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Iran makes a not-so-subtle threat against Australia
2004-08-12
Australia had made itself a terrorist target by joining the war on Iraq, Iranian nuclear chief Hassan Rowhani said. Visiting Australia for talks with Prime Minister John Howard and other senior government figures, Mr Rowhani said all groups involved in the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq were more at risk of terror attacks. "All the groups that now are involving in terrorist acts in Iraq seem to take all the groups that are participating and helping with the occupying forces as the targets of the attacks," Mr Rowhani, the secretary of Iran's National Security Council, told reporters when asked if Australia was more at risk since the war. "Al-Qaeda have declared all the countries that are participating in the Iraqi occupation as their targets."

In Canberra to lobby for Tehran to be allowed to continue its nuclear program, Mr Rowhani said Iran tested a ballistic missile also for electricity generation to strengthen its defence in the face of threats by Israel. He said his country's nuclear program was aimed solely at generating electricity and not at building nuclear weapons. Tehran has tested a Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile and defence experts said the weapon could reach Israel or US bases in the Gulf. "Iran has been threatened by some Israeli officials. It's very natural that when our country is being threatened by a foreign country we have to prepare ourselves," he said. "But Iran is totally opposed to weapons of mass destruction. The accusations and allegations raised by some of the countries against the Islamic Republic of Iran - all of them are totally baseless and unfounded." He said Iran did not feel threatened by the United States. "I think the experience of Iraq would be sufficient for the Americans for years to come not to think of invasion against any other country," he said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#6  Should have scheduled a speaking engagement for the the guy just to see who bought tickets.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-08-13 12:20:27 AM  

#5  they act like they are just wiping us out in iraq. i say we just nuke the whole damn lot of them then take their oil.too me sounds like their mouth writes checks their ass can't cash
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-08-12 9:17:37 PM  

#4  Time to start spinning the Black Turbines Turbans. They are staking everything on the fact that this is an election year, and the US is perceived as divided and impotent, WRT Iran, so they are pulling out the stops. Belligerent talk. Going ahead with Nukes, centrifuges, Bushehr. Sending men, materiel, and funds to destabilize Iraq. They are in deep, going for broke. They need to have the shoring kicked out from underneath them in key places.

Remember, anything an Islamist says that is a lie is OK as long as it is said to an infidel™. Same applies to an apostate, and that is a person that is classified by the Black Turbans. In short, the BT's are full of sh*t, but they are very dangerous and need to be neutralized.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-08-12 7:18:36 PM  

#3  Iranians have enlisted those subterranian Melbourne ants, God is great.

Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-12 6:24:34 PM  

#2  Australia should call on its good friend Crocodile Bushee to respond, "That's not a nuclear warhead. THIS is a nuclear warhead. Where would you like it delivered?"
Posted by: RWV   2004-08-12 4:16:21 PM  

#1  Tehran has tested a Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile ....(which) could reach Israel or US bases in the Gulf. Is that with a nuclear warhead er, generator on top?
Posted by: GK   2004-08-12 3:54:37 PM  

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