of the embassy, he made the decision, i m not going to stand against this wave. i m going to ride it. there has been a persistent belief in many quarters here in iran that the united states government was plotting to restore the shah to power here. from the iranian standpoint, it wasn t terrorism. they looked at the embassy as an occupying force. the embassy was actually the agent for controlling iranian politics. a new warning, he said if the americans try military force to rescue the hostaghostages, the students will kill them all and blow up the embassy. because the distance from tehran from the arabian sea, a rescue of the american hostages is considered unlikely. how much longer can you go on doing this? we are ready to go on until martyrdom. martyrs are alive in islam. martyrs do not die. martyrs are not destroyed. so the bullets do not really
kill? the bullets do not kill the rights of the people. terrorism was suddenly moving from what had once been almost entirely a secular politically ideological movement to something that is now motivated or fueled by religious fervor. in mecca, men described as religious deef yats are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a months limb sect. they seek to purify the religion from what they say is the corrupt influence of the current saudi arraiabian government. dozens are said to have died. these group of radicals took over very abruptly, very suddenly and very quickly islam s holiest sites. saudi officials rush tanks and troops to mecca surrounding the shrine.
marched out on the u.s. embassy s front steps by the revolutionary students. in return for their american hostages freedom, they re demanding the united states give up the deposed shah of iran from his hospital bed in new york to stand trial before a people s court. amidst the iranian hea revolution, american s ally the shah in iran is toppled. both the shah and the united states seem to be aloof to the revolutionary fervuv fervofervo the new iranian islamic republic would be inspired by the stern religious principles of islam, nothing else. ayatollah khomeini became the enemy of the united states the moment he replaced the shah. he gave a series of sermons that condemned the loss of iranian sovereignty. when ayatollah khomeini saw large groups supporting in front
according to storm, the american agents have a very specific plan. walk past this bakery. take aminah to a specific cafe that they have under surveillance. they want the first meeting with aminah here in this cafe. realizing it is selling beer, no place for devout muslim, storm, without checking with his handlers, changes the plan. he brings aminah to a nearby mcdonald s. shows her awlaki s notes on his computer. but the cia agents are angry. storm says they think he has gone rogue. again, i improvised for myself. i took control. aren t they supposed to be running you rather than you running them? in the ideal world, probably, yes. bottom line, the cia can t be picky. to locate and eliminate awlaki, they need storm, and they are willing to pay. if his plan works.
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