When in doubt about a course of action, always kill the jews first
Iran will hit Israel if US does "evil": agency
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Israel will be Iran's first target in response to any "evil" act by the United States, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday.
"We have announced that wherever America does something evil, the first place that we target will be Israel," Revolutionary Guards Rear Admiral Mohammad-Ebrahim Dehqani was quoted as saying by Iran's student news agency ISNA.
Oil climbs above $74 on Iran, fund-buying
By Barbara LewisLONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose above $74 a barrel on Tuesday, pushed higher by persistent fears about supply disruption, especially from Iran, and aggressive fund-buying across the commodities sector.
U.S. light, sweet crude rose 54 cents to $74.24 a barrel by 1045 GMT, while London Brent crude gained 45 cents to $74.34.
Both contracts climbed more than $1.80 a barrel on Monday.
Prices are close to the record high of $75.35 for U.S. crude touched in April, which was largely driven by concern Iran's ongoing stand-off with the West over its nuclear program could lead to disruption of its oil output.U.N. ambassadors from the United States, Britain and France are expected this week to introduce a Security Council resolution to make Iran, the world's fourth biggest oil exporter, comply with demands to halt uranium enrichment.
Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said on Tuesday there was "some possibility" of a U.S. attack on his country over its nuclear weapons program.
He also warned crude oil prices could exceed $100 a barrel by winter as supplies cannot be increased in the short term.
hmmm I wonder what else they could be saying...
Iran hits out at 'dangerous' US
Iran has strongly criticised the US at the United Nations, accusing Washington of threatening to launch a military strike against its nuclear facilities.
In a letter delivered to Secretary General Kofi Annan, Iran said the US was "openly" planning to attack Iran in breach of international law.
Officials from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council will discuss Iran in Paris on Tuesday.
Iran has resisted calls by the UN for it to suspend uranium enrichment.
The rhetoric between the US and Iran has become more heated following the UN nuclear watchdog's report on Friday which found Tehran had not complied with a UN demand to end uranium enrichment, says the BBC's Laura Trevelyan at the UN.
Tehran insists it has the right to a peaceful nuclear energy programme, although the US suspects it is trying to develop atomic weapons.
'Illegitimate'
In the letter to Mr Annan, Iran's ambassador to the UN criticised US President George W Bush, who has refused to rule out even a nuclear strike on Iranian targets.
US rhetoric amounted to "illegitimate and open threats to use force against the Islamic Republic of Iran," the letter said.
"These are in obvious contravention of international rules and the principles of the United Nations."
The letter referred specifically to a report in the New Yorker by journalist Seymour Hersh, which suggested US military planners were considering a "bunker-busting" nuclear strike.
Mr Bush has refused to rule out military action, but has repeatedly insisted that the dispute should be resolved diplomatically.
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ENOUGH ! Every single person on the planet can write the ending to this story ...
1) We or Israel stike with conventional attacks and some shocking special forces actions, after a year or more of blathering about for history's sake
2) Iran goes berserk with Hizbollah against Israel, launches missiles against Israel, attacks our men in Iraq directly, goes after Abqaiq and Ras Tanura, and attemtps to sink US 5th fleet ships including swarming missile atttacks against Manama, and attempts to close the straits of Hormuz using their russian built, deadly silent Kilo class subs and mines. We lose ships, but both subs are killed.
3) We initiate stronger action against leadership positions. The IDF invades Lebanon. Muqtadr el Sadr sides openly with Iran and major US forces move against him
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The firebreak, and branchpoint ...
4) Iran strikes Israel with massive (50+) missile borne, and guerilla suicide chemical and biological weapons, Israel responds with a massive nuclear retaliatory attack against military targets and population centers in Iran. Millions die. Diseases unleashed kill thousands of jews in overburdened but still functioning hospitals, but spread to the west bank where over a million eventually die. Jews are blamed for not offering care to the dying palestinians.
5)Hizbollah attacks simultaneously in the USA with dirty nukes and chemical weapons, tens of thousands die, and 2 or 3 city cores become uninhabitable for years..
The Security Council condemns Israel and the US vetoes.
KSA refuses to take part in an oil embargo. Al Qaeda launches massive attacks against the Al Saud in retaliation. We move 3 more Marine Amphibious units close to the coast, but do not intervene.
6) The democratic party demands an investigation as to why Bush waited so long to attack, so as to allow Iran so much time to prepare their horrfying response.
7) Radioactive fallout renders millions of acres arable farmland unusable in tens of nations
8) The US offers a marshall plan for a recovering Iran
9) Mubarak's son elected president of Egypt
10) Total of France offers to be caretaker on operating the oil platforms formerly controlled by the mullahs in the Persian Gulf, China claims it has the contracts
Have I missed anything?
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