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The conspiracy test

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The Conspiracy IQ Test — 21 Questions
(answers below)

1. In the ritual of exaltation of the Masonic Lodge, the ineffable name of the God of the Masonic Lodge is revealed. He is said to be the Great Architect of the Universe and his name is said to be:

Allah

Jesus

Jahbulon

Jehovah

2. In the ritual for the Nineteenth Degree of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, called the Grand Pontiff Degree, the candidate is told that the "Lord God Almighty and Redeemer, is not..."

   

the prophet of Allah

the Christ of St. John

the Pope of Rome

the Hindu deity, Krishna

3. One of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a man whose statue today sits across the street from the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., was:

Abraham Lincoln, President of the U.S.A.

Albert Pike, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite (Mason)

U.S. Grant, General of Union Armies

Jeremiah Pea****, founder of Sierra Club

4. Which famous President wrote that, “Masonry is …a seed of evil which can never produce any good”?

John Quincy Adams

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Lyndon Johnson

5. Many theorized that the ancient Knights Templar, a precursor to Masonry and some of today's secret societies, were homosexuals because:


Their leaders were limp-wristed and spoke with a girlish voice

They were led by Joan of Arc

They shaved all their body hair

Their official seal was an image of two knights astride one horse

6. How many witnesses claim they saw a missile or other object streaking toward TWA Flight.800’s Boeing 747 aircraft moments before the plane crashed into the ocean off the coast of New Jersey:

one

three

three hundred

none

7. Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, and the Secret Order of the Rosicrucians both adopted the same emblem, logo, or motif, which was the:


Lily

four-leaf clover

five petaled rose

Acacia sprig

8. Who was the famous American who strongly and publicly defended the Order of the Illuminati and its founder, Adam Weishaupt?

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt

Mark Twain

9. Which of the following did astronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin carry in his pocket when he walked on the moon July 21, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission?

a U.S. silver dollar dated 1890

a banner with the double-headed eagle emblem of the “Supreme Council 33° of Scottish Rite Freemasonry”

a medallion with a picture inscribed of his wife and children

tools, including a screwdriver and a pocketknife

10. President George W. Bush (and his father before him) is a member of which secret society?

The Order of Skull and Bones

The Wisdom Tooth Society

The Elks Club

The Order of Dallas

11. What famous person wrote: “I have heard much of the…dangerous plans and doctrines of the Illuminati…no one is more satisfied of this fact than I am.”

Barbara Streisand, singer

Clark Gable, actor

George Washington, President, U.S.A.

Vladimir Lenin, Communist founder, USSR

12. Who donated the land in New York City on which the United Nations building sits?

David Rockefeller, billionaire

Bob Hope, comedian

The United States government

Ross Perot, billionaire

13. Professor George Quigley, of Georgetown University, in his book Tragedy and Hope (1966), acknowledged the existence of a hidden conspiratorial elite with a master plan for a New World Order. Later, which President in his inaugural address mentioned Quigley by name and gave Quigley credit for helping to develop his political ideas?

   

William Jefferson Clinton

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

Gerald Ford

14. Lee Harvey Oswald was reported to have feared:

J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director

Devilmen in government

KGB agents in Russia

Marilyn Monroe’s ghost

15. In the Islamic religion the antichrist is said to be a one-eyed lying false Christ with what letters marked on his forehead?


D-E-V-I-L

C.F.R.

J-E-S-U-S

M-O-S-E-S

16. The six-pointed two-triangle Star of David adopted by the nation of Israel for its flag has long been recognized as a sign of:

prosperity

superiority over the Arabs

occultism

the 12 disciples of Jesus

17. The Council on Foreign Relations, which has among its members Secretary of State Colin Powell and CBS news anchor Dan Rather, has the revealing logo on the front cover of its official journal of:

a naked man on a white horse

a United Nations flag

a globe of planet earth

a two-headed donkey

18. During the French Revolution, Mirabeau declared the doctrine and practices of the Illuminati to be:

wise and proper

sexist and racist

the code of Hell

much loved by King Louis and his Queen Antoinette

19. According to Great Britain’s heroic World War II Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, the group responsible for the Russian Communist revolution which overthrew the Czars was/were the:

