Posted on 02/08/2005 7:24:22 PM PST by freedom44
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Iran warned the United States Tuesday that its nuclear sites cannot be destroyed by air or missile strikes, as Britain entered the fray by declaring that Tehran is a state sponsor of terrorism.
Top national security official Hassan Rowhani said on state television that a military strike would only push Iran's nuclear activities underground, and told Washington that the stand-off should be settled by dialogue.
"Our nuclear centers cannot be destroyed. Our nuclear technology comes from our scientists (and) we can transfer our nuclear workshops under mountains and carry out enrichment where no bomb or missile can be effective," said the cleric, adding he did not consider an attack as a "serious threat."
Rowhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, insisted that Iran was "not looking for increased tensions with any country, even with the Americans."
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
It's not like there's only one site or that we even know where all the sites are. Iranians are strategic and paranoid. A terrible combination in a war situation. It seems to me that behind the door stuff might be a better solution -- that and praying a stable democracy in Iraq tips the population... In other words, I have no clue, lots of fear, and some hope. We'll trust Bush -- he'll know the path.
Would they permit elections if the Mullahs saunter off?
What if your friend is a Marxist-Islamist terrorist who has no popularity among Iranians?
Will you invest on such a friend?
They are a crazy, dangerous and insane stalinist group. That is the mistake the US is making to work with them, let alone empower them...
NO TO TERRORISM IN ITS ALL SHAPES & FACES
I don't believe I would support MEK to overthrow the present Iranian regime. I would not trust leftists to hold elections. But they might hold them. Didn't the Sandanistas hold promised elections? And lost?
I would better trust MEK with sat photos and explosives.
Well Mt. St. Helens was equivilant to a 5 Megaton detonation 1100 feet below the surface.
It is not President Bush's policy to aide the MEK. In fact, it is just the opposite.
"During the 2003 Iraq war, U.S. forces cracked down on MEK’s bases in Iraq."
"During the Iraq war, U.S. troops disarmed MEK and posted guards at its bases
I am fine, buddie! But it is just terrible to think of the US government being involved in cooperation with bunch of a$$ hole terrorists who are known as criminals worldwide.
MEK has no such power to take out the Iraian nuke facilities.
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what does it mean?
*File under 'famous last words'*
Hey, Mr. Mullah, sir...how about your HOUSE??
I am an Iranian student, I am pro-America and pro-Bush but if you want my idea about MKO, I'd say that I'd rather have Mollahs in power than MKOs and their islamic cult
But our aid to the Palestinians is real.
"Since 1993, Palestinians have received more than $1.5 billion in U.S. economic assistance via USAID projects - more than from any other donor country."
Palestinian terrorism, American blood
by Jeff Jacoby
In the past 10 years, 51 Americans have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists.
Persians would rather kiss a Mullahs arse then allow the MEK/MKO to come to power.
The title of the post includes, "Tehran warns facilities indestructible." If you look carefully at the photograph I posted, you'll see roads going into the crater. The crater was made by something we call a "cratering device." A cratering device will destroy any "facility" without damaging the surrounding environment much at all.
Yes, I realize that. I also know that MEK doesn't have B-2 bombers, cruise missiles, or JDAMS.
They also don't have Ground Laser Target Designators (GLTD) II, or man portable GPS targeting systems.
Your government, is your business.
one word: Osirak
interesting link here, by the way. it turns out that iran bombed osirak in the opening days of the iran-iraq war, before the israelis finished the job.
in other words, iran has attempted to take out a nuke reactor in another country before. ironic, huh?
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