Posted on 12/26/2004 4:23:02 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
Baghdad -- The Iraqi Defence Minister stated that Iraq would soon display footage of Iranian meddling throughout the country. Hazem Shaalan said that Iraqi security forces were able to obtain foreign satellite footage of 50 suicide vehicles entering the country from Iran.
In an interview with the Saudi daily, al-Watan, Shaalan also added that 14 of the 50 vehicles had explosives installed and were ready for suicide missions while the remainder were caught whilst they were being fitted with the explosives.
The defence chief said that the footage along with other documents and evidence of Iranian meddling would be aired on Iraqi TV stations, before Iraq's upcoming elections, as soon as Iraq’s interim-Prime Minster, Ayad Allawi, gave the final approval.
The minister apparently made the remarks in reply to recent Iranian officials’ demands for further proof of their alleged meddling in Iraqi affairs.
“Diplomatic negotiations with Iran serves no purpose”, he said, adding that he believed that all diplomatic channels with Iran had been exhausted with no concrete results.
Iraqi interim-government officials have arrested a large number of Iranian agents who had been rounded up in Iraqi cities whilst planning or attempting to carry out terrorist operations. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hamid-Reza Asefi, recently announced that some “1,500 Iranians were currently in Iraqi prisons”, accused of being terrorists.
Asked about his recent comments on Iran, Shaalan said that he stood by what he said and would not retract his comments until Iran fundamentally changed its behaviour. Last week Shaalan said: “We discovered that the key to terrorism is in Iran, which is the number one enemy for Iraq”.
Hey, CBS....see what a free press is willing to show? They don't even have to rely on forged documents!
Oh I'm sure the MSM will jump on this story with the same enthusiasm they did with the Swift Vets!!
BING, BING, BING! Here comes the truth!
That's because nobody has used any BunkerBusters on them yet...
What can be done? Do we have the resources to fight another war or do we nuke them as soon as they openly say they have developed the bomb?
Remember what John Foster Dulles said one time: "I don't care if the United States is not the most popular country in the World as long it is the MOST RESPECTED!"
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A provocative act of war.
Are they going to unite iraqis against the iranians? Let's hope!
We should encourage the Iraqi military UNDER OUR SUPPORT to invade, and destroy Iran.
A MOAB painted with "Can You Hear Me Now" painted on its body.
bttt
Sure, right after they invade and destroy the Sunni Triangle...
"We should encourage the Iraqi military UNDER OUR SUPPORT to invade, and destroy Iran."
Didn't work last time we tried
Uh......shouldn't we wait until they are able to destroy the Saddamites and the terrorists before we worry about them taking on Iran?
I say if Iran wants nukes so bad, we send them some. Special delivery via ICBM.
This is 2 days old, is there any other reports on this? Let's have some back up.
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