Budweiser Beer Company

Gladiators of Rome

Vietnamese

Revolutionary Illuminist Jews

20. Who, referring to a great conspiracy, wrote: "...there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."


Novelist Tom Nut

Actor Tom Hanks

President Woodrow Wilson

Soviet Union dictator Josef Stalin

21. Who once complained on television that a "vast right wing conspiracy" was out to get her husband and destroy him?

   

Sandra Bullock, actress

Dolly Parton, country singer

Barbara Bush

Hillary Rodham Clinton



Answers

1. c (Jahbulon) Reference: Gods of the Lodge, by Reginald Haupt, pp. 124-125.

2. b (The Christ of St. John) Reference: Gods of the Lodge, by Reginald Haupt, pp. 144.

3. b (Albert Pike, sovereign Grand Commander Scottish Rite, Mason) Reference: Gods of the Lodge, by Reginald Haupt, p. 154; also—Black Square and Compass, by Joseph A. Walker, Jr.; also The Ku Klux Klan, by William Pierce Randel, p. 200.

4. a (John Quincy Adams) Reference: Letters on Freemasonry, by John Quincy Adams, published 1833.

5. d (Their official seal was two knights astride one horse) Reference:
.......Ancient Wisdom and Secret Sects, Time-Life Books, p. 36.

6. c (three hundred) Reference: Flight 800 Independent Researchers Organization (FIRO); also—Altered Evidence, by James Sanders.

7. c (five-petaled rose) Reference: Ancient Wisdom and Secret Sects, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, p. 49.

8. a (Thomas Jefferson) Reference: Ancient Wisdom and Secret Sects, Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA p. 108.

9. b (a banner with the double-headed eagle emblem of the Supreme Council 33° of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. Reference: Ancient Wisdom and Secret Sects, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, p.112.

10. a (The Order of Skull & Bones) Reference: The Secret Establishment, by Dr. Antony Sutton; also—Dark Majesty, by Texe Marrs.

11. c (George Washington) Reference: The Writings of George Washington, 1940, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office.

12. a (David Rockefeller) Reference: Circle of Intrigue, by Texe Marrs, p. 145.

13. a (William Clinton) Reference: The New York Times, inaugural speech, Jan. 21, 1993. Also—Circle of Intrigue, by Texe Marrs, pp. 184-185.

14. b (Devilmen in government) Reference: The Illuminoids, by Neal Wilgus.

15. b (CFR) Reference: Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1904. Also—Circle of Intrigue, by Texe Marrs.

16. c (Occultism) Reference: The Six-Pointed Star, by O.J. Graham. Also—Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, by Dr. Cathy Burns.

17. a (a naked man on a white horse) Reference: front covers of Foreign Affairs journal; Also—Circle of Intrigue, by Texe Marrs, p.202.

18. c (the code of hell) Reference: Secret Societies and Subversive Monuments, by Nest Webster, p.76.

19. d (Revolutionary Illuminist Jews) Reference: Article by Winston Churchill, The Illustrated Sunday Herald (newspaper), London, England, February 8, 1920.

20. c (President Woodrow Wilson) Reference: The New Freedom, by Woodrow Wilson, published 1913.

21. d (Hillary Rodham Clinton)


Scoring

Give yourself 5 points for each correct answer. Then rate yourself as follows:

           If your Score was
           90-105

           60-85

           40-55

           20-35

           10-15

           0-5
           You are a
          Genuine Conspiracy Authority and Genius

          Serious Conspiracy Buff

          Conspiracy Sharpie

          Conspiracy Guesser

          Conspiracy Illiterate

          Conspiracy Ignoramus

From One spirit:

The Moses code

by James F. Twyman

The Moses Code was first used 3,500 years ago to create great miracles, but then it was hidden away. Now, James Twyman reveals the Code for the first time, showing how you can create miracles in your life.

At the heart of the Code is the Law of Attraction. You may think that this Law is about “getting” things, but using the power of the Moses Code depends more on what you're willing to “give.” You have the power to create miracles in your life…and you have the ability to use that power for more than just attracting money, a better car or the perfect relationship.

