M. Curtis
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Copyright April 19, 2006
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xposing the true nature of Ayatollah Khamenei's regime, Iranian officials announced the formation of a 40,000-man brigade of suicide bombers ready to defend Iran from expected Western aggression. Stuck in a fierce battle with the West to defend its right to enrich uranium, Iran's extremist President Mahmoud Admadinejad signaled that Iran has no intention of backing down from its right to “complete the nuclear fuel cycle.” President George W. Bush has told the world “all options are on the table,” including “nuking” Iranian nuclear cites. Though urgent efforts are underway to resolve the crisis diplomatically, Iran has been placed on a war footing, anticipating a U.S. strike. Like Palestinians and, more recently, Iraqi insurgents, suicide bombing has become the preferred terrorist tactic, infiltrating security, wreaking the maximum damage and sowing widespread panic.

      U.S. officials have accused Tehran of supporting the insurgency, aiding terrorists fighting U.S. occupation in Iraq. Suicide bombing—more than improvised explosive devices—remains the preferred terrorist path of intimidation. Since World War II, the U.S. has had difficulty coping with Kamikazes and suicide bombers. Western minds can't comprehend the systematic brainwashing of young recruits like 21-year-old Sami Hammad from the West Bank village of Arakh, near the town of Jenin. “I carry out this operation in response to the massacres committed by the Zionist enemy against our people and brothers in the West Bank and Gaza,” said Hammad in a prerecorded video, after blowing himself up April 16, killing nine Israelis at a popular Tel Aviv falafel stand. Harvesting innocent youths for human bombs represents egregious exploitation, warranting U.N. condemnation.

      Iranian authorities call the suicide-brigade the Special Unit of Martyr Seekers in the Revolutionary Guards. Manufacturing suicide vests and supplying explosives puts the Iranian government in the same camp as other terrorist groups like Palestinian Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and, of course, Iran's surrogate in Lebanon, Hezbollah. “We are ready to attack American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran's nuclear facilities,” said Dr. Hassan Abbasi, head of the Center for Doctrinal Studies in the Revolutionary Guards. Vowing that “Britain's demise is on our agenda,” Abbasi, while not a government official, per se, directly threatened the U.K., amounting to a declaration of war. At a recruiting station in Tehran, volunteers presented birth certificates, gave proof of addresses and were asked whether they wanted to hit Iraqi or Israeli targets.

      Threatening to unleash 40,000 suicide bombers proves Iran's direct involvement in terrorism. While Saddam paid families of suicide bombers, Iran finances, recruits, equips and directs suicide bombers to hit American, British, Israeli and Iraqi targets. Even without Iran enriching uranium and building A-bombs, their open participation in terrorism flies in the face of White House terrorism policy. Saddam Hussein was no angel but Iran continues to be the most destabilizing force in the Middle East. Not only has Ahmadinejad called for Israel's annihilation, he pledged $50 million for the Hamas government to fight Israel's right to exist. Without stating the official White House policy on Iran, regime-change represents the only option to win peace in Iraq and the Middle East. Iran's current regime undermines Bush's “road map,” preventing a two-state solution between Israel and Palestinians.

      U.S. public opinion waned in Iraq because there's little connection to U.S. national security. With Iran thumbing its nose at Mohamed ElBaradei and International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. is running out of diplomatic solutions. U.N. Security Council members must set aside squabbles and get the big picture about Iran's vicious racism and threats spewing from its radical regime. Iran's insistence on enriching uranium makes it a direct and provocative threat to U.S. interests. Ahmadinejad's public remarks calling to “wipe Israel off the map,” openly exposes the type of genocidal racism not seen since Hitler's Third Reich. Iran's open admission about developing an army of suicide bombers represents an attack on the civilized world. Ignoring Iran's support and practice of terrorism undermines free nations seeking prosperity through global cooperation.

      U.S. policy on Iran has swiftly hit a fork in the road: If diplomacy doesn't bring Tehran to its senses, then confrontation may be unavoidable. There can be no success in Iraq unless Iran stops spreading terrorism across its borders. Whether Iran's 40,000-man suicide army is real or whether it's more psyops is anyone's guess. Holding military parades showcasing the Ayatollah's suicide squads can't be ignored by the civilized world. When Ahmadinejad waved around his vile of enriched uranium, he put the world on notice he intends to complete the nuclear fuel cycle, wherever that leads. Most experts believe that leads to A-bombs and a nightmarish scenario involving nuclear blackmail and unthinkable genocide. Giving diplomacy a chance in Iran won't reverse U.S. fortunes in Iraq. Whatever miscalculations happened in Baghdad, there's no room for mistakes in Tehran

About the Author

John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He's editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.

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