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Iran Commander Says US Dead Now Over 10,000
IRGC Commander - US, Israel Not In Position To Attack
Iran 11-25-4
- TEHRAN (IRNA) - Commander
of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Rahim Safavi
said on Wednesday that the US and Israel are not in a position to launch
a military attack on Iran.
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- He told a press conference on the sidelines of a large
military exercise of one hundred thousand Basij (volunteer forces) that
it would be foolish if the US opted for military confrontation with
Iran.
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- "The US has been trapped in Iraq and Washington's
Middle East warship ran aground in Iraq and Falluja," he said. Safavi
said that the US has embarked on a psychological warfare against Iran
and the US threats are not serious for the Basij.
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- Major General Safavi said that the US CASUALTIES in
Iraq exceeded 10,600 DEAD, and according to some figures it stood at
14,000 dead which accounted for 10 percent of the American
soldiers.
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- "Will the American people accept such a high
percentage of casualties?," he asked.
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- On the detrimental impacts of US presence to the Iraqi
people, Safavi said that the US army brought neither peace nor democracy
for the Iraqi people. Neither did it bring progress and welfare to Iraq,
he added.
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- "They killed or wounded 100,000 Iraqi people," Safavi
pointed out. Elaborating on Iranian defense strategy, he said that
Iranian defense strategy focuses on deterrence to foreign aggression.
Of
- course, the armed forces are responsible for
multilateral defense of the country.
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- "If the enemy opts for causing trouble to Iran, it
will be dealt with in kind," Safavi said. He said that the Basij has
formed 2,500 battalions which are well-prepared to defend the country
under command of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and in
cooperation with the Army of
- the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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