Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said "we do not allow the Americans to remain in the region", IRNA reported. Rafsanjani who is also the head of the Expediency Council said the Americans are lobbying to make the Islamic countries accompany them so that they could remain in the region after the hazardous task they are going to commit (to wage a war on Iraq). "The US representative on Iraq issue who is of the Afghan origin has said the US plans to remain in the region and take control of Iraq for several years," Rafsanjani said adding that the United States seem to ignore the consequences of their dangerous plans.Doesn't sound like Iran is...
Rafsanjani regretted the lack of a strong unity in the Muslim countries. He said it is an undeniable fact that Iraq has created many problems for its neighbors in particular Iran and Kuwait but the Iranians do not tolerate the US ruling Iraq. He said Iran wants Iraq to remain an Islamic country ruled by a government elected by the Iraqi people while its territorial integrity be guaranteed.
Ummm... Thought Iraq was a secular country with a Muslim majority? I guess once you have a Muslim majority, you don't have to worry about the rest, eh?
The Americans are after either getting control of Iraq without a war or taking control of Iraq through a deadly war which brings about very bad effects in the region.
Make up your daggone mind. (You can tell he's got a religious education, can't you?)
He said the US makes an effort to dominate over the energy resources of the region through a war while advising the US leaders to consider this fact that the regional states would not allow them to rob their natural wealth.
If we pay for it, it's not robbery. And while we're on the subject of robbery, how come there's so many more po' folks in Iran than there were when the Shah was in power? Where's the money go?