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website: http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060416-103032-8779r.htm
The Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com
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Global storm warning
By Arnaud de Borchgrave
Published April 17, 2006
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Afghanistan is "on life support" with woefully inadequate funding to
make a dent on the world's largest crop of opium poppies, insufficient
troops to counter a resurgent Taliban, and a potential for disaster. So
spoke the Council on Foreign Relations.
Time and again, official spokespeople have claimed the Taliban was
in its last throes, much the way the Iraqi insurgency was inaccurately
described as terminal. NATO is doubling its 10,000-strong force by
November. But Taliban's spring offensive has already killed 14 U.S.
soldiers. And coalition forces responded with 2,500-strong Operation
Mountain Lion in Kunar Province, whose mountain peaks soar to 15,000
feet. Heavy air support was supplied by B-52 bombers, F-15
fighter-bombers, A-10 Thunderbolts and British GR-7 Harriers. Taliban
was anything but a spent force. Suicide bombings are now commonplace in
widely scattered parts of Afghanistan.
Far removed from the Pakistani border, in the northern Afghan
provinces, NATO-led forces uncovered huge Taliban arms caches -- e.g.,
15,000 anti-personnel mines, 10,000 anti-tank mines, and 80 tons of
TNT, all "Soviet"-made. The fact some 2 million pounds of supplies were
air-dropped last year to U.S. troops chasing Taliban guerrillas up and
down mountains indicates (1) a gradual increase of infiltration from
Pakistan's tribal areas and (2) the new Afghan army is not ready to
take over. In fact, the Afghan military are still an estimated four
years away from being able to fight on their own. Meanwhile, donor
fatigue borders on donor exhaustion.
In nearby Kyrgyzstan, mafia chief Rysbek Akmatbayev, who is linked
to Afghanistan's multibillion-dollar heroin trade, and is protected by
top government officials, sauntered into parliament with 79 percent of
the votes on April 9. His close connections with the judiciary paid off
handsomely; he was acquitted on triple homicide charges in January.
Next, in one of the new democracies nurtured by the U.S., Mr.
Akmatbayev is expected to become chairman of the parliamentary
committee on security, rule of law and information policy.
A law enforcement delegation from Tajikistan now touring the U.S.
under State Department auspices made clear to this writer that the Bush
administration cannot expect democracy to take root in tribal societies
that lived under Soviet rule for 70 years. Nor should the U.S. assume,
they added, the communist legacy was all bad. As if to prove the point,
Russia and Tajikistan are expanding their security cooperation by
conducting an antiterrorist exercise on the border with Afghanistan.
While Russian tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, gunships and
fighter-bombers strutted their stuff, three Tajik border guards were
wounded in a firefight with Afghan drug dealers on the Tajik-Afghan
border. The nexus between transnational terrorism and transnational
crime is increasingly evident on all Afghan borders -- Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Iran.
The U.S. democratic crusade has lost its head of steam from the
"Stans" to the Middle East. With gold at $600 an ounce and oil at
almost $70 a barrel, fears of worse to come in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran
and on the Israeli-Palestinian front are now widespread. Iran says it
has crossed one of President Bush's red lines and started to enrich
uranium -- clinging to the peaceful research canard. And the Bush
administration juggles military options as it runs out of self-imposed
limitations on its diplomatic options. America's European allies
believe this is a propitious time to send a prominent personality on a
secret mission to Iran to explore with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the
supreme religious leader, the outlines of a geopolitical modus vivendi.
For Mr. Bush, this is heresy; there can be no compromise with the "axis
of evil."
A prominent, U.S.-educated Gulf personality, who keeps a home in
Washington, confided, not for attribution, "those Gulf countries,
including Saudi Arabia, that have benefited from U.S. protection now
fear that same protection endangers their regimes." In Kuwait, he said,
the government is "deeply concerned" that when the U.S. pulls out of
Iraq it will leave a residual, standby force in Kuwait that will then
become the target of a terrorist campaign.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, in the same vein, has been
multiplying the kingdom's relations with the world's new giants --
India and China. His travels are designed to show Saudis the country no
longer depends on U.S. protection. In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak
maneuvers to pre-empt the fundamentalist, anti-American Muslim
Brotherhood's recent election gains by moving up the timetable for his
son Gamal to replace him.