We're here to use the power of Divinity itself to create a world of compassion and peace. That's the task that lies before us, and The Moses Code points the way.

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

- Ken Keyes Jr.  

From The Sun April 23 2007

______________________

Aries 3 7 22 28 31 38

Taurus 9 15 20 28 35 40

Gemini 8 10 22 28 34 37

Cancer 10 18 26 38 44 48

Leo 4 20 36 38 43 48

Virgo 10 14 23 27 31 38

Libra 1 6 12 30 32 44

Scorpio 18 26 32 38 44 47

Sagittarius 7 13 26 39 44 49

Capricorn 7 17 29 31 37 43

Aquarius 10 29 24 33 38 41

Pisces 14 26 30 34 42 44

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

- Calvin Coolidge 

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accidents springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Big Words seldom accompany good deeds

Danish Proverb

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman.

If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

- Charles V 1500-1558, King of spain, Holy Roman Emperor

Q. What is the difference between a man buying a lottery ticket and a man fighting with his wife?

A. A man has a chance at winning at the lottery.

Jan 29 '08:

We had some business about 100 miles north of here today. We head out and it's 57 degrees. A couple of hours later we get to where we're going and it's like spring, when we got there the temperature was almost 70. Slight breeze, absolutely "spring training weather". Bear in mind this is near St. Louis, and it's late January.

It took a little longer than we planned on (the sign in procedure had gone computerized- so we sign in on their 'puters, tells us it's a 54 minute wait. OK. About an hour later I went to check the wait time and it says we'd never signed in.) Lovely, so we had sat there for nothing for over an an hour and wound up behind an hour more worth of people.   

So we leave there later than we expected and take I-64 part of the way home. I look in the rear view mirror and here comes a semi just spraying the road like crazy. At first I thought it was a tanker with a leak, but as he got closer it was a regular semi. So we're thinking where has he been.... Temperature is about 61 at this point.

We get off of I-64 and pull into a gas station, the sky looks like the end of the world in one direction, and is clear with a rainbow in another. I'm pumping gas, rain starts coming down and gets blown horizontal by a wind that kicks in. People that work at the gas mart come running out to get the garbage cans so they don't blow away. My wife was inside, and one of the guys from the station went back in and told her, "the heck with those cans, I can replace them, I can't replace me."

By the time I fill up I'm soaked. I pull the car up to a parking spot and go inside and notice that the temperature gauge on the dash now reads 40!

While this is going on, we had the radio on a Catholic station and it's broadcasting a continuous Hail Mary!

With a temperature drop like that we're thinking "Oh boy" (twister) but luckily that didn't happen. We're wondering whether to sit it out for awhile and decide to head home. We're pulling out and the guy from the station comes running out, cell phone in hand, and says, "You said you were heading south....Debbie is on the phone and says there are severe storm warnings and a tornado watch for that area..."

So we head home anyway (now it's close to 3:00 p.m. and we''re thinking, "Storm, or risk the dark and Bambi on the road...") It's obvious it had been raining (where we had been was bone dry all day).

When we get to the town the guy had told us the weather warnings were for, it looked like it had snowed!, but a closer look showed that it was all ice balls and there had been a hail storm. We leave that town and continue south and there's no hail or anything at all, it was like there was a barrage of hail just on that town.

"Tin hat" but interesting:

"Occultists Worship Numbers"

...changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped the creature more than the Creator..." Romans 1:25 This Scripture captures the entire essence of what occultists have been doing for almost 5,000 years.

Today's New Age adherents, who pride themselves so greatly on their sophistication and "spiritual knowledge" worship all sorts of created objects rather than God. Occultists place much faith in the inherent power of numbers.

