- Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday said
that Iran would not hesitate to use its Shihab-3 ballistic missiles if
Israel ventures to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.
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- Asked whether Iran will use the Shihab-3 long range missile
if Israel attacks Iran, the defense minister said that Shihab-3 is "one"
of the weapons.
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- "We will strike Israel with all weapons at our disposal,
if the Zionist regime ventures to do so."
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- Shamkhani was responding to a statement made by Defense
Minister Shaul Mofaz on Israel Radio's Persian-language broadcast last
week, in which he implied that Israel would destroy Iran's nuclear reactors,
as it did with Iraq's in the early 1980s, if it deemed this necessary for
Israel's safety.
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- Senior Iranian army officers and government officials
warned Tuesday that Iran will respond with overwhelming military force
to any Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities
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- "The Zionist regime knows that the armed forces
of the Islamic republic, and especially its air force, have such high capabilities
that if [Israel] carries out a military attack against Iran, it will be
digging its own grave," said the commander of the Iranian Air Force,
General Seyed Reza Pardis, to the Iranian news agency Mehr. Iranian President
Mohammed Khatami, said that Israel would be "swept away" if it
dared to attack Iran.
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- Gary is a Political Analyst specializing in International
Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs. His articles have been
published in numerous publications including La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua
equivalent to the L.A. Times), Pakistan Today, The Kashmir Telegraph, The
Iranian and many more.
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- Copyright © 2003 Gary Fitleberg.
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