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Senior Iranian Official Recommends that Iran Mark London as a Target – In Order to Deter Bush
2008-10-22
Senior Iranian Official Recommends that Iran Mark London as a Target – In Order to Deter Bush from Attacking Iran in Last Months of Presidency

In an October 18, 2008 article on the Iranian website Aftab, Wahid Karimi, director of the Europe and U.S. department in Iran's Foreign Ministry, recommends that Iran mark London as a target, since it is the capital of the country that is the U.S.'s closest ally in Europe. This, says Karimi, would be with the aim of ensuring that the Bush administration does not attack Iran in its final weeks, after the U.S. presidential election next month and before Bush officially leaves office on January 20, 2009. Following are the main points of Karimi's article:
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#7  May I suggest the Finsbury Mosque as ground zero?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-10-22 20:52  

#6  Sorry 'bout the double post. We've been having some computer problems recently.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-10-22 11:59  

#5  Perhaps General_Comment will have some thoughts on this when he pokes his head in.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-10-22 11:58  

#4  Perhaps General_Comment will have some thoughts on this when he pokes his head in.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-10-22 11:58  

#3  Now that Londoners have booted out Red Ken as mayor I for one have more concern for their welfare.
Posted by: Bulldog   2008-10-22 11:54  

#2  seems like that would piss alot of Brits off, or maybe not who knows these days
Posted by: chris   2008-10-22 10:55  

#1  Because, as we all know, terrorism and subversive warfare is a legitimate tool of international relationships, just as "all countries" (wink, wink) have a Legal Right™ to belong to the UNSC. Bizarro wolrd.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-10-22 10:42  

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