No plan of action can be carried out without first determining two things:        1. Is the timing of this plan of action in accordance with the astrological lineup of the stars, moons, and planets?        2. Is the timing of this plan of action in accordance with the numbers it will produce? This process is "Divination" and is specifically prohibited by God. (Deut 18:10-11)

Once you understand how occultists think and calculate, you will be able to see occultism in world events. This effort to determine the correct time for an action is carried out to precise days and times. A good example is the suicide of Adolf Hitler. Hitler chose the date, April 30, 1945, because it was the first day of the Pagan Spring Holy Days. He chose 3:30p.m. because, according to occult doctrine, this combination of three's presented to him the most favorable time to depart this life and reenter the reincarnation cycle. Note the triple 3's present here, April 30 as the first three, 3 o'clock in the afternoon as the second three, and 30 minutes past the hour is the final three. Hitler was engaging in typical occult behavior by arranging the timing of his death in a very precise, numeric manner. Hitler wanted to exit this life in such a proper time that he could come back quickly, as the real Anti-Christ.   

THE SIX SACRED NUMBERS     

1. Three (3) is the first sacred number, the first perfect number (Westcott, p. 41). Three represents the Pagan Trinity." (Westcott, p. 37). It is represented geo-metrically in the triangle, and spiritually as the Third Eye Of Hinduism. Occultists will multiply and add three to other sacred numbers to create new numbers. However, they also group threes in two's and threes, because they believe in the principle of "intensification", i.e., that greater power is achieved when a sacred number is grouped. In the case of three, greater intensification is achieved when it is shown as 33, or 333. 333 + 333 equals 666. Occultists have used 333 as the hidden symbol by which they present the more offensive number 666. When the details of an event are so arranged as to contain certain sacred occult numbers or numeric combinations, this is literally an occult signature on the event. Mathematically, 666 can be created when three pairs of threes are added. Thus, (3+3) + (3+3) + (3+3) = 666. Now, eliminate the parentheses and the plus sign, and you have 33 space, 33 space, 33, representing the number 666.     

2. Six (6) is the next sacred number, representing the number of the soul of man (Westcott, p. 66). This shows the omnipotent power of God, as this belief parallels Revelation 13:18, where God assigns 666 to man and to the beast. Six is also believed to be "all-sufficient". This parallels      Biblical teaching, which states that man's great sin is pride in himself.

      3. Seven (7) is a sacred number. Van Buren calls 7 "one of the most sacred of all the numbers...the Invisible Centre, the Spirit of everything". (p. 39) Since multiplication of seven creates an even more powerful sacred number, we should not be surprised that 3x7, or 21, is considered powerful .      Thus, when Adam Weishaupt formed the Masters of the Illuminati, he arranged the timing of the event by arranging the numbers in a manner which would add to powerful numbers. He chose May 1, because May, month #5, added to the first day, equals 6. Weishaupt chose 1776, because the four numbers of this year add up to 21 (1+7+7+6 = 21). Further, the number 6 + 21 = 27, another number of power, because it is formed by the multiplication of 3x9. This date was very carefully chosen by Weishaupt; he believed the greatest Plan is doomed to failure if it is not carried out in the most numerically advantageous time.     

4. Nine (9) is sacred because it is the "first cube of an odd number (3)", (Van Buren, p.40-41)      The triple nine (999) is utilized to represent 666, because it is simply the inversion of 666.     

5. Eleven (11) is a sacred number. When eleven is multiplied by the perfect number 3, the number 33 is produced, a number of tremendous occult importance. In 1933, Adolf Hitler and President Franklin Roosevelt came to power. Both these men were committed to the establishment of the New World Order, and their actions impacted humanity greatly. It was also in 1933 that the First Humanist Manifesto was issued. Do you see how Satan manipulated world history to produce three New World Order events in 1933? Thus, a powerful 333 served as a framework for world events in that year.     

6. Thirteen (13) is deemed sacred. It was also no accident that Hitler chose the year 1939 to begin World War II, because 39 is formed by the multiplication of 13x3. Thus, you can see how human history has been shaped by the occult belief in the power of numbers. We have provided much detail as to how history has been shaped by this belief in the power of numbers. You can get this information in our Cutting Edge Radio Program dated May 9, 1992, entitled, "33 33 33 = 666 New Age Numerology".       

