Iran signs $20billion deal wh Boeing . Thanks Obama!

[Divine Wind]

The problem is when you have terrorists working for foreign agencies that use our own domestic devices... So basically if companies give the government the ability to break the encryption, we have to then trust our government to only use it when it comes to terrorists and not just against its own civilians. We already know we can't always trust our government, given what has come out from Snowden and how the NSA tracks everyone even when you haven't done anything wrong to be tracked. So maybe its a good thing that companies aren't providing the government with that information?

I think another sad thing to realize is, some 14 year old kid in his parent's basement can hack things that people within the government can't.

Several thoughts.

1) Free and open societies are always more vulnerable than closed, highly secure AKA Police societies. During the Space Race, the US would broadcast all of our launches live. The world saw our failures and successes. The USSR always broadcast their launches after the launch so, by appearances, their success rate was 100%. During the late 60s airline hijackings, the world knew when a US airliner was hijacked (1st Amendment), not so with the USSR. In fact, it seemed their airliners were never hijacked. This same principle applies to every day life, freedom of movement, etc. It's in keeping with the Ben Franklin thoughts on Liberty and Security.

2) This last thought leads directly to the Patriot Act, the NSA and Snowden. It's not that the NSA abused their powers, it's that Americans screamed "SAVE US!" after 9/11 and the Patriot Act was lawfully passed by Congress. We gave up essential liberties for the illusion of greater security. While some increased security is more inconvenience than giving up liberty, there is always a danger of it crossing the line....especially if you are a Muslim-American.

3) Disagreed on the idea a 14-year old kid is smarter than the NSA. Sure, a really sharp kid might hack into the DMV or his school's grading system, but that's more about breaking simplistic passwords than a sophisticated cyber-assault.

 

[Lewdog]

The problem is when you have terrorists working for foreign agencies that use our own domestic devices... So basically if companies give the government the ability to break the encryption, we have to then trust our government to only use it when it comes to terrorists and not just against its own civilians. We already know we can't always trust our government, given what has come out from Snowden and how the NSA tracks everyone even when you haven't done anything wrong to be tracked. So maybe its a good thing that companies aren't providing the government with that information?

I think another sad thing to realize is, some 14 year old kid in his parent's basement can hack things that people within the government can't.

Several thoughts.

1) Free and open societies are always more vulnerable than closed, highly secure AKA Police societies. During the Space Race, the US would broadcast all of our launches live. The world saw our failures and successes. The USSR always broadcast their launches after the launch so, by appearances, their success rate was 100%. During the late 60s airline hijackings, the world knew when a US airliner was hijacked (1st Amendment), not so with the USSR. In fact, it seemed their airliners were never hijacked. This same principle applies to every day life, freedom of movement, etc. It's in keeping with the Ben Franklin thoughts on Liberty and Security.

2) This last thought leads directly to the Patriot Act, the NSA and Snowden. It's not that the NSA abused their powers, it's that Americans screamed "SAVE US!" after 9/11 and the Patriot Act was lawfully passed by Congress. We gave up essential liberties for the illusion of greater security. While some increased security is more inconvenience than giving up liberty, there is always a danger of it crossing the line....especially if you are a Muslim-American.

3) Disagreed on the idea a 14-year old kid is smarter than the NSA. Sure, a really sharp kid might hack into the DMV or his school's grading system, but that's more about breaking simplistic passwords than a sophisticated cyber-assault.

Ok, the kid wasn't 14, he was 18, but he hacked the Pentagon.

Meet David Dworken, the teenager who hacked the Pentagon

15 year old hacks NASA

15-Year-Old Admits Hacking NASA Computers

16 year old hacked CIA director

Police Arrest 16-year-old Boy Who Hacked CIA Director

10 year old hacked Instagram

10-year-old boy hacks Instagram and wins $10,000 reward

 

[Divine Wind]

The problem is when you have terrorists working for foreign agencies that use our own domestic devices... So basically if companies give the government the ability to break the encryption, we have to then trust our government to only use it when it comes to terrorists and not just against its own civilians. We already know we can't always trust our government, given what has come out from Snowden and how the NSA tracks everyone even when you haven't done anything wrong to be tracked. So maybe its a good thing that companies aren't providing the government with that information?

