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Details are sketchy. Was it nuclear sabotage? A nuclear accident? A nuclear test? A nuclear distraction? Or the precursors of a nuclear war? Whatever the case may be, the only thing that is clear is that nothing is …

Matthew 24:6, “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.”

World Tribune – “Iran has been rocked by huge explosion near a nuclear facility.

The Iranian media have reported an explosion in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin.

The blast, reported on May 6, was said to have taken place near a secret nuclear enrichment facility in Abyek.

‘The explosion took place in a storage facility,’ Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency, which reported at least 50 injured, said.

Officials said nobody was killed in the explosion. But they acknowledged a huge fire that was sweeping the industrial city, about 130 kilometers north of Teheran.

‘Firefighters are trying to prevent the spread of the fire at a car oil storage facility,’ Qazvin civil defense director Ali Ahani said.

Iranian opposition sources said scores of people were killed in the blast. They said Iranian Army and security forces closed much of Qazvin, with a population of 1.1 million.

‘It is not certain whether Abyek was the target,’ an opposition source said. ‘But this incident will hamper access to the facility in the short-term.’

The opposition said Iran’s nuclear facilities have been repeatedly targeted by Israel and the West.” Read more.

Lebanese Sunni Organization Claims Responsibility For Iran Explosion – “A Lebanese Sunni organization has claimed responsibility for the explosion in the fuel reserve in the Iranian city of Kazbin. The organization claimed that the act was directed at Iranian and Lebanese weapons experts who had developed a special weapon for Hezbollah.” Source – INN.

Immense Explosion In Iran May Have Nuclear Origins – “The blast may be related to nuclear development in Iran, according to the Los Angeles Times… The source of the blast remains undetermined. Several mystery explosions have been reported in the past several years in the region, none of which were ever verified.” Read more.

A better comparison would have been the deadly, artery-clogging bacon poutine …

By Stewart Bell, National Post – “A Canadian foreign fighter in Syria taunted the ‘evil, despotic and Zionist Harper government’ on Wednesday, claiming it was losing the battle against extremism and that fighting jihad was becoming ‘as Canadian as maple syrup.’

In a blog post, Abu Dujana al-Muhajir, part of a small circle of Calgary youths who left for Syria to join armed extremist groups, said ‘so-called radical Islamists’ were gaining in popularity and the number of Canadian jihadists was growing.

He denounced leading Canadian Muslims opposed to extremist violence, naming writer Irshad Manji and imams Muhammad Robert Heft and Syed Soharwardy, calling them ‘deviant’ and saying they were outnumbered by militants.

‘Know very well that for every single sellouts [sic] like Tarek Fatah or Mubin Shaikh, we are gaining hundreds of brave Damian Clairmont and Andre Poulin from amongst you who are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of Allah,’ he wrote.

Mr. Clairmont, who lived on social assistance in Calgary, and Mr. Poulin, who had brushes with the law in Timmins, Ont., were troubled youths who converted to Islam, became radicalized and died soon after arriving in Syria.

Quoting pro-Al-Qaeda ideologue Anwar Al Awlaki saying that jihad was becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea, Abu Dujana wrote it was ‘high time that we add to his statement ‘and as Canadian as maple syrup.’’

Responding to the blog post, Mr. Fatah called Abu Dujana an ‘Islamist promoter of a death cult’ but said he agreed with him that those who subscribed to his extremist views should depart Canada to die for their cause.

‘I say hallelujah,’ said the author and columnist. ‘I urge all Canadian Islamists to follow the footsteps of this jihadi and leave Canada, permanently by burning their passports on arrival in Syria, Somalia, Pakistan or Afghanistan or whatever jihadi hellhole they wish to live in, but leave us alone and stop being the parasites that you are, eating away at Canada like termites.'” Read more.

Flashback: Syrian Islamists Promise To ‘Destroy’ Canada After Fighting In The Middle East – “The most extreme armed faction in Syria has threatened to ‘destroy’ Canada, as Western governments are struggling to deal with radicalized citizens infatuated with Al-Qaeda ideology. Speaking in flawless English, a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant said in an online video that after fighting in the Middle East, the group would turn on North America. ‘This is a message to Canada and all the American tyrants: We are coming and we will destroy you …” Read more.

Flashback: Canada: Islamic Charity Classified As Terrorist Group, Aided Hamas Terrorists For Years – “Many Islamic charities in the United States and around the world have been shut down for funding terrorism, including what was once the largest Islamic charity in the United States, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), as well as the Global Relief Foundation (GRF), the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF), and many others. This is because the charitable giving required of Muslims, zakat, can be given to fund jihad, a meritorious activity according to Islamic law.” Read more.

Flashback: Canada: Islamic Terrorists Planned To Kill As Many As Possible, ‘It Was Meant To Be Spectacular And There Would Have Been A Lot Of Carnage’ – “These noble warriors of Islam hoped to sow even more death and destruction than they have already sown. Meanwhile, Muslim communities in the U.S. and Canada say they condemn such jihad activities, yet have nary a single program to teach against this understanding of Islam that they ostensibly reject and abhor. Authorities don’t seem to mind, and after jihad attacks or jihad plots like this one rush to prevent a never-appearing ‘backlash’ rather than call these Muslim communities to account. And so we will see many more such jihad plots.” Read more.