The perennial Israeli-Palestinian crisis is now heading into
Intifada III. Israel severed security ties to the Palestinian
government, which Hamas called a "declaration of war." Israeli
artillery barrages and air strikes against Palestinian "Qassam" rocket
squads operating from populated areas of the Gaza Strip quickly became
routine.
More than 1,000 Israeli artillery shells and 16 air strikes were
the response to 32 rockets. Innocent civilians, like an 8-year-old
Palestinian girl, are getting killed -- on both sides. Hamas -- a
militant group for the Arab world and a terrorist group for Israel and
the U.S. -- has now taken over the reins of government. But its leaders
are flat broke. And 78,000 armed Palestinian security personnel and
62,000 civilian government employees are without paychecks to feed
their families. And Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warns he is not
ruling out a ground assault into Gaza: "done it before and can do it
again."
Israel says the solution is relatively simple. Hamas must recognize
Israel, abandon any idea of eradicating the Jewish state, and then a
two-state solution might become possible. Unfortunately, a "viable,
contiguous" Palestinian state, as pledged by former Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon and President Bush, has been pre-empted by the "creation
of new facts" on the ground.
Israel's permanent borders are now quite clear. Some smaller Jewish
settlements in the West Bank are to be resettled, not in Israel, but by
enlarging the larger settlements, now all protected by the 420-mile,
$2.2 billion ditch-*****-wall. East Jerusalem is off the negotiating
table; entirely cut off from the West Bank, it can never be a
Palestinian capital, administrative or otherwise.
Israel is also carving out a security zone along the Jordan River
border with Jordan. Down this road, even moderate Palestinians say this
would reduce them to "Bantustans" on the West Bank, the black
settlements once envisaged by apartheid South Africa. Hamas, meanwhile,
is seeking funds from Iran and Venezuela. Other Arab governments are
pledging but so far not giving. Demonstrations are planned in Arab and
other Muslim capitals to pressure governments to give Hamas the
wherewithal for survival.
Hurricane force geopolitical winds are in the forecast for the rest
of the year -- and beyond.
Arnaud de Borchgrave is editor at large of The Washington Times and
of United Press International.
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Iran issues stark military warning to United States
Iran said it could defeat any American military action over its
controversial nuclear drive, in one of the Islamic regime's boldest
challenges yet to the United States.
"You can start a war but it won't be you who finishes it," said General
Yahya Rahim Safavi, the head of the Revolutionary Guards and among the
regime's most powerful figures.
"The Americans know better than anyone that their troops in the region
and in Iraq are vulnerable. I would advise them not to commit such a
strategic error," he told reporters on the sidelines of a
pro-Palestinian conference in Tehran.
The United States accuses Iran of using an atomic energy drive as a
mask for weapons development. Last weekend US news reports said
President George W. Bush's administration was refining plans for
preventive strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
"I would advise them to first get out of their quagmire in Iraq before
getting into an even bigger one," General Safavi said with a grin.
"We have American forces in the region under total surveillance. For
the past two years, we have been ready for any scenario, whether
sanctions or an attack."
Iran announced last week it had successfully enriched uranium to make
nuclear fuel, despite a UN Security Council demand for the sensitive
work to be halted by April 28.
The Islamic regime says it only wants to generate atomic energy, but
enrichment can be extended to make the fissile core of a nuclear
warhead -- something the United States is convinced that "axis of evil"
member Iran wants to acquire.
At a Friday prayer sermon in Tehran, senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmad
Janati simply branded the US as a "decaying power" lacking the
"stamina" to block Iran's ambitions.
And hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told AFP that a US push for
tough United Nations sanctions was of "no importance."
"She is free to say whatever she wants," the president replied when
asked to respond to comments by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
highlighting part of the UN charter that provides for sanctions backed
up by the threat of military action.
