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Iran Sentences Alleged CIA Spy To Death
Just when we thought we may go through one full day without some escalation out of the greater Iran region, here comes the WSJ to inform us that Iran has decided to shove the MAD ball right back into America's court with news that Iran has sentenced alleged CIA spy, 28 year old Amir Hekmati, to death. "Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, born in Arizona to Iranian parents and raised in Michigan, was accused of Moharebe--or being the enemy of God-- the highest crime in Islamic law that carries the death penalty in countries where Sharia law is practiced. The prosecutor's indictment against Hekmati, read in court, said he was guilty of waging a war against God, spying on the Islamic Republic of Iran for the CIA and working for an enemy government, according to Iranian media reports." Needless to say, "the case, the first recent death penalty for an American in Iran, will likely increase tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The State Department has called for Iran to release Hekmati and give the Swiss embassy--the protectorate of U.S. interest in Iran--access to him." It appears Iran has decided not to proceed with those particular instructions.
More from the WSJ:
Fars News Agency, a semi-official service affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards Corps, quoted Hekmati in court as saying, "I was fooled by the CIA to come to Iran and infiltrate the intelligence agencies and become a source for the CIA. But I personally didn't intend to harm Iran, I love Iran and wanted to live here and not return to the U.S."
It is not clear if the quotes attributed to Hekmati are accurate or if he made the comments under duress in a forced confession. The court hearing was behind closed doors.
Hekmati is a former U.S. Marine who served from 2001-2005 and subsequently worked as a contract translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. At the time of his visit to Iran in August, he was working for a contractor company in Qatar, according to statements by his family.
The CIA has not commented on his case but his family has said that his visit to Iran in August 2011 was for personal reasons and denied that he received training or worked for the CIA.
"Amir has never had any affiliation with the CIA, and these allegations are untrue," said the family in a statement in December after his initial court hearing.
Judging by Brent's response today, especially with some rather dire predictions hitting the tape over the weekend, few believe this latest push will amount to much and is merely more posturing. Which it will be, until it isn't.
h/t London Dude Trader
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don't forget the scripts 'n' cameras! Saving Private Jessica! hearts & minds!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/3028585.stm
All this theatre will continue until the London Olympics (27 July - 12 August) at which Prince William will be symbolically crowned head of the NWO (but in a way where we will not get it but it will have happened), and when a bunch of fake aliens will appear. This is important to TPTB, and no one will attend if things are dangerous. There may be an attack at the games (with the world watching) or maybe soon after, probably on London (as shown in several movies and TV shows, eg. spooks: code 9). But not before. All this is staged foreplay between the puppets, Ahmadinejad, Soetoro, Netanyahu, and CIA, directed by the puppeteers at the City of London. IMHO.
Sounds like a film starring Steven Seagal.
there is a third way of course.
The USSA could behead Roubini in retaliation ["The child of Iranian Jews,(from sio-pedia.)]and then Iran and Israel could find common cause and unleash all their arsenals onto the continuity of guvernment bunkers where the Obomber\Cheney clique be hiding, instead of onto each other.
One not so great economist down, and WW3 averted.*
*could be bearish for Spam however!
Spies get shot by every country in every war. Deal with it.
wrong translation. moharebe means communication and definitely not "being the enemy of god".
The translation does not matter; what matters is the official PR work product that 80% of moderates always push the lever for. as if marching powder for going straight to the hell of their own making. Coming soon but to a TV nowhere.
Breaking news.
Obamas Chief of Staff resigns (for family reasons) and is replaced by
Jacob Lew The name Lew has the meaning of "Like a Lion" and Jacob is Hebrew in origin.
What concerns me is this man comes from a family line, that was pro war. You would not get a family name "Like a lion" if you were not a Zealot.
I think USA and Israel are about to rumble with Iran, and the White House is getting its pawns in place.
Maybe our virtually invisible Secretary of State will make an appearance and save the day...
Pffft. Stupid Persians with their antiquated 'trials' and 'charges' and 'process'. And making the arrest and trial publicly known? That's SO 20th century.
Obviously they have not developed to the point where their robed charlatans can devise smart-ass parsing-into-oblivion of legal principles.
Lucky them.
If this story had emanated from the US, it would be about a functionally-retarded schlub who got scammed into a terror plot by an FBI undercover agent.
Yawnnnnnn! This is so 12th century!
We don't count the dead
With god on our side
And we never ask questions
With god on our side.
B. Dylan
Cool. So I trust we can start executing Iranian nationals here in the US for "spying", too, right? Oh, sure, we'd give them the same 'due process' that an American con expect in a 12th century Sharia court. The only question would be as to method of death: Stoning? Flogging? Public strangling? Agonizing slow Beheading? Hang 'em from inch by horrible inch from cranes at high noon in the public square?
Seems fair. They're pissed at us for the shit we pulled on them in 1953, and kill our people - we're pissed at them about the shit they pulled on us in 1979 so we kill *their* people. Or is it rude to suggest that "justice" flows only one way?