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<p align="left">Dear John, On Monday, May 3, Iran's pugilistic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, again took center stage at the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation conference. As the only head of state to attend the opening session, the Lilliputian leader assured top billing. This "diplomatic deference" did not guarantee an encouraging reaction to his appearance. <br /><br />UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Yukiyo Amano, the director general of the UN's nuclear oversight agency, referred specifically to Iran's refusal to comply with its obligations to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Both gentlemen urged the combative tyrant to move forward rapidly to meet NPT guidelines. <br /><br />Secretary General Ban said of Iran, "The onus is on Iran to clarify the doubts" about its nuclear ambitions and for Ahmadinejad to offer "transparent" assurances "of his country's nuclear program." <br /><br />Mr. Amano denounced Iran's "continuing diversion of nuclear materials that remains a significant concern." He vowed to persist in pushing Ahmadinejad to exercise "full implementation of its IAEA agreements" and to "clarify activities with a possible military dimension." <br /><br />Just three days after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at the UN, Iran's navy took to the seas for eight days of war games in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It is Iran's second round of saber-rattling in less than one month. This comes on the heels of lobbying by the U.S. for another, harsher round of sanctions. <br /><br />Neither the United States nor Israel has ruled out an attack against its nuclear facilities if sanctions are ineffective in curbing Iran's pursuit of the atomic bomb. Iran has vowed to hit both U.S. interests in the region and the State of Israel. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates believes Iran's navy is displaying an array of offensive and defensive weapons in an attempt to challenge U.S. naval might. <br /><br />Israel has increasingly been the target of Iranian trained and armed terrorists. Israeli prime ministers have endured arm-twisting, veiled threats, and attempts by spineless world leaders to sacrifice Israel on the altar of appeasement. <br /><br />Unfortunately, President Jimmy Carter set a precedent with Iran that still proves true today. The U.S. cowers behind a group of allies which are as toothless a tiger as can be found on the planet. Also, thanks in large part to Carter, the world is again being challenged by what may be the best student to emerge from Khomeini's madrasas (Islamic schools), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. <br /><br />In a treatise by Gen. (Ret.) Moshe Yaalon, he writes, "According to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenehi and Iran's Syrian partners, the Second Lebanon War [August 2006] was launched by Hezbollah—Iran's proxy—as a hostile probe of U.S. reflexes via the engagement of Israel, which for Iran and Syria is a direct extension of Washington in the Middle East." It is apparent that Tehran wishes to neutralize America's influence in the Middle East as a major step in the plan to defeat Western civilization. Foremost in that effort is the funding, training, and arming of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and not just with pistols and ammunition. <br /><br />Not only does Iran directly support Hezbollah, but also it supplies Hamas with funds, arms, and training. For years Lebanon has played host to a group from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the elite of the Iranian military, and is best at training other terror units. It is obvious to me that Iran has a long-term plan to take control of the Middle East region by using proxies: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, not to mention Muktada al-Sadr's Shiite Mahdi Army in Iraq. Would the spread of such terrorist entities have been assured had Jimmy Carter worked with the Shah to correct human rights issues rather than against the monarch? <br /><br />Ahmadinejad is equally determined to destroy Israel. Recalling Khomeini's earlier rhetoric, in October 2005 he declared, "This regime that is occupying Qods [Jerusalem] must be eliminated from the pages of history." He has threatened elsewhere to "wipe Israel from the map." Despite Ahmadinejad's hateful proclamation, Persian Jews continue to live in Iran. The Iranian Jews were content to remain there following the establishment of the State of Israel (only about eight thousand emigrated), but the safety of the Jewish population is no longer guaranteed under the radical regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. <br /><br />It's difficult enough to live under the constant threat of countries like Iran and leaders such as Ahmadinejad. To compound that with not having enough to eat or proper medications is adding insult to injury. <br /><br />Thank you for caring! <br /><br />Your ambassador to Jerusalem, <br /><br />Mike Evans <br /><br /><a href="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tool.donation-net.net/Images/Email/1032/JPT_Apr2010EmailFooter_blue.jpg" border="0" title="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/ CTRL + Click to follow link" /></a> <br /><a href="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/tell.asp" target="_blank"><img src="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/email/oct09Images/oct09EmailFooterBtn01.jpg" border="0" title="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/tell.asp CTRL + Click to follow link" /></a> <a href="https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/donate.cfm?dn=1032&amp;commID=146858212&amp;ID=505548" target="_blank"><img src="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/email/oct09Images/oct09EmailFooterBtn02.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/DefendersofZion.cfm?dn=1032&amp;commID=146858212&amp;ID=505548" target="_blank"><img src="http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/email/oct09Images/oct09EmailFooterBtn03.jpg" border="0" title="https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/DefendersofZion.cfm?dn=1032&amp;commID=146858212&amp;ID=505548 CTRL + Click to follow link" /></a></p>
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