"We give no importance to her comments," he said with a broad smile.
On Thursday, Rice said that faced with Iran's intransigence, the United
States "will look at the full range of options available to the United
Nations."
"There is no doubt that Iran continues to defy the will of the
international community," Rice said, after Iran also dismissed a
personal appeal from the UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief must give a report
at the end of April on Iranian compliance with the Security Council
demand. In Tehran he said that after three years of investigations
Iran's activities were "still hazy and not very clear."
Although the United States has been prodding the council to take a
tough stand against the Islamic republic, including possible sanctions,
it has run into opposition from veto-wielding members Russia and China.
Representatives of the five permanent members of the Security Council
plus Germany are to meet in Moscow Tuesday to discuss the crisis.
In seeking to deter international action, Iran has been playing up its
oil wealth, its military might in strategic Gulf waters and its
influence across the region -- such as in Iraq, Lebanon and the
Palestinian territories.
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Iran deploys ballistic missiles within range of U.S. bases in Iraq
Iran has quietly deployed its Shihab-2 medium-range ballistic missiles
within striking distance of major U.S. military bases in Iraq. The
Shihab-2s, with a range of about 700 kilometers, were moved west from
bases near Teheran toward the border with Iraq earlier this year.
Western intelligence sources said Teheran would use the Shihab-2 in
case of any U.S. air strike on Iran. Iran would probably not use its
aging military aircraft to try to defend air space, they said.
The sources said Iran has acquired the capability to install chemical
warheads on the Shihab-2. Iran operates two chemical production plants
and has developed weapons of mass destruction warheads for nearly all
of its medium- and intermediate-range missiles.
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New Russian Missiles to Be Unrivalled for Next 15-20 Years
New Russian missiles will easily be able to penetrate any prospective
missile shield and will remain unrivalled for the next 15-20 years, the
head of Russia's top missile design institute has said.
Yuri Solomonov, the head of the Heat Technology Institute, the top
Russian missile-design center, quoted by AP, said the Topol-M and
Bulava ballistic missiles would form the core of the nation's nuclear
forces until 2040 and allow Russia to maintain nuclear parity with the
U=2ES..
Each Bulava missile is equipped with six nuclear warheads, and
Solomonov said Russia would easily be able to maintain at least 2,000
nuclear warheads by 2011. "By 2011, 2016 and even more so by 2020 the
number of warheads will be no fewer than 2,000," he said.
"The Russian people can sleep calmly through 2040," Solomonov said when
asked to comment on allegations that a slow pace of replacement of
Russia's Soviet-built nuclear arsenals with new strategic weapons
systems was eroding the nation's nuclear deterrent capability.
He said Russia would soon unveil specific plans to adapt the Bulava
missile being developed for Russian nuclear submarines for use with
land-based strategic missile forces as well.
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Messianic Fervor Grows Among Iran's Shiites
Each Tuesday, thousands of people arrive here at dusk by car and bus.
Beneath the twinkling lights of the blue-tiled mosque, they sit on
carpets, following prayers broadcast over loudspeakers: families,
pilgrims from distant provinces, young men frantic with expectation,
women hoping for cures.
The devout make their way to the back of the shrine. There, they write
their hopes, dreams and prayers onto slips of paper that they drop into
two wells =E2=80=94 one for the men, one for the women. They pray, eyes
squeezed shut, until moved along politely by mosque workers.
For many devout Shiite Muslims, this is a place of miracles =E2=80=94 the
place of the Mahdi, the messiah. From lowly carpet weavers to Iran's
president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, devotion to the Mahdi and anticipation
of his return appears to be crescendoing in Iran.
Particularly on Tuesdays, the day most associated with the Mahdi's
blessings, the night here is filled with fervent prayers, a reflection
of the ardent faith that gave rise to the Islamic Revolution, and which
conservative supporters of Ahmadinejad hope will sustain the nation in
any confrontation with the West over Iran's nuclear program.
