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Iran: Tehran Would Launch Missile Attack On Israel In The Case Of U.S. Strike
2007-04-27
(AKI) - Iran will attack Israel if Washington decides to launch a military strike against the country over its nuclear programme, the Iranian deputy interior minister Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said on Thursday. "If the United States should attack us we will launch tens of thousands of missiles able to strike US targets and destroy Israel," said Zolghadr, a former commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the Pasdaran. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel, a state which is not recognized by the Islamic Republic.

"The United States at this time is trying to weaken the Islamic Republic by attempting to create instability and crises," the government official added.

Iran is facing a second wave of UN sanctions if it does not halt in the coming month sensitive nuclear work which world powers fear is aimed at building nuclear weapons. Washington, which has lobbied for strong punitive measures within the UN Security Council, has not ruled out military intervention if sanctions fail to curb Tehran's atomic ambitions.
Posted by:Fred

#14  I don't think that the Iranian leadership is that anxious to meet the 72 virgins.

If they were logical - I would agree with you -- but they are religious nuts.
Posted by: 3dc   2007-04-27 21:34  

#13  In probably less then 10 minutes later, everything within a 5 mile radius of the launch point will either be a huge crater or a glass mirror. Tehran would probably follow shortly after. I don't think that the Iranian leadership is that anxious to meet the 72 virgins.
Posted by: Pheatch Phaiter4182   2007-04-27 16:55  

#12  Iran: Tehran Would Launch Missile Attack On Israel In The Case Of U.S. Strike

This is a desperate threat from a government with a weak (external) military. A government with a strong military would just go after those responsible with a proportional response, but delusional islamonuts wouldn't appreciate the difference.
Posted by: gorb   2007-04-27 16:29  

#11  Funny, I don't hear the Israelis begging the US not to act.
Posted by: Thratch Brown5132   2007-04-27 16:25  

#10  Sooner or later they're gonna do it anyway so why wait?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-04-27 12:15  

#9  If we must attack at some point, then this leaves no doubt that we must use enough force to totally cripple Iran's capacity to retaliate.

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."
— Niccolo Machiavelli —
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-27 11:54  

#8  Tens of thousands of missiles? All hyperboly aside, I seriously doubt if Iran has one thousand missiles that could reach Israel.

Besides which, for every ten missiles Iran (or any of their proxies) launches we should respond with a single one, preferably a MIRVed ICBM.

Match that, Iran.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2007-04-27 10:43  

#7  I think the Patriots and Arrows would do well if Iran tried. And the counter-strike would be of biblical wrath.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-04-27 10:08  

#6  Don't forget all the local mosques. I am sure there are some peasants with pitchforks and fire who could form a militia to deal with vampire nests.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-04-27 09:26  

#5  Oh yeah? Then we'll take out Cuba and Venezuela for starters and then bomb the shit outta Syria. What do ya think of them apples?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2007-04-27 09:18  

#4  Let's hope Israel has a leader with enough balls to respond appropriately if they do. PS-it ain't Olmert!
Posted by: Mac   2007-04-27 05:59  

#3  Iran will launch missile attack on Israel unless the Sun stops rising in the East.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-04-27 05:51  

#2  If we must attack at some point, then this leaves no doubt that we must use enough force to totally cripple Iran's capacity to retaliate.

After issuing threats like this they no longer have any right to play the sympathy card.
Posted by: Clem Sniling5973   2007-04-27 04:30  

#1  SPACEWAR > there will be "NOWHERE SAFE" IN AMERICA iff the USA attacks Iran; + BAHRAIN SAYS IS READY FOR ANY US-IRAN CONFLICT. Second Gulf Sttae after Kuwait to prep for war contingency. WORLDTRIBUNE > USA PREPARES [MIL-/NAVEX]FOR IRAN ATTACK ON FIFTH FLEET.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-04-27 00:06  

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