I think another sad thing to realize is, some 14 year old kid in his parent's basement can hack things that people within the government can't.

Several thoughts.

1) Free and open societies are always more vulnerable than closed, highly secure AKA Police societies. During the Space Race, the US would broadcast all of our launches live. The world saw our failures and successes. The USSR always broadcast their launches after the launch so, by appearances, their success rate was 100%. During the late 60s airline hijackings, the world knew when a US airliner was hijacked (1st Amendment), not so with the USSR. In fact, it seemed their airliners were never hijacked. This same principle applies to every day life, freedom of movement, etc. It's in keeping with the Ben Franklin thoughts on Liberty and Security.

2) This last thought leads directly to the Patriot Act, the NSA and Snowden. It's not that the NSA abused their powers, it's that Americans screamed "SAVE US!" after 9/11 and the Patriot Act was lawfully passed by Congress. We gave up essential liberties for the illusion of greater security. While some increased security is more inconvenience than giving up liberty, there is always a danger of it crossing the line....especially if you are a Muslim-American.

3) Disagreed on the idea a 14-year old kid is smarter than the NSA. Sure, a really sharp kid might hack into the DMV or his school's grading system, but that's more about breaking simplistic passwords than a sophisticated cyber-assault.

Ok, the kid wasn't 14, he was 18, but he hacked the Pentagon.

Meet David Dworken, the teenager who hacked the Pentagon

15 year old hacks NASA

15-Year-Old Admits Hacking NASA Computers

16 year old hacked CIA director

Police Arrest 16-year-old Boy Who Hacked CIA Director

10 year old hacked Instagram

10-year-old boy hacks Instagram and wins $10,000 reward

True, but none of those kids are ordinary teenagers. There's also a big difference between hacking a public website and the attack plans for Canada. The NASA kid could go far....if he can stay out of jail.

 

[Lewdog]

The problem is when you have terrorists working for foreign agencies that use our own domestic devices... So basically if companies give the government the ability to break the encryption, we have to then trust our government to only use it when it comes to terrorists and not just against its own civilians. We already know we can't always trust our government, given what has come out from Snowden and how the NSA tracks everyone even when you haven't done anything wrong to be tracked. So maybe its a good thing that companies aren't providing the government with that information?

I think another sad thing to realize is, some 14 year old kid in his parent's basement can hack things that people within the government can't.

Several thoughts.

1) Free and open societies are always more vulnerable than closed, highly secure AKA Police societies. During the Space Race, the US would broadcast all of our launches live. The world saw our failures and successes. The USSR always broadcast their launches after the launch so, by appearances, their success rate was 100%. During the late 60s airline hijackings, the world knew when a US airliner was hijacked (1st Amendment), not so with the USSR. In fact, it seemed their airliners were never hijacked. This same principle applies to every day life, freedom of movement, etc. It's in keeping with the Ben Franklin thoughts on Liberty and Security.

2) This last thought leads directly to the Patriot Act, the NSA and Snowden. It's not that the NSA abused their powers, it's that Americans screamed "SAVE US!" after 9/11 and the Patriot Act was lawfully passed by Congress. We gave up essential liberties for the illusion of greater security. While some increased security is more inconvenience than giving up liberty, there is always a danger of it crossing the line....especially if you are a Muslim-American.

3) Disagreed on the idea a 14-year old kid is smarter than the NSA. Sure, a really sharp kid might hack into the DMV or his school's grading system, but that's more about breaking simplistic passwords than a sophisticated cyber-assault.

Ok, the kid wasn't 14, he was 18, but he hacked the Pentagon.

