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| Iran's supreme leader: US attack will cause global revenge |
| 2006-04-26 |
| The Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday that the United States would gain global revenge if it launches an attack on the Islamic republic, the state television reported. "The Americans must understand that if they make a surprise attack on Iran, their interests around the world will be under retaliation, our country will give them diploid (I think that means double) reply," Khamenei was cited as saying. The supreme leader stressed that the U.S. has been threatening Iran for many years, but the Islamic republic would not be really concerned about it. Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that the country would neglect the UN calls to freeze its sensitive nuclear activities. "We won't retreat from our legal rights," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. "If the international institutions acknowledge our country's rights, we will also respect their demands, but if they deprive our legal rights, I don't think Iran could accept any requests," he said. "If they can carry out their responsibilities legally, there's no reason for us to reconsider our relations with them," the president stressed. The two leaders made the flinty remarks just two days before a nuclear deadline set by the UN Security Council expires, which demanded Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities by Friday. Based on a Feb. 4 resolution, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 8 handed over the Iranian nuclear issue to the UN Security Council. After weeks of heated bargains, the 15-member Security Council on March 29 approved a non-binding presidential statement, asking Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities in 30 days and demanding the UN nuclear watchdog to report on Tehran's compliance. Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the IAEA, is expected to submit the report to the Security Council in the coming days. With the deadline looming, President Ahmadinejad said on Monday that he believed sanctions were unlikely, vowing to press ahead with the nuclear program. He also warned that Tehran would "reconsider" its cooperation with the IAEA, hinting a possible withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, if western countries continued to prevent Iran from obtaining peaceful nuclear technologies. Earlier this month, Iran officially declared that it had gained ticket to joining the global nuclear club by having produced 3.5 percent enriched uranium, a technological leap in the process for nuclear power plant construction, which immediately aroused strong international concern. The United States has accused Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons under a civilian front, but Iran dismissed the charge, saying that its nuclear program is fully peaceful. Enditem |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #21 identifying every single remaining ethnic member by DNA tag Can we actually do that yet? I thought we couldn't even differentiate genetically between Caucasoid, Negroid and Mongoloid. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-04-26 22:08 |
| #20 The UN's a non-binding presidential statement... Could've simply saved that fart to look a mite less like an ass. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-04-26 21:21 |
| #19 2007 by most is the year Iran starts indigens production of more than one or a few nukies - once Iran starts having them in numbers, attaining regional empire is the next phase. Iff Khameini is try to tell us the Commie Airborne will liberate "occupied" NOLA and other Clintonian Fascist = Half-A-Commie, defective US SOCIALIST-held CONUS-NORAM territories, Mother Cindy told us already. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-04-26 21:14 |
| #18 TheyÂ’re playing primitive warfare. Its all posturing and shouting and dancing as they motivate themselves to do something stupid. They only understand that game. They donÂ’t understand the cold methodical engineering approach of modern American warfare. Therefore there is a disconnect in communication. So that is why sometimes you have to adjust your behavior so that these twits understand what is at stake. Make it public. Make it clear. No apologies. If these twits so as much as act upon their public threats, the United States will not only wipe the Persian civilization off the planet, but it will go to the extent of identifying every single remaining ethnic member by DNA tag and gene wash the globe of their kind. They will join the Carthaginians as people who are only know in history books. For the handwringers, just remind them that it will only happen if the Persians act upon their threat and the way to avoid it all this is to convince THEM to change their behavior. |
| Posted by: Ebbomons Flimp8141 2006-04-26 20:02 |
| #17 Dire global revenge? Are they getting their PR from the political lleaders of the Philippines? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-04-26 17:54 |
| #16 It took us what, 18 months to get Saddam? I doubt any threat we'd make to 300 people would have much effect, expecially with people who want to be martyrs. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-26 17:52 |
| #15 AyaToilet has not idea who he is taunting. Not until he gets one down his windpipe. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-04-26 17:31 |
| #14 Nice idea, Anonymoose, but I'd just as soon we bomb their nuke sites, missile sites, and mullahs tonight and not play any games with them. I'm a little disappointed that we didn't do it yesterday on Holocaust Remembrance Day. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-04-26 16:57 |
| #13 How is it possible that none of these cement head dictators can see the pattern? Here's the pattern morons. You bluster, you get our attention, you bluster more, you get more of our attention, you shoot your mouth off when we believe that you really could be a threat, we become very attentive. That is when you die. Hint to Madmouth: We believe that you will have a bomb. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2006-04-26 16:55 |
| #12 Next it'll be "Dire Global Revenge," and from there it's just a short step to a "Triple-Dog Dare." |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-04-26 16:19 |
| #11 I have to admit: every time this scumbag opens his hole to vow Dire Revenge |
| Posted by: BH 2006-04-26 16:18 |
| #10 "If the international institutions acknowledge our country's rights, we will also respect their demands, but if they deprive our legal rights, I don't think Iran could accept any requests," he said. Does this mean they will recognize Israel if they are allowed nuclear power reactors? |
| Posted by: Danielle 2006-04-26 16:15 |
| #9 It would be a superb idea to let it be known that if the US goes to war against Iran, that we have a list of about 300 Mullahs and others who would be hung--not after an extended trial like for Saddam, but after a brief military tribunal. Then let is also be known that it was very possible to have one's name removed from this list, given certain unspecified consideration prior to any hostilities. Finally, after an interval, to let it be known that the list has been foreshortened by several dozen, without comment as to why. Of course, under considerable pressure, we might slip out a name or two of those who were on the cooperative list. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-04-26 15:58 |
| #8 Oh, ferchrissakes - first it's Dire Revenge™; now it's Global Revenge™. If they keep this up, I'm going to have to bill these clowns for excess use of "™." And my rates ain't cheap. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-04-26 15:52 |
| #7 Iran's supreme leader: US attack will cause global warming Al and Teresa warned us of this. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-04-26 15:37 |
| #6 "The Americans must understand that if they make a surprise attack on Iran, their interests around the world will be under retaliation, our country will give them diploid (I think that means double) reply," Khamenei was cited as saying. now really, it shouldn't be a surprise, should it, big mouth? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-26 15:28 |
| #5 HEY AYA< GO F@*K YOURSELF!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: THEKIDFRMBROOKLYNN 2006-04-26 15:07 |
| #4 Even if it were true, it would be worth it to shut these asshats up. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-04-26 14:46 |
| #3 A little Kaopectate ususally clears that right up. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-26 14:16 |
| #2 What? No (tm) symbol after "Global Revenge"? Or does that just apply to "dire revenge" and "juche"? |
| Posted by: BA 2006-04-26 14:06 |
| #1 Well, as long as it doesn't cause global warming... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-04-26 13:53 |