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IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER URGES MUSLIMS TO MOBILIZE AGAINST U.S. AND ISRAEL TO PREPARE FOR MESSIAH'S ARRIVAL

(August 21, 2009) -- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on Muslims in neighboring countries this week to intensify preparations for the coming of the Islamic Messiah known as the Mahdi or the "Twelfth Imam." He specifically urged Muslims to mobilize forces to defeat the United States and Israel. "We have to train honest forces that can stop the obstacles that may hinder the coming of the Mahdi like the United States and Israel," the Ayatollah said through a spokesman, in a story reported by al-Arabiya, the Arabic-language news channel based in the Gulf. "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's spokesman, Ali Saeedi, said countries like Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan and Afghanistan should gather together all their forces...."