Meet David Dworken, the teenager who hacked the Pentagon

15 year old hacks NASA

15-Year-Old Admits Hacking NASA Computers

16 year old hacked CIA director

Police Arrest 16-year-old Boy Who Hacked CIA Director

10 year old hacked Instagram

10-year-old boy hacks Instagram and wins $10,000 reward

True, but none of those kids are ordinary teenagers. There's also a big difference between hacking a public website and the attack plans for Canada. The NASA kid could go far....if he can stay out of jail.

Here's an article from Rolling Stone where the government invites hackers to a conference and tries to recruit them. Sadly as McAfee said when the government was dealing with the Apple encryption problem, a lot of the best hackers work in private companies and are much better than those in the government.

The Geeks on the Front Lines

 

[Divine Wind]

The problem is when you have terrorists working for foreign agencies that use our own domestic devices... So basically if companies give the government the ability to break the encryption, we have to then trust our government to only use it when it comes to terrorists and not just against its own civilians. We already know we can't always trust our government, given what has come out from Snowden and how the NSA tracks everyone even when you haven't done anything wrong to be tracked. So maybe its a good thing that companies aren't providing the government with that information?

I think another sad thing to realize is, some 14 year old kid in his parent's basement can hack things that people within the government can't.

Several thoughts.

1) Free and open societies are always more vulnerable than closed, highly secure AKA Police societies. During the Space Race, the US would broadcast all of our launches live. The world saw our failures and successes. The USSR always broadcast their launches after the launch so, by appearances, their success rate was 100%. During the late 60s airline hijackings, the world knew when a US airliner was hijacked (1st Amendment), not so with the USSR. In fact, it seemed their airliners were never hijacked. This same principle applies to every day life, freedom of movement, etc. It's in keeping with the Ben Franklin thoughts on Liberty and Security.

2) This last thought leads directly to the Patriot Act, the NSA and Snowden. It's not that the NSA abused their powers, it's that Americans screamed "SAVE US!" after 9/11 and the Patriot Act was lawfully passed by Congress. We gave up essential liberties for the illusion of greater security. While some increased security is more inconvenience than giving up liberty, there is always a danger of it crossing the line....especially if you are a Muslim-American.

3) Disagreed on the idea a 14-year old kid is smarter than the NSA. Sure, a really sharp kid might hack into the DMV or his school's grading system, but that's more about breaking simplistic passwords than a sophisticated cyber-assault.

Ok, the kid wasn't 14, he was 18, but he hacked the Pentagon.

Meet David Dworken, the teenager who hacked the Pentagon

15 year old hacks NASA

15-Year-Old Admits Hacking NASA Computers

16 year old hacked CIA director

Police Arrest 16-year-old Boy Who Hacked CIA Director

10 year old hacked Instagram

10-year-old boy hacks Instagram and wins $10,000 reward

True, but none of those kids are ordinary teenagers. There's also a big difference between hacking a public website and the attack plans for Canada. The NASA kid could go far....if he can stay out of jail.

Here's an article from Rolling Stone where the government invites hackers to a conference and tries to recruit them. Sadly as McAfee said when the government was dealing with the Apple encryption problem, a lot of the best hackers work in private companies and are much better than those in the government.

The Geeks on the Front Lines

Agreed most of the best ones work for private companies. The private sector pays much better than government jobs. OTOH, there are many true patriots among government workers. I had a great sense of job satisfaction in the military compared to my private sector job. It's just a job. In the military, it was a mission. I've seen the same with several government employees with security, safety, enforcement and other positions that allow them to "make a difference".

 

[Dschrute3]

Once again the US Government proves it's willing to do business with any devil. All the preaching to the world about morals and justice? Yeah, that is Bullshit. It's always about the cash.

 

[Divine Wind]

Once again the US Government proves it's willing to do business with any devil. All the preaching to the world about morals and justice? Yeah, that is Bullshit. It's always about the cash.

1) Boeing isn't the US government.

2) Are you schlepping for Airbus? Most fucking Euros do.