All Muslims await the appearance of the Mahdi; the largest branch of
Shiites, those known as Twelvers, await his return.
To the majority of Shiites, the Mahdi was the last of the prophet
Muhammad's true heirs, his 12 righteous descendants chosen by God to
lead the faithful.
The Mahdi, the Twelfth Imam, the Imam of Our Times, was born Muhammad
ibn Hasan and went into hiding around 878. Shiites believe he
maintained contact with representatives until 941, when all
communication from him ceased. When the time is ripe, they teach, he
will reappear and, along with Jesus, will lead Muslims in a struggle to
rid the world of corruption and establish justice. The Mahdi ordered a
shrine built in Jamkaran nearly 1,000 years ago, Shiite teachings hold.
It would be a caricature to paint the whole country as caught up in
messianic fervor. Even among the clergy, there are many who treat the
Mahdi's return as figurative rather than literal. But at a time when
many here believe that Iran, and by extension its brand of Shiism, is
under threat by the West, the Mahdi can be a useful symbol for the
government to rally the people.
For Iran's opponents in Washington and elsewhere, the talk of the
Mahdi's return, with its apocalyptic overtones, causes worry. Some
critics of Iran fear that religious zeal might overcome reason when it
comes to setting the nation's policies.
Ahmadinejad's particular attention to the Mahdi in his speeches and
actions =E2=80=94 soon after taking office, he allocated $20 million to
improve and enlarge the Jamkaran Mosque complex =E2=80=94 has been noted by
Western critics.
So, too was Ahmadinejad's appearance in September before the United
Nations General Assembly, when he said a prayer calling for the Mahdi's
return: "O mighty Lord, I pray to hasten the emergence of =E2=80=A6 the
promised one =E2=80=A6 the one who will fill this world with justice and
peace."
Belief in the Mahdi energizes many of the 8 million to 10 million
pilgrims who come annually to Qom, the seminary city two hours south of
Tehran that is considered among Iran's most holy places. The Jamkaran
Mosque stands just outside Qom.
"A prayer in the Jamkaran Mosque is almost like going to Mecca," said
Adel Safr, a cleric with the Qom mosque's international department. He
helps receive foreign visitors in a room ornately decorated to resemble
a garden.
"According to some of the sayings, if someone comes each week, 40 times
in 40 weeks, he can be worthy to meet the Mahdi when he returns," Safr
said.
Visiting the shrine, he said, was "a reaffirmation to say to him that
we are still with you =E2=80=94 we came because we believe the Mahdi is
caring and that he is going to cleanse the world of injustice and
corruption."
To Safr, a 34-year-old who has been studying in Qom for four years, the
troubles that have racked the Persian Gulf region in recent years could
be portents of the Mahdi's return.
Just as some Christians see warfare in the Middle East as reflections
of Biblical prophecy, some in Iran see a religious pattern in recent
events.
The destruction of an important Shiite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, the
Mahdi's birthplace and where he went into hiding, and the sectarian
violence in that country are seen as fulfillments of prophecies about
the conditions in which he would reappear.
"This is why Mr. Bush has put divisions in Saudi Arabia and Iraq =E2=80=94 =
to
kill the Mahdi and make Jesus the messiah," Safr said. "I am serious.
There have been speeches in the Pentagon about it."
"Ninety percent of people coming here have lost all their hope in the
security of the world and want to grab onto their last chance, and they
find it here," said Majid Haidari, 27, from Khosan.
In a black chador, Akram Mirzails, 43, walked along the tree-shaded
pavement among those people dropping letters to the Twelfth Imam into
the wells.
Visits to the mosque have climbed steadily, she said.
"It has a very, very high spiritual movement," she said. "Everyone is
waiting for an appearance of the Imam".
"We have visitors from as far away as Pakistan, India, Iraq, and Saudi
Arabia. In the last few years, I don't know why, people more and more
are drawn to this location."
"When the Imam appears, he will display many, many miracles," she
predicted. "I myself have seen some already. Other people sometimes see
or feel a guiding presence."=20
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There is some great info regarding this issue at
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