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Iraq "will defeat US attack", may fire missiles at Israel
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES ^
| November 29
Posted on 11/29/2001 11:01:25 PM PST by BERZERKER
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan has warned Washington his country would repulse a US attack and hinted that, in the event of such a strike, Iraq could fire missiles at Israel.
"Any unjust aggression to be carried out by the American administration will bring evil consequences on America," Ramadan said in an interview in Baghdad with the Qatari satellite channel Al-Jazeera yesterday.
He was responding to Monday's comments by US President George W Bush who warned Iraq of consequences if it produced weapons of mass destruction. Bush said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should allow UN arms inspectors to return "to prove to the world he's not developing weapons of mass destruction."
Asked what would happen if Saddam refused, Bush replied: "He'll find out."
Conservatives within the Bush administration have reportedly been urging the president to extend the anti-terroism campaign to Iraq after the war in Afghanistan has finished.
Ramadan said Iraq expected a US attack but would not regard it as anything new. "The aggression is going on, the blockade is comprehensive and devastating," he said, referring to the UN sanctions imposed since Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
The embargo has had a crippling effect on the Iraqi economy and caused shortages for the population.
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posted on
11/29/2001 11:01:25 PM PST
by
BERZERKER
To: BERZERKER
Iraqi death wish.
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posted on
11/29/2001 11:02:58 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: BERZERKER
Iraq "will defeat US attack", may fire missiles at Israel
You mean like the Taliban said they would defeat the US?
Confucious say: bratty child don't talk big to man holding mini gun.
To: BERZERKER
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Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan has warned Washington his country would repulse a US attack and hinted that, in the event of such a strike, Iraq could fire missiles at Israel. "
If I am not mistaken, that is what happened last time we swept the Kuwaiti sands clean of four elite Republican Guard divisions.
[Then Barry McCaffrey dispatched them as they fled to Basrah.]
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posted on
11/29/2001 11:13:07 PM PST
by
VaBthang4
To: BERZERKER
Iraq could fire missiles at Israel Methinks Israel could fire more than a few back at Iraq.
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posted on
11/29/2001 11:14:35 PM PST
by
Nogbad
To: GeronL
IRAQ IS DEAD MEAT.
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posted on
11/29/2001 11:18:12 PM PST
by
BERZERKER
To: BERZERKER
didn't israel say, a few weeks ago, that they can take care of themselves if iraq threatens them? i'm sure saddam has a much smaller army & less equiptment than last time; piece of cake!
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To: nuclear_spy
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To: BERZERKER
The embargo has had a crippling effect on the Iraqi economy and caused shortages for the population. But, ol' Saddam has been able to rebuild 27 palaces so he can live in a new place every two weeks of the year!
To: BERZERKER
Anyone remember when Saddam was going to "fight for a thousand years"?
To: BERZERKER
Iraq "will defeat US attack" That sounds familiar.
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posted on
11/30/2001 3:45:35 AM PST
by
careyb
To: BERZERKER
This seems like deja vu.
To: NC Conservative
Our friends from Bombay generally know more and fear more than any other earthlings. Every article and tidbit from them has been doom and gloom. Eventually baseless. >>>> Info-tainment at it's best.
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posted on
11/30/2001 4:21:17 AM PST
by
Broker
To: BERZERKER
So let me get this straight. We attack Iraq then they in return attack Israel instead of retuning fire on us? Wow what brave soldiers. Iraq has some serious losses ahead of them.
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posted on
11/30/2001 4:22:57 AM PST
by
Mixer
To: BERZERKER
Israel may fire missiles back.
To: BERZERKER
Those guys always have an incorrect attitude. Maybe we should just let them be...
To: BERZERKER
Turn the Israelis loose this time and see how many missles they get off. Iraq is the proverbial bullfighter waving his red cape in front of an angry bull. Any regime this foolish deserves whatever they gey. Bombs away!
To: BERZERKER
Try this stunt and we will rock their world. So will Israel!
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posted on
11/30/2001 4:26:15 AM PST
by
dennisw
To: BERZERKER
IRAQ IS DEAD MEAT.Makes me wonder if the Babylon in Revelation is the actual instead of figutative one. "Gone in one hour......"
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posted on
11/30/2001 4:31:35 AM PST
by
stboz
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