 

[Dschrute3]

Once again the US Government proves it's willing to do business with any devil. All the preaching to the world about morals and justice? Yeah, that is Bullshit. It's always about the cash.

1) Boeing isn't the US government.

2) Are you schlepping for Airbus? Most fucking Euros do.

Just more proof the US will do anything for a buck. The US no longer occupies a moral high ground in the world. Those days are over.

 

[Contumacious]

Is this really something we should be thanking anyone for? I mean i am happy for Boeing and its workers. But some would say we've sold our souls to the devil. It does seem like we'll deal with any evil, as long as there's a buck to be made. Something to ponder anyway.

Modern aircraft are flying computers. Ever consider the advantages of a backdoor as recommended by our intelligence agencies?

As U.S. spy chief, Fiorina would support backdoors
The one-time bitter political foes met Monday at Trump Tower in New York for what Fiorina called a "productive" discussion about China as "probably our most important adversary and a rising adversary."

"We talked about hacking, whether it’s Chinese hacking or purported Russian hacking," Fiorina told reporters.

During the Republican primary season, Fiorina urged Apple, Google and others to "tear down cyberwalls" to help track down criminals online, a stance that ran in cross currents to Silicon Valley, which publicly supported Apple in its fight with the FBI over hacking into a terrorist's iPhone, and has been building stronger device encryption in the months since.

“We could have detected and repelled some of those cyberattacks” if we had passed “a law (that) has been sitting, languishing, sadly, on Capitol Hill,” she said at the first GOP debate last year.

Another case of which is more important, your freedoms or your safety. It's difficult really. Both parties really want to keep as many personal freedoms as possible, but at the same time, government wants to be able to protect people in order to not get blamed for the deaths of its citizens. So what do you do? I can't even say for myself which way I lean on this, but one has to ask, what good are your freedoms if you are dead?

It's a difficult, complex question when discussing domestic issues, but when it involves foreign sales to hostile nations, I have an easier time deciding.

Why is Iran "a hostile nation"?

.

 

[Divine Wind]

Why is Iran "a hostile nation"?

Because they engage in state-supported terrorism.

Do you consider Russia and China our friends, hostile-nations or something in between?

 

[Lewdog]

Why is Iran "a hostile nation"?

Because they engage in state-supported terrorism.

Do you consider Russia and China our friends, hostile-nations or something in between?

You're going to have to wait for him to look up Trump's position on that question before he can answer.

 

[Contumacious]

Why is Iran "a hostile nation"?

Because they engage in state-supported terrorism.

Do you consider Russia and China our friends, hostile-nations or something in between?

No, the US is the #1 sponsor of state terrorism

1- the US deposed Iran's duly elected PM Mohammad Mosaddeq, and installed the murderous Shah

2- The US shot down an Iranian CIVILIAN aircraft - Iran Air Flight 655 - and killed all its passengers

3- In 1949 Harry S Truman was in a tight election against Thomas Dewey. Israel's Ben Gurion promised $2 Million dollars if he recognized Israel and remove 1.5 million Muslims from Palestine. Truman gave Palestine to the Zionists and dispossessed the Muslims

4- at nauseam

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[Dschrute3]

Is this really something we should be thanking anyone for? I mean i am happy for Boeing and its workers. But some would say we've sold our souls to the devil. It does seem like we'll deal with any evil, as long as there's a buck to be made. Something to ponder anyway.

Modern aircraft are flying computers. Ever consider the advantages of a backdoor as recommended by our intelligence agencies?

As U.S. spy chief, Fiorina would support backdoors
The one-time bitter political foes met Monday at Trump Tower in New York for what Fiorina called a "productive" discussion about China as "probably our most important adversary and a rising adversary."

"We talked about hacking, whether it’s Chinese hacking or purported Russian hacking," Fiorina told reporters.

During the Republican primary season, Fiorina urged Apple, Google and others to "tear down cyberwalls" to help track down criminals online, a stance that ran in cross currents to Silicon Valley, which publicly supported Apple in its fight with the FBI over hacking into a terrorist's iPhone, and has been building stronger device encryption in the months since.

