Analyst's note: Absolutely must read. Be concerned where the 12th Imam is involved -- It doesn't matter if we believe the story about the return of the madi or 12th imam -- the enemy does believe it and is acting now to bring about the blood and destruction that they believe will bring about his return.
Born in the ninth century, the 12th Imam disappeared at the age of five and supposedly exists in a state of occultation, destined to return to Earth in the future. He will establish a global caliphate, making all other religions submissive to Islam. The 12th Imam's return will occur only as the world is embroiled in chaos. But it is here the Iranian leadership's beliefs differ from the vast majority of Muslims. While most believe that world chaos must evolve naturally, Iran's leadership believes man can trigger it. No wonder, then, Tehran is fanatically committed to acquiring nuclear weapons.
To better understand one of our enemies (Iran) who is on a global, Islamic jihad, it is instructive to examine the history of nuclear arms control over the past 30 years. It is also critical to remember that when Iran gets the bomb, they have plans to do so, and will use it.
The other critical point to keep in mind is that this enemy is driven by a religious ideology and does NOT think like we do. We can NOT safely apply our logic to what they will do.
They will also murder their own people to accomplish their jihad. This article reinforces these thoughts by example: "The reappearance of the 12th Imam will usher in a war between Israel and the Shia", a decisive war which will decide "the fate of humanity."
Ahmadinejad repeatedly declares, "We don't shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world. We must prepare ourselves to rule the world" along with "I will bring the death that the Shi'ite are experiencing in Iraq to the streets of America with the martyr brigades that are ready to act."
[....] Ahmadinejad's chief strategist, Hassan Abbassi, who heads the Center for Security Doctrines Research of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (RGC) explains: "We have a strategy drawn up for the destruction of Anglo-Saxon civilization...we must make use of everything we have at hand to strike at this front by means of our suicide operations or by means of our missiles. There are 29 sensitive sites in the U.S. and in the West. We have already spied on these sites and we know how we are going to attack them."
[....] Bible and Middle Eastern scholars are noting a similarity between the Arabic name for Allah and the Greek letters naming the Beast of Revelation.
Former PLO operative turned Christian Arabic-language researcher Walid Shoebat affirms there’s evidence that the name of Allah in Arabic is what the apostle John saw in his vision of the Antichrist’s name in the book of Revelation.
Shoebat, author of “God’s War on Terror,” explained that because John didn’t know Arabic, it’s possible he transcribed the name of the Beast as best he could into Greek letters. The Arabic name for “Allah” and its accompanying symbols resembles the ancient Greek script for “666.”
[....] Shoebat said the most compelling case for the similarity between the Greek name for the Beast and the name for Allah is how Muslims wear the name of Allah.
“Any Christian skeptic who would like to argue that the Islamic creed, the name, the title and the declaration of faith is not blasphemous, please step forth,” Shoebat said. “Yet is it not what many Muslims put on their forehead? Or are we still led to believe the mark of the Beast to be a computer chip?”
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