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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran warns of preemptive strike on US forces
2004-08-19
Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani has warned that Iran might launch a preemptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities. "We will not sit [with arms folded] to wait for what others will do to us," Mr Shamkhani told Al Jazeera television when asked if Iran would respond to an American attack on its nuclear facilities. "Some military commanders in Iran are convinced that preventive operations which the Americans talk about are not their monopoly. America is not the only one present in the region. We are also present, from Khost to Kandahar in Afghanistan; we are present in the Gulf and we are can be present in Iraq. The US military presence [in Iraq] will not become an element of strength [for Washington] at our expense. The opposite is true, because their forces would turn into a hostage" in Iranian hands in the event of an attack.
These guys have just the right phrasing to stir Cthulu from the pit, don't they? What will they do next, openly say they're going to detonate a nuke in NYC? Threaten to assassinate the US Congress? Send an entire Division to invade Russia? Are they completely nuts?
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