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64 n <strong>THE</strong> <strong>SHIITE</strong> <strong>JIHAD</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>SYRIA</strong><br />
But they are fanatics who commit atrocities in service to the tribal ego.” Kevin<br />
Barrett, “How Are Takfiris, Zionists Alike?” PressTV, June 29, 2013, http://www.<br />
presstv.com/detail/2013/06/29/311310/how-are-takfiris-zionists-alike/. See also<br />
“Iran FM Says Mercenaries Wreaking Havoc on Syria,” PressTV, January 30, 2013,<br />
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/01/30/286403/iran-mercenaries-behindsyria-crisis/.<br />
68. “Al-Nusra, FSA Terrorists Clash in Syria,” al-Alam, June 13, 2013, http://en.alalam.<br />
ir/news/1483905.<br />
69. “Free Syrian Army Chief May Visit U.S.,” PressTV, July 19, 2013, http://www.<br />
presstv.com/detail/2013/07/19/314521/free-syrian-army-chief-may-visit-us/.<br />
The text from this Iranian-government-sponsored source explains, “The chief<br />
commander of the terrorist Free Syrian Army (FSA) may travel to the United<br />
States next week to ask Washington for swift weapons shipments to Takfiri<br />
militants operating in Syria...President Barack Obama ordered his administration<br />
to provide Takfiris in Syria with weapons.”<br />
70. Arash Karami, “Iran’s Quds Force: We Will Support Syria to the End,” Al-Monitor,<br />
September 4, 2013, http://iranpulse.al-monitor.com/index.php/2013/09/2766/<br />
irans-quds-force-we-will-support-syria-to-the-end/.<br />
71. “U.S. Occupiers Complicit in Sammara blast,” PressTV, June 15, 2007, http://<br />
edition.presstv.ir/detail/13186.html.<br />
72. Ruhollah Khomeini, Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist (Tehran: Institute<br />
for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini’s Works, 1979), p. 29.<br />
73. Ruhollah Khomeini, Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam<br />
Khomeini, trans. Hamid Algar (Berkeley, CA: Mizan, 1980), p. 302.<br />
74. “Wahhabi Muftis, Israel behind Shia Killing in Egypt: Cleric,” PressTV, June 28, 2013,<br />
http://presstv.com/detail/2013/06/28/311235/wahhabism-israel-behind-shia<br />
-killing/. In another piece, Iran’s Press TV claimed that Wahhabism was a British<br />
imperial plot. See “Britain, Saudis, Wahhabism: A Look,” PressTV, February 22,<br />
2013, http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/02/22/290254/britain-saudis-wahhab<br />
ism-a-look/.<br />
75. “Supreme Leader’s Speech to Students,” Center for Preserving and Publishing the<br />
Works of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, July 28, 2013, http://english.<br />
khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1820&Itemid=4.<br />
76. “Supreme Leader’s Friday Prayer Address,” Center for Preserving and Publishing<br />
the Works of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, February 3, 2012, http://<br />
english.khamenei.ir/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1583&<br />
Itemid=4.<br />
77. “Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Speech on Al Quds Day 2013 (<strong>IN</strong> PERSON)<br />
ENG SUBS,” LiveLeak, August 2, 2013, http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dde<br />
_1375595161. See 17:46–22:06.<br />
78. Hussein Dakroub, “Nasrallah Signals All-Out War on ‘Takfiris,’” Daily Star,<br />
August 17, 2013, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Aug-<br />
17/227650-nasrallah-signals-all-out-war-on-takfiris.ashx#axzz2cMXxZwV2.
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