The Daily Express (29/10/05) carried the headline Maniac plots World War 3 in its report on the threat of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to wipe Israel off the map. A bit of hype to sell the newspaper or a real possibility?
Ahmadinejads victory in the recent Iranian election was organised by Ayatollah Yazdi, the most radical hardliner of the Islamic republic. Yazdi has praised Ahmadinejads administration as the first Islamic administration in the history of the Islamic Republic. He controls Ansar Hizbullah, a militant organisation which is threatening the global deployment of suicide commandos and 50,000 fighters who have already been recruited. Leading these fighters, Mohammadresa Jafari has said, The enemy is afraid that the culture of martyrdom will become a world culture of all who love freedom.
Even those who supported the original Islamic revolution of Ayatollah Khomeini are now in despair at the direction Ahmadinejad is taking the country. Mohamed Abtahi was one time Vice President of Iran but has now resigned from office, warning that radical Islamist hardliners have recaptured all the control centres of power in Iran. What lies ahead for us and for you is...