Global war will result in ‘banner of Islam’ over White House, top Iranian official vows
By Rowan Scarborough -
The Washington Times -
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
A top special operations aide to Iran’s leader says his troops are in a global war that will one day bring “the banner of Islam over the White House.”Ali Shirazi
is the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative on the Iranian
Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, the overseas operations branch
that trained Iraqi Shiites to kill American troops and is active
throughout the Middle East.The Middle East Media Research Institute said Mr. Shirazi on Feb. 26 spoke at a ceremony attended by the families of Iranian “martyrs” who died fighting overseas.He listed the countries in which Iran’s Shiite Islamic revolution has spread, including Nigeria, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Yemen.Then
he said, “We shall not rest until we raise the flag of Islam over the
White House,” according to MEMRI, whose analysts in Washington monitor
Islamic extremists“Today, in every country we look at worldwide, we see that the love of martyrdom is spreading like wildfire every day,” Mr. Shirazi said.He said more Muslims are embracing the idea of dying for jihad.“When
we look at the Islamic world, we see that the culture of the Islamic
Revolution has reached all countries and all Muslims throughout the
world,” Mr. Shirazi said. “This is why love of martyrdom is spreading. This has come about thanks to the blood of your [sons], the martyrs.”Quds
Force fighters are now in Iraq along side Iraqi Shiite militias
battling the Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim terror army. Quds operators
also helped Shiites bring down the government in Yemen and are engaged in Syria against various rebels and extremists trying to bring down President Bashar Assad.
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