“We could have detected and repelled some of those cyberattacks” if we had passed “a law (that) has been sitting, languishing, sadly, on Capitol Hill,” she said at the first GOP debate last year.

Another case of which is more important, your freedoms or your safety. It's difficult really. Both parties really want to keep as many personal freedoms as possible, but at the same time, government wants to be able to protect people in order to not get blamed for the deaths of its citizens. So what do you do? I can't even say for myself which way I lean on this, but one has to ask, what good are your freedoms if you are dead?

It's a difficult, complex question when discussing domestic issues, but when it involves foreign sales to hostile nations, I have an easier time deciding.

Why is Iran "a hostile nation"?

.

It's what Americans have been indoctrinated on. Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years. In contrast, how many countries has the US invaded in just the last 30yrs or so? Most Americans aren't capable of independent critical thinking. They're dumbed-down and thoroughly propagandized.

Our Government has been pushing for war with 'Evil Iran' for decades. Yet it has no problem making money with it. I guess our Government just counts on the American People being ignorant. How else can they pull off things like this?

 

[Divine Wind]

It's what Americans have been indoctrinated on. Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years. In contrast, how many countries has the US invaded in just the last 30yrs or so? Most Americans aren't capable of independent critical thinking. They're dumbed-down and thoroughly propagandized.

Our Government has been pushing for war with 'Evil Iran' for decades. Yet it has no problem making money with it. I guess our Government just counts on the American People being ignorant. How else can they pull off things like this?

Wow. Now I have to decide if you are just an idiot or a fucking liar. Decisions, decisions. BTW, I'm sure Airbus thanks you for your support.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-b...8-history-repeating-as-iran-exports-terrorism
Argentinian Prosecutor Alberto Nisman fingered Iran as being behind the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association community centre. Nisman was found dead of a gunshot wound the day that he was supposed to present evidence against the regime, and this has brought back into focus Iran’s long-standing state sponsorship of terrorism. It has also highlighted the lack of a proper response to that by the West.

Nisman had been investigating the attack since 2005 and concluded that it was carried out by Iran and its Lebanese militia, Hezbollah. He indicted seven senior Iranian officials, including former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian minister of information and security, a former foreign relations minister, and Ahmad Vahidi, a former commander of the Quds force, and Iran’s defence minister from 2009 until 2013. Mohsen Rabbani, the former Iranian cultural attaché in Buenos Aires, was also named. The suspicious death of the daring prosecutor opened a Pandora’s box regarding Iran’s terrorism.



I was one of the victims of Iranian terrorism during the same period as the AMIA bombing, although I miraculously survived.
My case was in Turkey. In mid-afternoon on March 14, 1990, I was sitting next to the driver taking me to the Istanbul airport when we were ambushed in the broad daylight and a car carrying four men blocked our path. Another car pinned us in from behind. Seconds later, two men, one from the front car and one from the car behind, raced out with automatic weapons. As they approached, I opened the car door and rushed at them carrying only a small briefcase. One of the men fired nine bullets; the other man’s gun jammed. I was shot in the chest and stomach and gravely wounded. The assailants fled.

Luckily, I was rushed to Istanbul’s International Hospital, which was nearby. I was in a coma for 40 days, and unconscious for two months. With 80 percent of my liver gone, I barely survived and was written off by my doctors more than once. One bullet hit very close to my heart. I went through 14 operations and was given 154 units of blood.

I am a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the coalition of Iranian opposition movements. The assailants were acting at the behest of the clerical regime, the world’s main state sponsor of terrorism. The Iranian television announced this assassination attempt in its main news bulletin and wrongly stated that Mohammad Mohaddessin, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NCRI, has been targeted and killed in this attack.

