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01/18/2005 Archived Entry: "Iran Says It Has Military Might to Deter Attack"

Posted by steve @ 08:31 PM EST [Link]

FAMOUS LAST WORDS: I'm already on record stating that the U.S. will not attack Iran because it does not have the political will to do so but I almost want to see a war just to settle the Iranian leadership down. Apparently, according to their defense minister, Iran could easily deter an attack by any country in the world.

"We are able to say that we have strength such that no country can attack us because they do not have precise information about our military capabilities due to our ability to implement flexible strategies," the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted [Defense Minister Ali] Shamkhani as saying Tuesday.

"We can claim that we have rapidly produced equipment that has resulted in the greatest deterrent," he said, without elaborating.

Holy cow, is ex-Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf working for the Iranians now?

Read on.