Posted on 08/19/2010 6:40:33 PM PDT by nuconvert
The head of the operations department of Irans armed forces, Ali Shadmani, says Tehran has three contingency plans in place to confront any possible aggression against the country. He said implementing any of the plans would undoubtedly bring the countrys enemy to its knees.
Closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz and taking it fully under Irans control would be the first measure, he said.
The second measure, he said, would deal with U.S. troops based in neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We are closely monitoring the U.S. forces bases in Afghanistan and Iraq," Shadmani said in comments posted on the Tabnak website. "Therefore, if they take any measures against our country, we will paralyze the forces in these bases and will not let them make any moves."
And the third measure Iran would take in case of attack, according to Shadmani?
"Israel is the U.S.A.'s backyard. Therefore, we will destroy the peace at that backyard," he said. "The U.S.A. and Israel know very well that we are capable of doing so."
The comments come amid speculation about a possible Israeli attack against Irans suspect nuclear facilities.
"The Atlantic," a respected U.S. magazine, reports in its latest edition that the odds of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities within the next year have risen to above 50 percent.
Good luck!
The Saudis have Israelis on the ground....off loading lots...
All the others are but the means for accomplishing the end you describe. That end is also the reason that all the Gulf States and probably Iraq will be involved in the conflict.
That coalition already has the plans to accomplish the mission of destroying Iran.
Think about it: this is what these religious psychopaths are threatening when they ARE NOT YET a nuclear power.
Imagine what they will threaten when they are.
History will never forgive George W Bush. It was his to stop, in time and early.
“History will never forgive George W Bush. It was his to stop, in time and early.”
Every president in the past 30yrs shares responsibility for the existence of this terrorist regime.
All the others are but the means for accomplishing the end you describe. That end is also the reason that all the Gulf States and probably Iraq will be involved in the conflict.
That coalition already has the plans to accomplish the mission of destroying Iran.
We can only hope...Hope that someone with the courage to make it happen will come forward SOON. Or that the Regime in Iran topples under it’s own weight before that becomes irrevocably necessary.
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