Even so, this didn’t end the attempts to kill me; there were two efforts to finish me off in the hospital. Once, assassins disguised as Turkish police approached the hospital; but, the actual Turkish police came to the hospital at the same time and foiled the plot. Another time, two men pretending to be friends came to my room. They were the mullahs’ men. Once again, I was fortunate; several real friends came to visit me at the same time, and the murderers fled.

During the same period, Iran’s regime was engaged in a terror spree the world over. Professor Kazem Rajavi, Iran’s most renowned human-rights activist, was gunned down in broad daylight by the mullahs’ hit men while driving near his house in Geneva in 1990. The Swiss implicated 13 Iranian officials with passports stamped “Special Mission.” Documents released by Mr. Rajavi’s family showed that in 1997 a Swiss magistrate “clearly” had enough evidence to justify an international arrest warrant against Iran’s then-Intelligence Minister, Ali Fallahian. He was also a culprit in the Buenos Aires bombing.

Several Iranian Kurdish leaders were murdered in Vienna in 1989 and in Berlin in 1992. A Berlin court ruled in 1997 that a secret committee comprising supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Mr. Rafsanjani, then-Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Velayati, and Ali Fallahian had ordered the 1992 assassinations.

Targets of the mullahs’ terror have not only been Iranians as it is evident in the Argentinian case. The FBI assembled undeniable evidence that Tehran had masterminded the bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996, resulting in the deaths of 19 American servicemen. Ironically, during the same period the West was trying to warm up to the ostensibly moderate President Hashemi Rafsanjani. Equally interesting, history seems to be repeating itself at the time of this latest assassination, with the US pursuing friendly relations with another supposedly moderate president, Hassan Rouhani.

Tehran’s terror machine and its infrastructure for exporting terrorism are still working at full speed. It is now dispatching its Quds Force terrorists in huge numbers to Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, without any worries as to the consequences.

For too long the West has looked the other way. For too long Tehran has carried on with impunity.

And who paid the price? The Iranian people, Iranian dissidents (in particular the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, 120,000 of whose activists were massacred in Iran), and democratic people the world over.

As the world is waking up to the threat of Islamic fundamentalism and extremism, it is time for the West to show some spine. The tragic and suspicious death of the Alberto Nisman is another reminder that the terror machine will not stop on its own. It has to be stopped. First there is the need for an impartial, international investigation into Iran-sponsored terrorism including the bombing in Argentina and the death of the Prosecutor. But it should go beyond investigations and judicial aspects. It should be complemented with proper political steps.

It is time to toughen up on Iran. Prevent it from retaining the means to export terror. Bring the masterminds of Tehran to courts, instead of dealing with them as normal partners.


Iran's Power Play in Lebanon
Since establishing Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1983, Iran has steadily brought the diminutive country into its “axis of resistance” against the West. For their part, the Saudis refrained from directly meddling in Lebanese affairs as long as their own regional war with Tehran remained “cold.” But recent developments—including the Yemeni civil war and the signing of last summer’s Iran nuclear agreement—have made Riyadh more vigilant about the regional expansion of Iranian influence.


Iran Is Now Invading Iraq And Defeating ISIS, But The Iranians Are Going To Be More Brutal And Cruel Than ISIS Ever Was, And Obama Is Backing Them Up
Now Iranian Shiite militias are invading Iraq and explosively vanquishing ISIS and retaking the lands that they conquered. But, before we begin to praise these Shiites as heroes, let us remind ourselves that the rebels in revolutionary France were far more brutal than the monarchy everybody wanted to topple. ISIS is brutal — yes — but the Iranians will be far more worse. And Obama is backing them up.

 

[Dschrute3]

It's what Americans have been indoctrinated on. Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years. In contrast, how many countries has the US invaded in just the last 30yrs or so? Most Americans aren't capable of independent critical thinking. They're dumbed-down and thoroughly propagandized.

Our Government has been pushing for war with 'Evil Iran' for decades. Yet it has no problem making money with it. I guess our Government just counts on the American People being ignorant. How else can they pull off things like this?

Wow. Now I have to decide if you are just an idiot or a fucking liar. Decisions, decisions. BTW, I'm sure Airbus thanks you for your support.