An Occult signature to current events

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in a public square which had been home to a Masonic Lodge and which has an obelisk in its center. November is Month #11 and the day of the murder was the 22nd. Numbers 11 and 22 are sacred primary occult numbers.

President Ronald Reagan was nearly assassinated on March 30, 1981, at 3:30p.m. March is the third month (first 3), and 3:30p.m. provides the other two three's (33), producing a 333. Reagan was not the New World Order candidate; George Bush was their candidate. Had Reagan been killed, Bush would have assumed the Presidency at the planned moment in history. As it was, Reagan's policies continually turned to the center and then the left, until he was clearly enabling the New World Order to proceed full-speed ahead.

At the close of business on April 29, 1992, the Dow Jones Average closed at 3333!! Gold also closed at $337 an ounce. Therefore, at the opening bell on April 30, the Dow Jones Average began business at 3333 and gold began at $337 per ounce!! Do you see that we have three sets of 33's here? Remember, the number, 666, is very often hidden within numbers 33 space, 33 space, 33. Occultists throughout the world would interpret this data as representing 666 as the world began to pass through the 66-day period, from April 30 to July 4, 1992.

An article in the Sun Chronicle on May 3, 1992, reported that the Stock Market was over-valued by 66%!!! Events on this critical date abound in threes and sixes.

"There are 66 days between April 30 and July 4 of every year. April 30-May 1 is the Satanic two-day celebration called Beltaine. In 1776, the United States of America issued her Declaration of Independence precisely 66 days after the beginning of Beltaine that year. Adam Weishaupt declared his Masters of the Illuminati on the second day of Beltaine. Thus, both the founding of the Satanic Masters of the Illuminati and the United States were centered around Beltaine."

Found an old article, clipping from July 31 1990 Examiner:

Not sure of the original source or anything else, but here goes:

Aries

Lucky Day: Tuesday

Lucky Hour: Between 4 and 5 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 6 14 21 34 41 43

Taurus

Lucky Day: Friday

Lucky Hour: Between 2 and 3 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 8 10 12 29 31 45

Gemini

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Luckiest Hour: Between 7 and 8 p.m

Luckiest Numbers: 2 7 15 29 32 44

Cancer

Lucky Day: Saturday

Luckiest Hour: Between 5 and 6 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 1 8 16 19 33 38

Leo

Lucky Day: Sunday

Lucky Hour: Between 1 and 2 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 5 15 18 23 41 43

Virgo

Lucky Day: Monday

Lucky Hour: Between noon and 1 p.mp

Luckiest Numbers: 4 6 12 25 27 39

Libra

Lucky Day: Tuesday

Lucky Hour: Between 7 and 8 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 6 16 26 30 40 46

Scorpio

Lucky Day: Thursday

Lucky Hour: Between 3 and 4 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 3 9 13 27 35 45

Sagittarius

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Lucky Hour: Between 2 and 3 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 13 17 19 29 39 49

Capricorn

Lucky Day: Saturday

Lucky Hour: Between 6 and 7 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 2 5 18 23 24 31

Aquarius

Lucky Day: Sunday

Lucky Hour: Between 5 and 6 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 12 21 20 34 38 40

Pisces

Lucky Day: Monday

Lucky Hour: Between 4 and 5 p.m.

Luckiest Numbers: 1 16 27 38 43 44

Good Luck all

 Percentage of wagers returned as prizes to gamblers in Nevada in 2007, by game:

Slot machines 93.9%

Sports Betting 92.9%

Baccarat 87.3%

Blackjack 87.3%

Craps 86.5%

Horse Racing 83.0%

Roulette 81.3%

USA Today

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I would love to see a similar breakdown for any state with a lottery, game by game.

Iran's Ayatollah: West Abuses Women, Islam Honors Them
By Terence P. Jeffrey
CNSNews.com Editor in Chief
January 14, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who rules over a nation where men are allowed to have four permanent wives and as many "temporary" wives as they like, declared in a recent lecture to Iranian students that Iran honors women, while the West abuses them.

The ayatollah said one indication of this is that women in Iran are forced to wear the hijab -- clothing that covers much or all of a woman's head, face and body -- while women in the West are not forced to wear it.

