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| Iran vows to 'break hands' of invaders | |
| 2008-09-22 | |
As the war of words over Iran's nuclear ambitions intensified, its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Sunday that the nation's military will "break the hands" of invaders if attacked. "If anyone allows themselves to invade Iranian territory and its legal interests, our armed forces will break their hands before they pull the trigger," Ahmedinejad told a military parade.
Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq. In Israel, former army chief Moshe Yaalon told military radio that Iran threatens the West in the same way Adolf Hitler once did and that if economic and political sanctions fail conflict will be "inevitable." "Today, we in the West are facing the same situation, the lack of decisiveness towards a threat that is no less severe than that which Hitler posed in 1939," he said. "We can still stop Iran with political and economic measures but if we do not, then a military confrontation is inevitable," Yaalon said. The broadsides came on the eve of a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's board on Monday where the UN nuclear watchdog will discuss the stalemate in its probe into Iran's nuclear drive. At the moment, the agency and Iran are gridlocked over Tehran's refusal to provide proof that it was not involved in studies to make a nuclear warhead, as a wide range of intelligence suggests. And during Sunday's parade, Iran's armed forces, including the elite Revolutionary Guards, showcased their weaponry. On display were the long-range Shahab-3 missile and Qadr-1, both of which a military commentator said have a range of 2,000 kilometers. That would put the borders of Israel, 1,000 kilometers away, within their reach. Banners displayed on trucks bore slogans including "Israel must be eliminated from the universe" and "Down with the USA." No European military attache was present, and a European diplomat told reporters that all EU embassies had been told not to attend the parade because of the possibility of the display or chanting of anti-Israel slogans. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "I'd bet his 'approval rating' is double digits above any US Congressman about now" Hell, his approval rating was above theirs during Gulf War II when he was still working for Sadass, B. Not that it's all that hard.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-22 18:14 |
| #2 Not sure where that lad got off to, but I'd bet his 'approval rating' is double digits above any US Congressman about now. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-22 17:38 |
| #1 Where did Baghdad Bob end up? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-09-22 17:04 |