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| Suicide squads ready to target US, UK |
| 2006-04-16 |
| Iran has formed battalions of suicide bombers to hit American and British targets if its nuclear installations are attacked, The Sunday Times newspaper said. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers were ready to strike, the British weekly broadsheet said. Iran is in a stand-off with the West over its nuclear program, which the Islamic republic insists is for entirely peaceful purposes. The Special Unit of Martyr Seekers in the Revolutionary Guards was first spotted in March when members marched in a military parade. The force wore explosive packs around their waists and held detonators, the newspaper said. Doctor Hassan Abbasi, head of the Centre for Doctrinal Strategic Studies in the Revolutionary Guards, said that 29 Western targets had been identified. The Sunday Times said that at a recruiting station for the force in Teheran recently, volunteers had to state whether they would prefer to attack American targets in Iraq or Israeli targets. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced last Tuesday that the Islamic republic had successfully enriched uranium itself for use as nuclear fuel, sparking a wave of international condemnations. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations' watchdog, is due to present a report on Iran's nuclear program on April 28. The United States insists it is seeking a diplomatic solution but has not ruled out the use of force despite opposition from even its closest allies. Meanwhile, a former White House counterterrorism chief says a United States conflict with Iran could be even more damaging to America's interests than the war with Iraq. Richard Clarke has written in the New York Times that Iran's likely response would be to "use its terrorist network to strike American targets around the world, including inside the United States". Mr Clarke says Iran has forces as its command far superior to anything Al Qaeda was ever able to field, citing the country's links with the militant group Hezbollah. He says Iran could also make things much worse in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Flelet Spavinter3070 |
| #3 Now, who is this Richard Clarke guy, again? Oh, he's the one who was responsible for our counter-terror program all thorugh the Clinton years and beginining of Bush's presidency, up to 911, right? On the basis of THAT reusme, we're supposed to trust his judgment and advice now? You can't make this shit up! |
| Posted by: WTF! 2006-04-16 21:43 |
| #2 What is the training program? |
| Posted by: Art 2006-04-16 12:34 |
| #1 One, just 1 and we will smack you down so hard you will never get back up again. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-04-16 01:53 |