In the West's "sensationalism concerning women's affairs, they blame us by saying: You have made hijab compulsory," the ayatollah said in a January 3 lecture to a conference of Iranian students. "They themselves have made lack of hijab compulsory."

Khamenei, whose remarks were broadcast on Iranian national television and translated by the BBC, may have been alluding to a controversial 2004 French law that banned wearing "conspicuous" religious symbols in French schools. The ban encompassed large Christian crosses and Jewish yarmulkes, but was understood to be targeted at female Islamic clothing, such as the hijab.

In October 2006, then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair caused a stir when he advocated that Muslim women in Great Britain should voluntarily decline to wear veils. "No one wants to say that people don't have the right to do it," Blair said. "That is to take it too far. But I think we need to confront this issue about how we integrate people properly into our society."

Khamenei told the Iranian students' conference that in the Iranian vision of Islam, it was determined that poor women should be compelled to cover their entire bodies and faces in order to honor them and make their dress conform to the style adopted by aristocratic women. This policy, he said, logically followed from the conclusion that men have an "inborn desire for sexual violence."

In ancient Iran, aristocratic women used to wear hijab," he said. "Women from lower classes did not bother. But when Islam came, it rejected such instances of discrimination. It said that all women must wear the hijab. In other words, it wanted to honor all women. This is what Islam says. Now, they [in the West] behave as if we are doing something wrong and they are doing the right thing! No, they are in the wrong. They must answer why they have been treating women like a commodity in order to gratify their own lust.

"I received some statistics yesterday," the ayatollah continued. "According to those statistics, one third of women in the world are beaten and battered by men. In my opinion, this is very heart-rending; it makes one tearful. And these instances of abuse mainly happen in the industrial countries of the West. This stems from men's inborn desire for sexual violence.

"In their sensationalism concerning women's affairs," he continued, "they blame us by saying: You have made hijab compulsory. They themselves have made lack of hijab compulsory. They do not allow girl students to enter university, if they wear a headscarf. Yet they have the audacity to question us by saying: Why have you made hijab compulsory?"

Wearing the hijab, he said in answering his own question, "is aimed at honoring women, whereas that [the practices of the West] aim to abuse and insult women."

As evidence for this argument, the ayatollah told the Iranian students to consider the way women are used in Western advertising. "They have exploited women as a tool to sell various products," he said.

"In effect, they have been treating women like a commodity, like another of their products. If you were to look at the magazines, which are published in the West, you would see that they advertise a commodity for sale next to the naked picture of a woman. Can you imagine a bigger insult to women? They [the West] must be answerable [not Islam]," he said.

"Giving the hijab amounts to honoring the person who wears it. A woman's hijab is a symbol of respect for her."

According to the March 2007 State Department report on human rights practices in Iran, a woman can be whipped in Iran for not wearing the hijab. "The penal code provides that if a woman appears in public without the appropriate Islamic covering (hijab), she can be sentenced to lashings and/or fined," said the report.

Under Iran's Islamic code, a man may marry four regular wives and innumerable temporary wives. "Prostitution is illegal, but sigheh, or temporary marriage, is legal," said the State Department report.

"The country's Islamic law permits a man to have up to four wives and an unlimited number of temporary partnerships, based on a Shi'a custom in which a woman may become the wife of a Muslim male after a simple religious ceremony and a civil contract outlining the union's conditions. Temporary marriages may last for any length of time and are used sometimes by prostitutes. Such wives are not granted rights associated with traditional marriage."

Also a woman's testimony is not considered equal to a man's in Ayatollah Khamenei's Iran. Nor is a crime committed against a woman considered as egregious as a crime committed against a man. Nor can a woman leave the country without a permission slip from her husband.

"The testimony of two women equates with that of one man," says the State Department report. "The blood money paid to the family of a female crime victim is half the sum paid for a man. A married woman must obtain the written consent of her husband before traveling outside the country."

As Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has direct command over Iran's armed force and indirect control over its internal security forces, the State Department says.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200801/CUL20080114a.html