Iran Turns Up the Heat in the Gulf
On May 16, according to the state-owned Fars News Agency, Iran is going to send what they call an aid flotilla from the southern port city of Bushehr. Its destination? Bahrain. In addition to aid, the report stated, the flotilla will convey the Iranian people’s message — “Solidarity with Oppressed Bahraini People.”
But that is not all. Reports from inside Iran state that the flotilla will be carrying the martyrdom forces destined to be the start of a new confrontation with the kingdom in Bahrain.
The radical Islamic organization Ansar Hezbollah — consisting of Islamist thugs and ardent supporters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei who have been at the forefront in the brutal suppression of Iranian demonstrators — has now assembled volunteers, mostly from Basij forces, for a martyrdom mission to Bahrain.
They are also preparing suicide bombers, in coordination with the Guards’ Quds Force, for attacks on Bahraini and Saudi interests.
In a recent interview with www.ammariyon.ir, a site affiliated with the conservative camp in Tehran, former Revolutionary Guards officer and founder of Ansar Hezbollah Hossein Allah-Karam provided details of the strategy designed to assist the revolutionaries in Bahrain, Gaza, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and more.
A key part of that strategy, Allah-Karam revealed, involves registering volunteers willing to go to the conflict areas to carry out suicide missions.
Another part of their plan: to launch flotillas to Bahrain and provide assistance to the Shiites with their uprising.
Ever since the unrest in Bahrain — especially as Saudi forces advanced into that country — the Iranian leaders have been stirring up talk about revenge. Some military commanders and high officials have gone so far as to propose a military intervention to help the Shiite majority with their rebellion against the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
The radicals ruling Iran have also threatened Saudi Arabia with serious consequences for its suppression of the protesters in Bahrain.
Iran’s leaders, who see the recent insurrections in the Middle East as an opportunity to further incite the people in the region to overthrow their U.S.-backed governments, view Bahrain as a prime target and a strategic one. It is, of course, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
Agents of the Islamic radicals ruling Iran have long infiltrated the Shiite population of Bahrain, in the hopes that, one day, they would succeed in creating the atmosphere for a revolution. Their plan has been to force a takeover by Bahrain’s majority Shiites and expand Iran’s influence from the Persian Gulf’s chokepoint outward. Saudi influence — not to mention U.S. supremacy — would be crushed.
Just weeks ago, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative to Iran’s universities, Hojatolislam Ali-Reza Panahian, stated that “the uprising in Bahrain is the best opportunity to begin setting the stage for the emergence of the Twelfth Imam, our Mahdi.”
“The situation in Bahrain alone,” he continued, “could be the catalyst to cause the disintegration of the United States and lead to the downfall of that straw empire.”
As evil as the current Iranian regime is, ya gotta admit that they can run circles, w/o even trying, around the UN, our gov’t & the State Dept. They know their stuff & how to export terrorism. To bad we just turn a blind eye to it…
I agree.
There is NO doubt that events in the region are swirling rapidly out of control, mostly through the devious hands of the Iranian Hitlerite regime.However, in no small measure these impending dangers are being aided by the unfathomable,some might conclude purposeful,US blunders in the region.
While Obama got rid of Mubarak-GO NOW-spent capital on Libya-R2P, a policy tested in Libya, but hardly the intended target….)he has left in place the twin devils in the region, Assad & the Iranian regime.To what end?
The soon to be (worldwide)conflagration will rightly land at Obama’s doorstep and the actors most empowered will be his Brothers.
Be that as it may, ALL signs are leading to this being the HOTTEST summer on record in years, perhaps decades.Moreover, I highly doubt that the ‘unity’ deal between Fatah terrorists and Hamas terrorists is an accident of timing.Consider:Hamas is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brotherhood, particularly in Egypt.The Sunni Brothers have for the time being gotten into bed with the Sh’ite Hitler, understanding that they have a master plan to oust the US AND destroy Israel.These two converging points forge their(temporary) unity, and Fatah terrorists see their fate tied into the above.
The very fact that Obama has sided with the Brothers,(the new book by terrorism expert, Eric Stakelbeck,The Terrorist Next Door, is a must read) understanding full well that they want to oust the US from the region, tells us all we need to know about whose side Obama is on.
In any case,the IDF is working overtime(for several years) to prepare for this very cataclysm.This IS a fact.One side will not be left standing.
I agree with what you are saying here. And I rather not think of what side will be still standing! Never thought this stuff would happen in my lifetime. I tremble at the thought of Iran wiping the U.S and Israel off the map. The insanity….how do we stop a madman and his army?
i would call them purposeful or rather Jarrettish blunders
As soon as this “flotilla” enters Bahrainian waters, sink it. All of it. This is an invasion, pure and simple, and if the Iranians want to play, start to play their game. Do NOT let them land. Dead martyrs are a lot easier to deal with than live terrorists. Iran also does not have the resources or the naval forces to attack Bahrain, especially with the US Fifth Fleet there. Nope, a flotilla like this would be a naked act of agression and could be easily stopped. I’m sure the Saudis wouldn’t mind the help, either. There is a Shia/Sunni showdown coming and the more we can do to keep these people apart, the better the chances for some form of stability in that area, even if it is a slight one.
