US Bunker-Busting Bombs Ready to Go Against Iran

The United States has bunker-busting bombs that can "shut down, set back and destroy" Iran's nuclear program, and the military option has not been taken off the table when it comes to the ongoing negotiations with that country, according to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

"I believe the Iranians know that and understand that," Carter told CNN Friday, stressing that the Obama administration prefers handling the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons potential diplomatically, rather than through military means, "because military action is reversible over time."

The technical name for the powerful weapons Carter referenced is the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which can explode 20 feet underground and destroy deeply buried and fortified targets, and those weapons are ready for use, he said.

Carter's reference to MOPS is the first made about specific military planning against Iran's fortified underground facilities, reports The Jerusalem Post.

At one of the facilities, Fordow, 20 percent enriched medium-grade uranium is produced, and Iran's government insists it will only be used for civilian purposes. However, other countries fear that the uranium could be further enriched to 90 percent, The Post reports, which would be the amount needed to make material that can be weaponized.

Meanwhile, Carter also told CNN on Friday that any deal the United States and its allies make with Iran will include direct inspection of the country's nuclear facilities, as it must be based on verification and not trust.

On Thursday, though, Iran's Supreme Leader --------- Ali Khameni said through Twitter that "unconventional inspection" would not be an acceptable part of the deal:

He also tweeted that he is "neither for nor against the deal."

Carter also indicated in Friday's interview that Iran and North Korea could be working together, as they have collaborated in the past.

"In fact, North Korea worked with Syria, helped it build a reactor... North Korea is a welcome all-comers kind of proliferator," Carter said.

However, he said that Iran doesn't need North Korea "to teach them nuclear physics. They know plenty of it in Iran."

Carter also discussed another U.S. priority in the Middle East: the ongoing fight to contain and control the Islamic State, and said he "would not hesitate" to advise putting boots on the ground, but "we are not at that point yet."

President Barack Obama is open to advice and analysis, Carter said, but that does not mean "when any of us makes a recommendation, he will accept."

But ISIS and al-Qaida are still threats to the United States, said Carter.

"If al-Qaida was the Internet terrorists, these guys (ISIS) are the social media terrorists," he said.

Al-Qaida has been weakened through the past decade of "pounding" by U.S. forces, said Carter, but "they still have a serious preoccupation with direct attacks on the United States."

Source:newsmax

Naona Obama kamtuma Ash Carter kuongea hayo maneno kuhusu Iran ili kuwafurahisha na kuwazuga/kuwatuliza Wahafidhina wa Republican katika Senate na Congress kuhusu msimamo wao juu ya haya makubaliano.

Haku jipya walitumia mabomu haya Afghanistan kutaka kumuua Osama bila mafanikio

Iran lazima ipigwe ili islaer iwe huru kununua maeneo ya waarabu inavyotaka na kukamilisha neno.na kwa sasa duniani kote ni kama vile waislam hawahitajiki kwani ni wa kupigwa tu mpaka masil dajal atakapokuja.
tulishuhudia afrika ya kati wakistro wakiwauwa kinyama waislam na kuhama miji na polisi wakiangalia tu.

Frank Wanjiru said:

Naona Obama kamtuma Ash Carter kuongea hayo maneno kuhusu Iran ili kuwafurahisha na kuwazuga/kuwatuliza Wahafidhina wa Republican katika Senate na Congress kuhusu msimamo wao juu ya haya makubaliano.

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wahafidhina wameshaanza kumchangamkia Obama...
It is undeniable that the version of the nuclear agreement outlined by the Obama administration is far different from the one described by Iran's supreme leader," McCain said in a statement

hapa ndio problem inapoanzia-> Iran wouldn't allow unlimited inspections.

Obama also renewed his complaints about the 47 Republican senators who sent a letter to Iran's leaders saying that any deal the Iranians made with the U.S. wouldn't necessarily hold up after Obama leaves office.

Iran inatafuta kichapo na wanadanganywa Russia itawakingia kifua ngoma ikianza. Mbona wana usanii maana alichosema kiongozi wao ni tofauti na makubaliano yao na Obama.

