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Khameini Deputy: "Every One of the U.S.'s 32 Bases in the Region" Is Within Range Of Our Missiles
On January 4, 2009, the Iranian website Khabaronline reported that Hojat-Ol-Eslam Mojtaba Zolnour, representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), had told reporters that "in the event of the slightest aggression against Iran, every one of the U.S.'s 32 bases in the region is within range of Iranian missiles."
Zolnour continued, "It is possible that some enemies are considering a plan for a brief attack on Iran and [its] strategic installations. Iran will not permit such a plan, and in such an event, the entire Iranian nation will defeat the enemies, with one voice and with unity.
"If America wants to examine the chances of such attack, its interests will be in danger in dozens of countries and different parts of the world... Also, militarily speaking, just as the Americans were unable to stop Iranian UAVs [drones] from taking photos and filming a dozen hours of footage of the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf, these UAVs can be armed with military equipment and can attack those fleets, which are considered to be huge targets."
"The American Warships Cannot Deal With Iranian Boats that are Undetectable by Radar"; "Iran Has... Chosen a Strategy of Asymmetric [i.e. Guerilla] Warfare" "The American warships cannot deal with Iranian boats that are undetectable by radar, which if necessary can collectively attack these warships.... The power of surprise attack, mining the sea, missile attack, and Iran's firepower are a small part of the undeniable Iranian military capability. The enemy's awareness [of these capabilities], and, most important, the Iranian nation's spirit of courage, martyrdom, idealism and faith, have prevented [the enemies] from [realizing] such a hopeless attack to this day.
"[After] thoroughly investigating the enemies' strong and weak points, the Islamic Republic of Iran has, with a strategic and realistic view, chosen a strategy of asymmetric [i.e. guerilla] warfare, along with striking at the enemy's weak points and disabling its strong points, in the event of a military threat."
Countries of the Region Won't Cooperate With U.S.
Zolnour dismissed the possibility that the countries in the region would cooperate with the U.S. in an attack, saying that such cooperation "does not exist. They [the countries of the region] are aware that such circumstances [a U.S. attack] will result in America's defeat and withdrawal, while they cannot quit the region and run away – and they would have to accept their responsibility and the outcome of their unwise act.
"The enemies of Iran are well aware of Iran's strong and weak points, and of Iran's superiority. The reason that its borders have never been violated, and that it has been saved from all kinds of threats, is the powerlessness of foreign enemies towards Iran's decisive and crushing response."
"All Gaza Residents, Their Homes, and the Hamas Forces Form a Barricade…"
In further remarks to reporters, Zolnour said: "Just like other zealous Iranians, the IRGC sees the defense and support of the oppressed people of Gaza as a [religious] obligation, and will follow this path, by encouraging assistance to the oppressed people of Gaza and by popular protests against the crimes being committed [against them]."
Stating that Hamas was not fighting like a classic army with conventional arms against the occupier, Zolnour said that Hamas understood the history of defeat of the enemy forces … "All Gaza residents, their homes, and the Hamas forces form a barricade…
"Hamas is deploying a trained force of 80,000 at least, whose members are dispersed among the people – and the most important thing is that the Gaza people's culture of resistance and faith ensures the definitive victory of Islam."
He said that a ground battle "offered the best opportunity for disabling the invading enemy and avenging the martyrs' blood, especially that of the women and defenseless children of Gaza," he added, "Surely Hamas and the people of Gaza are able to withstand the most severe pressure – but they cannot withstand the silence of international organizations, which is harming them the most.
"The shameful and traitorous behavior of the leaders of some Islamic countries, in going along with Islam's primary enemy in the world, is worse than the silence of the international organizations... There is proof and there are witnesses that without such shameful cooperation, the Zionist regime would not dare to commit such an act…"
He concluded by saying that that the reason for the slavish behavior by some Islamic countries' leaders was the U.S.'s 'scare Iran' project and those countries' panic at the spread of revolutionary Islam. |
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