The difference between this “flotilla” and the one that Israel intercepted should be the Iranian one has to be in Bahrainian waters. Once that happens, Bahrain has the right to do just about anything it wants to stop it. Cut this off now, or else the Iranians will take advantage of the situation and flood Bahrain with terrorists to topple the regime there, further destabilizing the region.
This is really about Saudi Arabia. Of course the Persians want the Bahrainians to sink this fleet…it is really just a provocation for a bigger objective to bring the Saudis into a conflict thereby pitting Sunnis vs Shites. It is also an effort to pull Obama’s chain because the only naval forces in the region able to stop them is the US fleet. The real question is whether a weak US president will act. They are betting he will not.
The Saudis will be interesting to watch. Currently they have but three or four small corvettes in the Persian Gulf. Watch to see if they move their frigates from their other coast to support the Bahrain government.
Another problem is that the Eastern Province, primarily just north of Bahrain up to Kuwait is predominantly Shiite. Near the middle of this stretch of land is Rastunara, the oil export port and the largest oil refinery in world. The Shiites that live here are treated like second class citizens and are actually regarded as infidels. If they join forces with the majority Shiite population of Bahrain with the assistance of Iran, it is conceivable that they could take over the Eastern Province (where most of the oil is).
Iraq is majority Shiite and would be a push over when US leaves. Syria is already being controlled by Iran. Hezbolla which is just a proxie organization controlled by Iran, which is slowly taking over Lebanon. In the first Gulf war Yemen sided with Saddam against Saudi. I would appear that Iran is tightening their grip on Saudi. Ironically their best friends in the region are probably Israel.
Iran makes up the “Imperialist Islam Wing” of radical Islam.
We are in a multi-front war with Islam. Let’s be honest.
You have Imperialist Islam like Iran who wants to control other Muslim countries.
You have Tactical Islam like al Qaeda who want to destroy the infidels for a political or religious reasons. They destroy and move on.
You have Evangelical Islam like the Whahabists who want to plant radical Mosques around the world to spread fundamental Islam, win converts, and spread Sharia law.
You now have Socialist Islam. It’s a strange blend of radical socialists with Islam. It’s main goal is to use political tactics to isolate the Muslim world from the Capitalist West. You are seeing this in Egypt.
These are just the obvious ones. The end game is the same: a world under the complete control of 1 or more Muslim countries or a Caliphate, if you will.
I agree.
You forgot the usefull idiots in the chain of power helping them …
That reminds me of the time I conquered Persia with nothing more than a bear rug and a pair of brass knuckles which I of course predicted many years before based on confidence and overweening arrogance.
Do you suppose our government has any thoughts about the head of the shake? (Lebanon, Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraqi)
Please be careful not to say Gulf as it is against the declaration at UN see this link
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/23-gegn/wp/gegn23wp61.pdf
Finally the word Iran in the title is inappropriate, as you are referring to the Ayatollah regime and not Iranians.
Would you refer to Nazis as representative of all Germans?
A flotilla, what a joke. Why not send an invasion force if they are so mighty? Bahrain does not even need to sink or intercept it. Just prevent the ship from docking and surround it with ordinary soldiers with rifles to be sure nothing or nobody leaves the ship. They will go home eventually.
They have been registering suicide bombers for years and never sent one of them anywhere. Internal PR to stir up the masses.
I agree with Adina Kutnaki. IDF has never been more ready. In a way the evisceration of US foreign policy and influence under Obama has a silver lining. Israel has grown more resolute, independant, and better prepared because of it.
I think that the Hamas/Fatah reconcilliation is the direct result of Obama having screwed up the peace negotiations beyond belief which left both Abbas and Bibi frustrated. Abbas has totally given up so this is the alternative.
Revolutionary Guards are a bunch of PIMPS! They can’t win in a fair fight; hell look what happened to them when they fought Saddam’s third class army! Hah! Revolutionary Guards can only fight against innocent unarmed civilians. The Bahraini Navy/Army could with their more modern weapons kick any Basiji/Revolutionary Pimps ass! I hate the Saudi Regime along with the Bahraini regime but I hate most of all the Islamic Rapist Republic Regime! Atleast Bahraini’s and Saudis live better than Iranians.
The Iranian Pimp Guards won’t do anything to Bahrain or Saudia because they know they will be made bigger fools than they already are! Remember a soldier does not attack innocent unarmed civilians and a soldier defends their people. Revolutionary Guards are terrorists! They brought shame and misery to the nation of Iran.