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Iran Warns U.S. It Better Not Attack (Iranian Leader-U.S. Attack on Iran Would Be 'Suicide')
AP | 6/04/03

Posted on 06/04/2003 4:43:41 AM PDT by kattracks

TEHRAN, Iran June 4

Anyone who invades Iran would be committing suicide, Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday, following the G-8 summit's warning that the world would not tolerate an Iranian nuclear bomb.

U.S. officials have accused Iran of harboring senior al-Qaida figures and strongly suspect it is secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program, raising fears in Iran of punitive measures.

"U.S. threats are not new," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told tens of thousands of people who had assembled for the 14th anniversary of the death of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founding father of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran says its nuclear development is solely to produce electricity and that its uranium enrichment is to provide fuel for reactors, not bombs.

Leaders of the world's eight industrialized nations ended a meeting in Evian, France, on Monday with a statement that said: "We will not ignore the proliferation implications of Iran's advanced nuclear program."

The statement said the world could work to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons with tools such as inspections and "other measures ... in accordance with international law."

One U.S. official in Washington said "other measures" was code for use of force. But another U.S. official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, played down that interpretation and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Bush had told the G-8 leaders there was no foundation to speculation that the United States might attack Iran.

Khamenei did not mention the G-8 statement or Iran's nuclear program when he addressed the crowd outside the shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini in south Tehran on Wednesday.

"A military attack against Iran a great nation with youth ready to defend their country would be suicide for the attacker," he said.

"The Iranian nation knows, and the enemy should also know, that the authorities of the Islamic republic will not subject, or push, the country toward war with anybody. We don't welcome war," Khamenei said.

"But if somebody chooses to go to war against our country, this nation will confront it strongly and resolutely," he said.

The crowd responded with chants of "We sacrifice our blood for our leader."

Khamenei took issue with the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, Iran's western neighbor, and U.S. allegations that Iran has been stoking anti-U.S. demonstrations among Iraq's fellow Muslim Shiites.

"(Former Iraqi President) Saddam (Hussein) was a dictator, and you are also a dictator because you don't allow the Iraqi people to decide for themselves. Don't blame Iran. If you are concerned about Iran's influence in Iraq, we are concerned about your occupation of Iraq. Who gave you the right to appoint rulers for Iraq?," he asked.

Khamenei also rejected U.S. allegations on al-Qaida.

"They say Iran is supporting terrorists and giving shelter to them. This is a shameless lie. Iran doesn't support terrorists nor does it shelter them," he said.

Iran says its policy is to arrest al-Qaida members and deport them to their country of origin. It has refused to reveal the names of the members it is currently holding, saying it has not yet identified them.




TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; southasia; southasialist
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1 posted on 06/04/2003 4:43:41 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Anyone who invades Iran would be committing suicide, Iran's supreme leader said

So, now we know where bagdag bill is working.

2 posted on 06/04/2003 4:45:21 AM PDT by 2timothy3.16
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To: 2timothy3.16
At the gates of Tehran, no less.
3 posted on 06/04/2003 4:46:52 AM PDT by rabidralph (Just another friendly conservative.)
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To: kattracks
Sorry pal joke's over, we have a real Commander-In-Chief again.
4 posted on 06/04/2003 4:48:27 AM PDT by Trueblackman
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To: kattracks
Anyone who invades Iran would be committing suicide

We had baghdad bob, now we're getting tehran tim.

5 posted on 06/04/2003 4:49:34 AM PDT by glockmeister40
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To: kattracks
Anyone who invades (insert country here) would be committing suicide

Didn't we hear this same noise in Gulf 1, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Gulf 2?

These guys need a new speech writer.

6 posted on 06/04/2003 4:50:10 AM PDT by Pistolshot
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Oh, for Christ's sake! What do the Iranian mullahs think of exactly, is going to induce the United States into suicide? Our complete and total victory over their incompetent and man buttocks loving military? Jeeeze!
7 posted on 06/04/2003 4:51:22 AM PDT by Ajnin
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To: Trueblackman
"Sorry pal joke's over, we have a real Commander-In-Chief again."

Humph! Better to say "Sorry pal the joke's out of office, we have..."
8 posted on 06/04/2003 4:51:24 AM PDT by el_texicano
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To: el_texicano
Okay Okay it is still early morning at work and I am still trying to wake up.
9 posted on 06/04/2003 4:55:04 AM PDT by Trueblackman
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To: 2timothy3.16
(Yawn). Like we haven't heard this before.
10 posted on 06/04/2003 4:55:08 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: *southasia_list
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11 posted on 06/04/2003 4:56:57 AM PDT by Free the USA (Stooge for the Rich)
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To: kattracks
IranIraq Warns U.S. It Better Not Attack (Iranian Iraqi Leader-U.S. Attack on Iran Iraq Would Be 'Suicide')

*YAWN*

Sandmaggots from an alternate universe.

12 posted on 06/04/2003 4:58:56 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
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"A military attack against Iran a great nation with youth ready to defend their country would be suicide for the attacker," he said.

And this will be the mother-in-law of all battles, he continued.

13 posted on 06/04/2003 5:01:49 AM PDT by JimVT
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To: kattracks
Anyone who invades Iran would be committing suicide

"You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means."


14 posted on 06/04/2003 5:02:08 AM PDT by Gamecock (What was that noise?)
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To: kattracks
"They say Iran is supporting terrorists and giving shelter to them. This is a shameless lie. Iran doesn't support terrorists nor does it shelter them,"

We do, however, manage their 401K.

15 posted on 06/04/2003 5:06:38 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: kattracks
The sandturds don't learn anything. Shock and Awe is real and we much prefer it to 'suicide' on the gates of their cities.

Semper Fi,
16 posted on 06/04/2003 5:16:47 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
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To: kattracks
The crowd responded with chants of "We sacrifice our blood for our leader."

Non-scripted of course.

17 posted on 06/04/2003 5:20:40 AM PDT by b4its2late (The only benefit of Alzheimers - meeting new people everyday.)
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To: kattracks
Oh,no! We've done it now! The Assaholeah is mad enough to raise his voice. We've just sealed our doom as a nation!
19 posted on 06/04/2003 5:30:47 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: kattracks
Let me guess...they are going to throw their shoes at us.
20 posted on 06/04/2003 5:32:15 AM PDT by doodad
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