Rafsanjani says US should let Iraqis decide

The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | July 12, 2003 | IRNA

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Rafsanjani says US should let Iraqis decide

Tehran, July 12, IRNA -- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here Friday advised the US to shift its policy in favor of serving masses in Iraq so as to get rid of a `quagmire' that is times bigger and worse than that which trapped it once in Vietnam.

Rafsanjani said in his weekly Friday prayers sermons that if the US is willing to get rid of the quagmire, it should start serving the public so that they would realize they have a say in their country and that security has been restored there.

"They (Americans) know pretty well that if they cede affairs to (Iraqi) people, their (Iraqis') first demand would be their (the US forces') pullout from Iraq," said Rafsanjani, adding that such a significant move in in contrast with Washington's objective for military build up in Iraq.

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[Hilltop]

You meant to write affect.

[Argus]

Somewhere there's a picture of Rafsanjani and his fellow mad mullahs poking the charred remains of an American helicopter pilot from Jimmuh Carter's failed rescue attempt with a stick. Personally, I will be happy when I see Rafsanjani's head on a stick.

[SouthernFreebird]

They are all delusional...there is just no other explaination.

[Akira]

Ahhhhh, yes. Rafsanjani, the man who advocates a nuclear attack on Israel as soon as Iran builds one.

[exit82]

The Iranian mullahs should have been taken out 24 years ago.

Looks like their comeuppance is around the corner.