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Iran general threatens U.S., claims nuclear arsenal An Iranian general stated last week that Teheran has a nuclear capability and is prepared to wage asymmetrical warfare against the United States. "At present we have manufactured some weapons and acquired nuclear capabilities," Gen. Qassem Shabani was quoted as saying Dec. 28 during a speech to the Qom University. "And America is angry because young Iranians have acquired this technology through their own endeavor." The claim runs counter to U.S. and Western intelligence agencies, which assess that Iran is months or years from having the capability of assembling the components of a nuclear bomb. "In the event of war against America, we must resort to asymmetrical battles," he said. Asymmetric warfare involves using niche military capabilities that would allow a weaker nation to succeed against a stronger power. Nuclear weapons and terrorism fall into that category. "Through a series of programs, America intends to alter the behavior of the authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, because it knows that military attack will not be successful," he said. "If the enemies try to threaten our country's security, we shall deprive them of every security." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