History repeating as Iran exports terrorism
Argentinian Prosecutor Alberto Nisman fingered Iran as being behind the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association community centre. Nisman was found dead of a gunshot wound the day that he was supposed to present evidence against the regime, and this has brought back into focus Iran’s long-standing state sponsorship of terrorism. It has also highlighted the lack of a proper response to that by the West.

Nisman had been investigating the attack since 2005 and concluded that it was carried out by Iran and its Lebanese militia, Hezbollah. He indicted seven senior Iranian officials, including former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian minister of information and security, a former foreign relations minister, and Ahmad Vahidi, a former commander of the Quds force, and Iran’s defence minister from 2009 until 2013. Mohsen Rabbani, the former Iranian cultural attaché in Buenos Aires, was also named. The suspicious death of the daring prosecutor opened a Pandora’s box regarding Iran’s terrorism.



I was one of the victims of Iranian terrorism during the same period as the AMIA bombing, although I miraculously survived.
My case was in Turkey. In mid-afternoon on March 14, 1990, I was sitting next to the driver taking me to the Istanbul airport when we were ambushed in the broad daylight and a car carrying four men blocked our path. Another car pinned us in from behind. Seconds later, two men, one from the front car and one from the car behind, raced out with automatic weapons. As they approached, I opened the car door and rushed at them carrying only a small briefcase. One of the men fired nine bullets; the other man’s gun jammed. I was shot in the chest and stomach and gravely wounded. The assailants fled.

Luckily, I was rushed to Istanbul’s International Hospital, which was nearby. I was in a coma for 40 days, and unconscious for two months. With 80 percent of my liver gone, I barely survived and was written off by my doctors more than once. One bullet hit very close to my heart. I went through 14 operations and was given 154 units of blood.

I am a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the coalition of Iranian opposition movements. The assailants were acting at the behest of the clerical regime, the world’s main state sponsor of terrorism. The Iranian television announced this assassination attempt in its main news bulletin and wrongly stated that Mohammad Mohaddessin, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NCRI, has been targeted and killed in this attack.

Even so, this didn’t end the attempts to kill me; there were two efforts to finish me off in the hospital. Once, assassins disguised as Turkish police approached the hospital; but, the actual Turkish police came to the hospital at the same time and foiled the plot. Another time, two men pretending to be friends came to my room. They were the mullahs’ men. Once again, I was fortunate; several real friends came to visit me at the same time, and the murderers fled.

During the same period, Iran’s regime was engaged in a terror spree the world over. Professor Kazem Rajavi, Iran’s most renowned human-rights activist, was gunned down in broad daylight by the mullahs’ hit men while driving near his house in Geneva in 1990. The Swiss implicated 13 Iranian officials with passports stamped “Special Mission.” Documents released by Mr. Rajavi’s family showed that in 1997 a Swiss magistrate “clearly” had enough evidence to justify an international arrest warrant against Iran’s then-Intelligence Minister, Ali Fallahian. He was also a culprit in the Buenos Aires bombing.

Several Iranian Kurdish leaders were murdered in Vienna in 1989 and in Berlin in 1992. A Berlin court ruled in 1997 that a secret committee comprising supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Mr. Rafsanjani, then-Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Velayati, and Ali Fallahian had ordered the 1992 assassinations.

Targets of the mullahs’ terror have not only been Iranians as it is evident in the Argentinian case. The FBI assembled undeniable evidence that Tehran had masterminded the bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996, resulting in the deaths of 19 American servicemen. Ironically, during the same period the West was trying to warm up to the ostensibly moderate President Hashemi Rafsanjani. Equally interesting, history seems to be repeating itself at the time of this latest assassination, with the US pursuing friendly relations with another supposedly moderate president, Hassan Rouhani.

Tehran’s terror machine and its infrastructure for exporting terrorism are still working at full speed. It is now dispatching its Quds Force terrorists in huge numbers to Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, without any worries as to the consequences.

