** Iraq officially threatens Israel if U.S. attacks **

World Tribune ^ | Tuesday, December 4, 2001

[Dallas]

NICOSIA — For the first time, Iraq has specifically threatened Israel with retaliation for any U.S.-led campaign against the regime of President Saddam Hussein.

A senior Iraqi diplomat said Saddam has seven million combatants called the Quds Army. The diplomat said Iraq would "swallow Israel up" if his country is attacked.

"The Palestinian cause and liberation of Jerusalem as well as campaign against Israel is a fundamental issue for Iraq, just like many other Islamic states," Iraqi charge d'affaires in Teheran Abdul Sattar Izzeddin Rawi said. The warning came hours after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein convened his defense chiefs on late Sunday. The Iraqi News Agency said the meeting focused on Iraqi preparations for any U.S.-led war against Baghdad.

Last week, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri suggested that Iraq would target Israel. But Sabri did not mention Israel by name. On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said Iraq is prepared for a ground war should the United States attack but did not threaten Israel.

At the same time, Rawi told the official Iranian news agency IRNA that Saddam has sent three messages to the United States and its European allies. The messages warned against any attack on Baghdad.

The diplomat said Kurds in northern Iraq would suffer greatly if they cooperate in any U.S.-led effort to topple Saddam. For a decade, the Kurds have maintained self-rule in the north.

Rawi warned that the United States would not achieve anything in an attack on Iraq. He reiterated Iraq's refusal to allow the return of United Nations weapons inspectors in his country.

[Dallas]

Bill Gates could buy Babylon, and turn into a theme park ?

[Dallas]

Hahhaahaaaa

You're cheering me up.....stop it.

[whadizit]

LOL!! Saddam: Meet Daisy!

[Dallas]

I'm sure we'd make do....

I'm not sure the airfields in Saudi Arabia would be as secure as they were during D.S.

So, it might be better if we didn't even bother launching from there.

[buckalfa]

Great thought, letting Israel cleaning up the Saddam mess for us. They owe us for 53 years of military and economic support.

[Dallas]

We didn't do the "Duck and Cover" bit in the my school, but I have seen the old films of it. Now that's entertainment!

I was the geek in that film wearing the flat-top, and pimples.

[whadizit]

Since when is the sight of 7,000,000 rag-tags with their hands up a scary thought? I know Israel must be quaking in her boots.

[Redcloak]

"Swallow" Israel? Okie-dokie... I'll just file this one next to the "Mother of all Battles" promise.

[ChaseR]

nah....lol GoDallasGo!

[Dallas]

You just aren't watching enough TV....

According to the media, the Publican Guard are fierce flesh-eating monsters that gas Kurdish women & children just for kicks..

The Afghani Mojohodeans are even more vicious. They killed over 30 billion Russians in one day.

[whadizit]

The "Mother of All Wars". HA-ha-ha-hee-hee-hee-ho-ho-ho. Brer Rabbit: "No, no, not Iraq, please anything but Iraq!" ha-ha-ha, he-he-he, ho-ho-ho. "swallow up Israel" - ha-ha-ha-he-he-he-ho-ho-ho! Please, I can't take anymore of your jokes!

[Dallas]

I think even Allah cracks up when Saddam starts talking his trash....

[whadizit]

Sounds like a jolly, fun-loving bunch of good ole' boys! Don't you know the Iraqi people would love for us to dump a load of flesh-eating bacteria on that Pubic Guard!

[Dallas]

America is still buying oil from Iraq.

Surely, he won't stop selling to us if we attack ?.....nahhh

[whadizit]

Allah is probably getting a little weary of bearing responsibility for all the deaths lately! Every now and then, he turns on Saddam for comic relief!!

[whadizit]

One would think if he REALLY, REALLY wanted to do something to us, then he could slip something into that oil. Idea! U.S. destroys his weapons of mass destruction, tells him that since he loves Arafat so much, that Arafat will now share his country and Israel gets land left behind by Arafat, PLO, etc.

[Sawdring]

I would think a world war would be composed of all of the great powers fighting one or more parties. It might start out to be just the super power attacking a minor player but becasue of the hostillities the other powers get dragged in to protect their interests or get a part of the spoils. Redrawing maps the way you want them is a great incentive to winning a war.

The great powers would include: US, Russia, China, and Britain. I suppose France, Japan, Germany could be thrown in there also, but who knows.

[boycott]

This clown has already played this card. Me so scared of jihads. We need to just blow the idiots into their next life.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Think again, Preterist believe the Second Coming has already happened. I don't, as a student of history, I can tell you that the Futurist have it incorrect also. Revelation wasn't written to us, at least not as a warning. It like the rest of the Bible was written for us. There is a huge difference.

How do you reconcile a Futurist view with a signless Second Coming? Christ was very clear as were his disciples that even he didn't know when that day would come, only the Father knew.

[Dallas]

Christ was very clear as were his disciples that even he didn't know when that day would come, only the Father knew.

There's a difference between not knowing the day, nor the hour....juxtaposed with knowing the times, and seasons. (1Thes 5:1-11)