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Iran warns Israel against striking nuke facilities
Edited for brevity.
Iran’s defense minister said Israel does not dare attack Iran but warned Saturday that any such military offensive would be met with a harsh response. "I completely rule out that Israel would dare direct any military strike at any Iranian facilities," Ali Shamkhani said. "But if Israel one day commits such military folly against Iran, I can promise you that (Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon, assuming he stays alive, will appear on television screens and announce that he regrets this folly. ... He will suffer and scream out in pain," Shamkhani said.
"Ow! My bunion!"
Shamkhani has said in the past that his country would strike back with long-range missiles if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, as the Jewish state did against a nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981. He said Iran’s long-range Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of about 1,300 kilometers (810 miles), would be one of the weapons used. Israel is about 965 kilometers (600 miles) west of Iran.
Immediately after the launch the Shahab operators will find that things get very noisy in their neighborhood. And then very quiet.
Shamkhani said Iran was not worried about having American troops next door in Iraq. "Despite the (rosy) picture that the US and others are trying to paint ... the United States is in fact inside a whirlpool (in Iraq) and consequently, it is a hostage of its military presence there," he said. He accused the United States of trying to impose its control over the Middle East region under the pretext of spreading democracy and fighting terrorism.
Gee, they saw right through us. And here I thought we were being so subtle...
Posted by: Dar 2004-02-28
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