- KUWAIT - If Israel were to
attack Syria or Lebanon, Iran would retaliate in an ``astounding and unexpected''
way, Iran's defense minister said in remarks published Saturday.
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- In an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan,
Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani said Iran would not leave its ``strategic ally
Syria'' or Lebanon to face Israeli attacks alone.
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- ``This is very normal and our response would be astounding
and unexpected,'' he said.
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- Shamkhani did not say what form the retaliation might
take, but added that ``not all what is known could be said, and not all
what is said is reported.''
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- Israel has threatened to take action against Syria if
the violence along the Lebanese-Israeli border continues. Syria is the
main power broker in Lebanon, where it stations some 30,000 troops, and
Iran is the principal backer of Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.
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- Lebanese civilians throw stones at Israeli troops on
the other side of the border fence almost daily, sometimes provoking the
soldiers to shoot. In October, Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the border
and kidnapped three Israeli soldiers. Last month, the guerrillas planted
a roadside bomb that killed an Israeli soldier.
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- Iran has built several missiles, including the Shahab-3,
whose reported range of 810 miles is sufficient to reach Israel. The United
States condemned a July test of the missile.
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