For too long the West has looked the other way. For too long Tehran has carried on with impunity.

And who paid the price? The Iranian people, Iranian dissidents (in particular the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, 120,000 of whose activists were massacred in Iran), and democratic people the world over.

As the world is waking up to the threat of Islamic fundamentalism and extremism, it is time for the West to show some spine. The tragic and suspicious death of the Alberto Nisman is another reminder that the terror machine will not stop on its own. It has to be stopped. First there is the need for an impartial, international investigation into Iran-sponsored terrorism including the bombing in Argentina and the death of the Prosecutor. But it should go beyond investigations and judicial aspects. It should be complemented with proper political steps.

It is time to toughen up on Iran. Prevent it from retaining the means to export terror. Bring the masterminds of Tehran to courts, instead of dealing with them as normal partners.


Iran's Power Play in Lebanon
Since establishing Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1983, Iran has steadily brought the diminutive country into its “axis of resistance” against the West. For their part, the Saudis refrained from directly meddling in Lebanese affairs as long as their own regional war with Tehran remained “cold.” But recent developments—including the Yemeni civil war and the signing of last summer’s Iran nuclear agreement—have made Riyadh more vigilant about the regional expansion of Iranian influence.


Iran Is Now Invading Iraq And Defeating ISIS, But The Iranians Are Going To Be More Brutal And Cruel Than ISIS Ever Was, And Obama Is Backing Them Up
Now Iranian Shiite militias are invading Iraq and explosively vanquishing ISIS and retaking the lands that they conquered. But, before we begin to praise these Shiites as heroes, let us remind ourselves that the rebels in revolutionary France were far more brutal than the monarchy everybody wanted to topple. ISIS is brutal — yes — but the Iranians will be far more worse. And Obama is backing them up.

Sorry, but Iran doesn't hold a candle to the US as far as invading and killing around the world goes. That's just fact. I know you're gonna accuse me of 'hating America' for saying that, but it is the truth.

But what does it matter anyway? Now we're making a whole lotta cash with Iran. Is it the 'Devil' or not? Doesn't look like our Government really cares. As long as that cash can be made, all is well.

 

[Divine Wind]

Sorry, but Iran doesn't hold a candle to the US as far as invading and killing around the world goes.....

Interesting dodge. Is that your way of apologizing about lying in your previous post declaring "Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years"?

 

[Dschrute3]

Sorry, but Iran doesn't hold a candle to the US as far as invading and killing around the world goes.....

Interesting dodge. Is that your way of apologizing about lying in your previous post declaring "Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years"?

Iran hasn't invaded a nation in many many years. Compare that to the US record just the last 30yrs or so.

 

[Divine Wind]

Sorry, but Iran doesn't hold a candle to the US as far as invading and killing around the world goes.....

Interesting dodge. Is that your way of apologizing about lying in your previous post declaring "Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years"?

Iran hasn't invaded a nation in many many years. Compare that to the US record just the last 30yrs or so.

Translation: You are correct, DW. I was more fucked up than college-student high on pot when I said "Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years".

Do you speak Farsi, Schrute?

 

[Dschrute3]

Sorry, but Iran doesn't hold a candle to the US as far as invading and killing around the world goes.....

Interesting dodge. Is that your way of apologizing about lying in your previous post declaring "Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years"?

Iran hasn't invaded a nation in many many years. Compare that to the US record just the last 30yrs or so.

Translation: You are correct, DW. I was more fucked up than college-student high on pot when I said "Iran actually hasn't invaded another country in hundreds of years".

Do you speak Farsi, Schrute?

The last time Iran invaded a nation was over 200yrs. ago. How many nations has the US invaded in that time? And no, i'm not Iranian. I'm an honest realist US Citizen.

 

[Divine Wind]

The last time Iran invaded a nation was over 200yrs. ago. .....

Interesting that you go back to that lie after I already proved you were wrong. If your first sentence is a lie, then why should anyone believe the rest of your post?