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Drudge link... "Iran warns of preemptive strike to prevent attack on nuclear sites"
Yahoo News/AFP ^
| 08/18/2004
| AFP
Posted on 08/19/2004 6:36:59 PM PDT by Bosco
DOHA (AFP) - Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani warned that Iran might launch a preemptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities.
"We will not sit (with arms folded) to wait for what others will do to us. Some military commanders in Iran are convinced that preventive operations which the Americans talk about are not their monopoly," Shamkhani told Al-Jazeera TV when asked if Iran would respond to an American attack on its nuclear facilities.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irannukes; nuclearweapons
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Please, Iran, give us a reason, just one reason...
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posted on
08/19/2004 6:37:00 PM PDT
by
Bosco
To: Bosco
2
posted on
08/19/2004 6:38:54 PM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(A 4 month Swift Boat commander or a 4 year Commander-in-Chief - you decide!)
To: Bosco
In related news, a small chihuahua has stated he will "take out that damn St. Bernard next door."
3
posted on
08/19/2004 6:39:43 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(I want to die in my sleep like Gramps -- not yelling and screaming like those in his car)
To: Bosco
4
posted on
08/19/2004 6:39:47 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: Bosco
All talk, all an invition to make Shia martyrs or something. Some idiots are doing everything but waving a red flag in front of the proverbial bull. Why play their game, they're sounding desperate.
Who gives a flip about the Iranians, the idea of their capacity to hit the U.S. is ridiculous. We're already in Afghanistan and Iraq, what more can be expected? And from whom?
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posted on
08/19/2004 6:46:49 PM PDT
by
xJones
(')
To: TomServo
I looked around for this story, but didn't see it posted. Guess I "didn't look hard enough".
6
posted on
08/19/2004 6:51:54 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: Bosco
7
posted on
08/19/2004 6:52:44 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: Bosco
Hmmm,,,
",,,national skills which cannot be eliminated by military means."
Seems to me that a lot of "national skills" were eliminated in Berlin, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki.
How exactly is Iran different than Germany and Japan?
Besides the language!
8
posted on
08/19/2004 6:53:22 PM PDT
by
RonHolzwarth
(History repeats itself - first as tragedy, then as farce" - Karl Marx)
To: Bosco
"Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani warned that Iran might launch a preemptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities"
PLEEEEASE Do. . .
To: Bosco
Those stupid Persians. They shanghai a few British sailors and now they think they are capable of a premptive strike against U.S. forces - in their dreams.
If they were, which I doubt, able to pull off a strike. The retaliation would be more than they could handle - at least while President Bush is in office. Kerry would probably award them all (the Iranians) Silver Stars.
10
posted on
08/19/2004 6:57:01 PM PDT
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: Bosco
Remember Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941?
That was a preemptive strike!
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posted on
08/19/2004 6:58:33 PM PDT
by
RonHolzwarth
(History repeats itself - first as tragedy, then as farce" - Karl Marx)
To: Bosco
Old news on FR. Probably a dozen threads.
12
posted on
08/19/2004 7:00:45 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: Bosco
Next we will hear that they have loaded it with explosives and will blow it up if we attack....
13
posted on
08/19/2004 7:26:02 PM PDT
by
RS
(just because they are out to get him dosen't mean he is not guilty)
To: xJones
Its only a matter of time. The pig moolahs are on the hit list.
To: RightWhale
"In related news, a small chihuahua has stated he will take out that damn St. Bernard next door."
True, but a chihuahua with a nuclear bomb still could ruin your day.
15
posted on
08/19/2004 7:29:46 PM PDT
by
garjog
To: garjog
We have been threatened with 20 thousand nuclear bombs since the 50s. One or a dozen evil nukes don't measure up.
16
posted on
08/19/2004 7:32:57 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: Bosco
Not to worry..Kerry said he would go after those that attack us...so relax sit back and just wait for the attack...THEN we can retaliate...provided the attack doesn't wipe our @ss in the ground first!
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posted on
08/19/2004 7:35:04 PM PDT
by
Hotdog
To: SwinneySwitch
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posted on
08/19/2004 7:41:48 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
To: RightWhale
We have been threatened with 20 thousand nuclear bombs since the 50s. One or a dozen evil nukes don't measure up. True, but the Russians may have been evil, but they were rational ... these morons are not.
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posted on
08/19/2004 7:50:04 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
To: Hotdog
These madmen can not be allowed to obtain nukes. They are already threatening us and Israel even before they have them. If they get nukes, Israel is finished.
This is another reason why it is so important that Kerry be defeated.
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posted on
08/19/2004 8:07:26 PM PDT
by
etradervic
(Kerry is a Left-Wing Dinosaur)
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