Ali Sanaei’s Personal Blog

Here is George Galloway savaging Sky News over its coverage of Israel’s attack on Lebanon, 2006:

Related: Chicken Yougurt’s post on this interview.

Iran Influence in Lebanon: CNN’s Halah Gorani reports from Beirut on apparent strategic Hezbollah (backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran) victory over the Lebanese government (backed by Israel and the United States).

I just watched Fitna. What I can shortly say for now is that Nine/Eleven, London’s tube, and  etc were done by Wahabbi extremists which are not effectively Muslims by any possible way. If any one goes and reads about the history of them and the foundation of their idealogy, they’ll realise that it’s actually a product of West, especially the UK. All with a plan for such days, and us watching this type of films. By no means this is not Islam.
All religions have this sort of disordered groups in them, that includes Christianity and Judaism. I won’t call a Zionist thug like Saddam a Muslim, same for Bin-Laden as I won’t call Sharon a Jew, or Bush a Christian.
Islam or in general, religions, and being religious is not what you say, it is what you do and how you live in the real life.

The result of the unwanted war in Iraq, thanks to Mr. George W. Bush …

The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s interview in New York:

The video is six parts, about 50 minutes in total. Click on the video to watch the next parts.

Iraqi baby killed in Baghdad few days ago:

Whose fault is this? How does it end? When?

Photo by Al-Jazeera

September 22nd 1980 Iraq invaded Iran from land and air and officially started the Iran-Iraq War which ended at 1988, making it to be considered the longest conventional and one of most destructive wars of the 20th century, with likely 1.5 million casualties and total cost of $1.2 billion for both sides.

Saddam Hussein claimed as the reason for his attack on Iran a territorial dispute over Shatt al-Arab, a waterway that empties into the Persian Gulf and forms the boundry between Iran and Iraq. In 1975 a partial control of the waterway was signed to Iran when Iraq was weaker in military point of view and Iran was somehow stable in its military system. But after the Iranian revolution and the resultant of weakening of Iran’s military, Iraq seized the opportunity to reclaim the Shatt al-Arab. In fact, Iraq also hoped to seize the south-west Iranian province of Khuzestan- an area known for its extensive oil fields.

The Iraqi offensive was initially successful, capturing the port city of Khorramshahr by the end of 1980. Iranian resistance proved strong, however, and Iraqi troops had withdrawn from the occupied portions of Iran by early 1982. This was a huge event and a true symbol of victory, as Iran was not only facing Iraq but a world of enemies who were continuously feeding and supporting Iraq (USA, USSR, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Czech, Denmark, Canada, Brazil, Saudi, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, UAE, etc and etc).

After all, the war left the borders unchanged. Two years later, as war with the western powers loomed, Saddam recognised Iranian rights over the eastern half of the Shatt al-Arab, a reversion to the status quo ante bellum that he had repudiated a decade earlier.

History Fast Forward:

1975: Settlement on frontiers between Iran and Iraq that involved increased territory for Iran compared to the borders prior to 1971.
1980 September 22: Iraq invades Iran, and has early victories.
1982: Iraq is driven out of Iran.
1983 -1985: Iraq battered, but not beaten.
1985 May 26: Iraq breaks cease fire again. Jordan’s Hussein & Egypt’s Mubarak visit Saddam to show their support.
1988 March 16: Iraq uses chemical weapons against Kurds supporting Iran in Halabja, killing 4,000.
1988 April 18: US blows up 2 Iranian oil rigs, destroys an Iranian frigate and immobilises another.
1988 July 03: the cruiser USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air’s Airbus A300B2-203, Flight 655 with the loss of all 290 passengers and crew.
1988 July 20: Iran accepts a UN resolution 598 to cease fighting (Iraq accepted the resolution about a year before Iran).
1988 August 20: Formal ceasefire in Iraq-Iran war. UN monitoring force established for Iran-Iraq border. Confirmation by UN that Iraq did use mustard gas against Iranian civilians.

I read a post on a Sunni brother’s blog some time ago. The post’s name was: Why did I become a Sunni or Muslim.

I left him few comments but he hasn’t approved any of them so far, so I thought maybe I should put the responses in my blog:

Brother Abubakr Hashimy,

I wonder if Iranians are extremists, why are Islamic terrorism all coming out from the Sunni’s side? Why aren’t Sunnis united in any political or international matter? They only make deals with our enemies …

Why is it that it’s actually Shias who are really protecting Palestine and Lebanon, and the whole Islamic world?

How come is it that Iran defends itself from the whole world of enemies at the 8 year war all alone, having Sunni countries supporting America, Britain, Soviet Union and all other’s goals?
Why do you think that Iraqis are now doing better than Afghanis and others? What is the secret behind Iraq and Lebanon’s religious integration, even getting Christians along with them to fight with their common enemies? Remember Lebanon’s 33 days war. Have Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Sayyed Hassan Nasrollah in mind …
Don’t you see the power that true Shia beliefs has? Don’t you see how alive it is?

Who’s really making trouble for USA, Israel, UK and their allies? Who? Saudi, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, UAE?!! Which one of them really?
Beside all this, in this tough, sensitive and dangerous situation which the ISLAMIC world is placed, aren’t you helping Al-Qaeda by writing about Shias and Sunnis, that Shias know Sunnis as kafirs and stuff like that which are mostly incorrect and inaccurate. These are mistakes which Sunnis make pretty often these adays, unfortunately!

If we as Shias really know you as Sunnis as Kafirs; how come we pray at Jama’ah with you? I’m living outside of Iran, and am doing so. At the time when Sunni Maraje’ give fatwas to their followers to kill Shias, our (Shia) Maraje’ have given fatwas that praying behind a Sunni brother has the same Thawab as behind a Shia, if not more!

WAKE UP Brother!

وما يذكرون الا ان يشاء الله هو اهل التقوي واهل المغفره — سورة المدثر، آیة 56

But none will remember, unless Allah wills, he is the owner of fear, the owner of forgiveness — Chapter 74: Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked one), Versus 56

و هيچ كس پند نمى‏گيرد مگر اينكه خدا بخواهد او اهل تقوا و اهل آمرزش است — سوره ی مدثر، آیه ی 56

Last but not least; the sentence mentioned by Shias in middle of Adhan about Imam Ali (AS) is not part of Adhan, as we shouldn’t say that with Niyyah of Adhan. May I remind you of the part that Sunni brothers say in the morning prayer’s adhan which is not part of Adhan itself and has the same issue: “Assalato Afzalo MenaNnowm”

Wa-Ssalaamo Alaa Ebaadellah-e-Ssaaleheen,

Sayyed Ali Sanaei

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