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Iran Leader Warns U.S. Against Attacking By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 1 minute ago With a U.N. deadline looming for Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment activities, Iran's supreme leader warned the United States on Wednesday that his nation would hit back twice as hard if America attacked its nuclear sites. Even as it threatened to ravage U.S. global interests, Iran sent its top nuclear official to Vienna for talks with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency ahead of a Friday deadline. "The Americans should know that if they invade Iran, their interests around the world would be harmed," supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told workers gathered ahead of May Day, the international workers' holiday, state television reported. "Iran will respond twofold to any attack," Khamenei said. The United States has repeatedly said it has no plans to attack Iran but that all options remain on the table as it pursues a diplomatic solution to Iran's insistence on enriching uranium � a process that can produce fuel for generators or fissile material for nuclear bombs. The Security Council has given Iran until Friday to suspend enrichment. If it does not, the council is likely to consider punitive measures against the Islamic republic. Iran has rejected the ultimatum, but senior negotiator Gholamreza Aghazadeh was discussing the issue in talks Wednesday with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is preparing a report on Iran's compliance with the Security Council demand. In Vienna, diplomats were skeptical of any proposals that Aghazadeh was carrying, saying they were unlikely to alter the negative tone of the IAEA report to the Security Council. Still, one of the diplomats � who demanded anonymity because he was not supposed to be discussing the confidential talks � said the two sides agreed to a second round of talks in the evening after an afternoon meeting attended by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei. The chief U.S. delegate to the IAEA, Gregory L. Schulte, has said he expects a negative report from ElBaradei. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shrugged off the possibility of the council's penalizing Iran. "The enemies could not impose their wrong decision against us under cover of the Security Council and the IAEA," Ahmadinejad said, according to state television. Ahmadinejad said Iran remained committed to negotiations. "We are ready to discuss (the nuclear program) to show that it has not been diverted" to military purposes, the president said. The United States has asked for the Security Council to meet May 3 to discuss how to respond to the report. While the IAEA has found no "smoking gun" proving Iran wants nuclear arms, a series of IAEA reports have revealed worrying clandestine activities such as plutonium processing and documents including drawings of how to mold weapons-grade uranium metal into the shape of a warhead. Iran deepened international concerns by announcing April 11 that it had enriched uranium with 164 centrifuges. It has informed the IAEA that it plans to install 3,000 centrifuges in the last quarter of 2006 and later 54,000 centrifuges for large-scale enrichment of uranium. While tens of thousands of centrifuges need to be running in "cascades" for a full-fledged enrichment programs, experts estimate that Iran could produce enough nuclear material for one bomb if it had at least 1,000 centrifuges working for over a year. On Tuesday, Iran issued its toughest warning on the issue. Nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said that if the Security Council imposes sanctions, Iran would stop cooperating with the IAEA and conceal its nuclear activities. "If you take harsh measures, we will hide this program. If you use the language of force, you should not expect us to act transparently," Larijani said. Iran appears to be drawing strength for its defiance from the evident reluctance of Russia and China to endorse sanctions. The two powers hold vetoes on the Security Council. "We see no alternative to the negotiations process," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday. China has repeatedly urged all parties to show flexibility and pursue a peaceful settlement. ___ Associated Press Writer George Jahn in Vienna, Austria contributed to this report. Copyright � 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Copyright � 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. |
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| Originally posted by Alex Well historically speaking, no one can do shit to North Korea... They live in an area full of mountains, that's why the Korean war ended up turning into trench warfare again. Only way to beat North Korea would be to get into a huge trench war with them, I think the only country that has the manpower to do it is China and I dont think China gives a fuck about North Korea. And if the USA doesnt want to go to war with Iran... CANADA WILL OMGOMGOMG, CANADA SUPER MILITARY POWER HARPER TO WAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!  |
because Alex is getting at the fact that Canada will build up it's military.
you are all fools. The consequence of a war in Iran will not be a defeat and it won't be a ww3 scenario. All what will happen is the US easily defeating the Iranians and the world will hate americans even more.
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| Originally posted by metalgearsolid you are all fools. The consequence of a war in Iran will not be a defeat and it won't be a ww3 scenario. All what will happen is the US easily defeating the Iranians and the world will hate americans even more. |
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| Originally posted by Lepanto what world? |
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| Originally posted by metalgearsolid The world we call planet earth. |
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| Originally posted by Lepanto after a nuclear war? i don't think so. |
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| Originally posted by shaolin_Z Source: Yahoo News |
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| Originally posted by metalgearsolid heh the world is going to end someday so why not soon? |
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| Originally posted by shaolin_Z What the heck is wrong with you? |
Harper is our Prime-Minister.
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| Originally posted by Alex Harper is our Prime-Minister. |
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| Originally posted by Nou Though in my case its more of "lets blow shit up... because its fucking sweet!" |
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