Monday, November 27, 2006

IRNA: "US, Israel in conspiracy to cause discord among Shi'ites, Sunnis, US: speaker"

The title seems to have the US as both a conspirator and a target of the conspiracy. Was the title carelessly revised at some point?
Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Monday that the apparent discord among Shi'ites and Sunnis in neighboring states such as Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan is the fruit of a conspiracy of the US and the Zionist regime.

The speaker's remarks came as he addressed local residents of the city of Chabahar on the last day of a three-day visit to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

"Enemies have tried to materialize the same conspiracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran but have been repelled by the unity and solidarity of Shi'ites and Sunnis in this country," he said.
Would another name for that "unity and solidarity" be massive dominance by the Shi'ites?
He urged Shi'ites and Sunnis to further strengthen their unity as an effective means of confronting moves by the enemies to cause discord among them.

"Iran supports the Shi'ite resistance movements Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine.

"Islam is important to us. We will not let enemies cause divisions among us in the name of Shi'ite and Sunni. We have achieved victory through unity and will defend this in the same way," Haddad-Adel said.

He expressed confidence the 7th Majlis and 9th government will do their utmost to develop the country, particularly its poor regions.

"Chabahar, on the shores of the Oman Sea, will become the province's gateway to development and progress," the speaker confidently said.

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