In direct response to the horrific attacks of 9/11, President Bush and his faithful followers have inadvertently fathered a burgeoning fundamentalist Islamic republic that has a long history and extremely close ties to Iran which Bush deemed an `axis of evil’.
9/11 + Iraq = Bush’s fundamentalist Islamic republic ?
WTF?
Here are some excerps from “The Iran-Iraq War: Struggle Without End” by Major Martin J. Martinson, USMC, 2 April 1984:
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The stronger stance against Iran is partly in response to Iranian
support for the Shiite faction that may have been responsible for the
bombings of the American Marine and French Headquarters of the
Multi-national Peacekeeping Force in Beirut.
The Shiite faction, Al Dawa (the Call), was expelled from Iraq in early 1980 by President Hussein.
Drawing its support from the large Shiite population in southeastern Iraq, Al Dawa attempted to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state to replace the secular Ba’ath Socialist government of President Hussein.
The present leader of Al Dawa, Hojatoleslam Mohammed Baqr Hakim, is operating from Tehran where he has directed terrorist attacks against targets throughout the Middle East.
It is uncertain if Tehran is directly controlling the activities of Al Dawa abroad or if it is just giving tacit approval for Al Dawa’s activities.
In either case, Iran’s support of Al Dawa is unacceptable and cessation of hostilities favorable to Iraq is now the preferred option for the White House.