Iran says Israel planning attack on neighboring Arab states
Pastor Dale Morgan
Iran says Israel planning attack on neighboring Arab states*
Islamic Republic’s chief of staff says ‘suicidal plan formulated by
Zionists and American neoconservatives will be implemented next summer
to justify extension of US military presence in Iraq’; adds: US national
interests victimized for Zionist devils
Dudi Cohen
Published: 03.31.07, 20:46 / Israel News
Iranian Chief of Staff Gen. Hassan Fayrouz Abadi warned leaders of Arab
countries that Israel is planning to launch a war this summer, the Fars
news agency reported on Saturday.
"Zionists and the Quds (referring to Jerusalem) occupying regime intend
to exercise a suicidal plan next summer, and this suicidal plan of the
Zionists and American neoconservatives, the implementation of which
would start from the occupied Palestinian lands, will not serve the
interests of anyone in the world," the general was quoted by Fars as saying.
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Iran blames nuclear secrecy on US, Israel / Associated Press
Iran says it is withholding information on nuclear program from outside
world for fear of US, Israel attack
"Firstly, I warn the dear leaders and Muslim brothers in the neighboring
countries of the occupied territories that this suicidal attack of the
Zionists is threatening them," he said.
According to the report, the Iranian military official further stated
that the plan intends to “prevent the withdrawal of the US troops from
Iraq and the region and that it will pose a danger primarily to Lebanon,
Syria, Egypt and Jordan and then Saudi Arabia and all other countries in
the region.”
Abadi said it was the “Israeli Zionists” who encouraged the Bush
administration to send troops to the region, adding, "and now that the
US Senate, Congress and people have grown vigilant and realized that the
US’s national interests are victimized for the Zionist devils and urge
withdrawal of US troops from the region, Zionists and neoconservatives
have devised a suicidal operation to justify extension of the mission of
the US troops in the region."
'Iran has no option but to protect its security'
The Iranian chief of staff urged Lebanon to reach an agreement over a
national coalition government in order to help “resist this plot.”
“I warn the Arab brothers in the region that they should increase their
solidarity and unity in defending the Palestinian nation against Israel
and that they should adopt their decision, otherwise tomorrow would be
too late (to take the said actions)," he was quoted as saying.
In a confidential letter obtained last Friday Iran told the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that "warmongering" by Israel
and the US led to the decision to withhold information from the outside
worlds on its nuclear program.
“The United States and the Israeli regime ... Are threatening the use of
force and attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran and have
repeatedly stressed that military action is an option on the table,”
said the letter, signed by Ali Ashgar Soltanieh, Iran's chief delegate
to the IAEA.
"So long as such threats of military action persist, Iran has no option
but (to) protect its security through all means possible, including
protection of information which can facilitate openly stated and
aggressive military objectives of the war mongers."