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| Iran warns against attack as G8 demands nuclear freeze |
| 2008-07-09 |
| Iran warned on Tuesday it would 'set fire' to Israel and US forces in response to any attack over its nuclear drive, as the world's leading industrial powers told Tehran to freeze uranium enrichment. Leaders of the Group of Eight nations at a summit in Japan urged Iran to fully comply with UN Security Council resolutions 'in particular to suspend all enrichment-related activities.' They also urged Tehran to respond positively to a new package by six major powers aimed at bringing an end to the five-year-old nuclear standoff which has led to a string of sanctions against Iran. The United States and its top regional ally Israel have never ruled out military action against Iran over its nuclear drive, which the West fears could be aimed at building an atomic bomb. There has been concern a strike could be imminent after it emerged Israel had carried out manoeuvres in Greece that were effectively practice runs for a potential strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. 'The first US shot on Iran would set the United States' vital interests in the world on fire,' said Ali Shirazi, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative to the naval forces of the elite Revolutionary Guards. 'Tel Aviv and the US fleet in the Persian Gulf would be the targets that would be set on fire in Iran's crushing response,' he said, according to the Fars news agency. Washington shrugged off the threat. 'Comments like that are not out of the norm and not unusual,' State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said, adding: 'We continue to stress our desire to resolve this issue diplomatically... continue with the process.' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Let me get this straight - the US Fleet in the Persian Gulf would be "set on fire"? With what? A coupla' hundred speedboats and another few hundred missiles? Pssst! I got a clue for you mullahs - ships move. Your ballistic missiles can't hit a moving target. If you try to use those Chinese Silkworms you have in your stockpile or those Russian supercavitating torpedoes you might get in a few licks before the launch teams are wiped off the face of the earth along with everthing else inland for 500 miles along your entire coastline. Look, you want to play with the big kids? Act like one. The big kids say you're acting like a spoiled brat looking for a fight. The biggest kid on the block can and will squash you like a bug if you don't prove you can act civilized (not that I think you can - your idea of civilization stems from the 7th Century AD when all you knew was you and everyone else was a serf or slave). |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-07-09 20:11 |
| #2 These guys seem to be fixated on fire! Poss. the UN should add a blocking of MTV/Beavis & Butthead to the sanctions? (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/loxwood/38/index.html bnbfire.wav) Probably wets the bed too...... |
| Posted by: OyVey1 2008-07-09 11:53 |
| #1 God says you are wrong, Iran, The world says you are wrong Iran. Sound judgment is paramount to the rule of an important country such as Iran. Check your sober history. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-07-09 10:18 |