Talk Talk Talk.....Hizo bunker buster zitapita anga gani? Maana hizi ordance zinabebwa na ndege hasa zile kubwa kidogo km B52 nk lakini ata B52 Ambayo inapaa anga za mbali it s nt worth against Iran air defence system....War planners na wataalam wa pentagon waneona ugumu kuivamia Iran pia ISRAEL ambae hua anavamia tu bila ata ya go ahead ya US mpaka sasa nae kelele tu....So lazima tujue vita dhidi ya IRAN ni mziki mwingine na kinachowaogopesha jamaa wamedili na precision missiles kibao na zingine ni long range missile....So hizi bunker buster ni show off tu ya kuilazimisha Iran wasaini mkataba

MK254 said:

Iran inatafuta kichapo na wanadanganywa Russia itawakingia kifua ngoma ikianza. Mbona wana usanii maana alichosema kiongozi wao ni tofauti na makubaliano yao na Obama.

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Nchi kama Russia haiwezi kuwakingia kifua waarabu. LAbda China. Russia inachukiwa sana na nchi za kiislamu, kwani wanaiona kama ni nchi yenye kuwanyanyasa waislamu. LAbda V. Putin aamue kumweka Rais wa Iran ROuhan kama strategic friend. Read between the lines. utaja gundua hata huu mkakati wa Iran wa Nuclear, umewekwa siri dhidi ya wataalamu wa Kutoka Russia, ambao wanafanyia kazi Tehran.

ofisa said:

Iran lazima ipigwe ili islaer iwe huru kununua maeneo ya waarabu inavyotaka na kukamilisha neno.na kwa sasa duniani kote ni kama vile waislam hawahitajiki kwani ni wa kupigwa tu mpaka masil dajal atakapokuja.
tulishuhudia afrika ya kati wakistro wakiwauwa kinyama waislam na kuhama miji na polisi wakiangalia tu.

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Mkuu africa ya kati waislamu ndo walianzisha chokochoko kwa mgongo wa jihad km ninavoona harufu yake tz,wakadhani watavumiliwa km walivozoea kuwa wakristu wamefundishwa kutolipa kisasi,kilicho wafika huko hawatarudia tena chokochoko ni bora wakakosa hyo pepo wanayoahidiwa wauao au kuuawa kwa jina la allah,

BINARY NO said:

Talk Talk Talk.....Hizo bunker buster zitapita anga gani? Maana hizi ordance zinabebwa na ndege hasa zile kubwa kidogo km B52 nk lakini ata B52 Ambayo inapaa anga za mbali it s nt worth against Iran air defence system....War planners na wataalam wa pentagon waneona ugumu kuivamia Iran pia ISRAEL ambae hua anavamia tu bila ata ya go ahead ya US mpaka sasa nae kelele tu....So lazima tujue vita dhidi ya IRAN ni mziki mwingine na kinachowaogopesha jamaa wamedili na precision missiles kibao na zingine ni long range missile....So hizi bunker buster ni show off tu ya kuilazimisha Iran wasaini mkataba

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Mkuu usicheze na USA. Ile nchi ni nouma.. usipime.. Kwa uchache tunaweza sema pengine Iran iliwahi kuwaza kuishambulia Israel na Israel imewaza kuishambulia Iran..lakini..mpaka leo USA ndio wanawaza kuishambulia Iran na sio Iran inayowaza kuishambulia USA. Unajua ni kwanini?
USA has got military muscle

Iran nnauhakaika wataipiga USA kutokea Amerika ya Kusini ambako walikuwa wanajitengeneza vya kutosha wakati wa Chavez.

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US and its so called allies should stop bluffing.The US think its so easy to Bomb Iran nuclear Facility.Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Facilities would leave the Entire Gulf States Region virtually Uninhabitable,Good-bye Dubai.

Every Spring and Summer, during a period of low pressure over the Persian Gulf, powerful winds known as the “shamals and sharqi,” sweep down from the north and north east into Saudi Arabia, whipping up ever more grains of sand as they head south and south west across the Arabian Desert. Frequently, these sandstorms become gargantuan in size – hundreds of meters high and kilometers wide and in length of dense roiling particulate, choking the lungs of those exposed, blocking out the sun completely and, by the time they are over, burying whole towns, sometimes even large cities like Riyadh, in a meter deep or more of sand.



Picture of Sandstorm hitting Riyadh Saudia 2012.

The wind speeds range from 30 to 300 kilometers per hour, and they generally take a semi-circular route, heading back out to the southern gulf and the remaining Gulf States. Indeed, on an annual basis all of the Gulf States combined – UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, suffer through literally hundreds of such sand and dust storms. And most often the winds driving those sandstorms originate from the north and north east (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and sometimes even Turkey).

Below is a map showing the location of Iran’s nuclear facilities and uranium mines. Now look again at the previous NASA satellite image and note the primary shamal wind direction.


Think “Fukushima x 10
Fukushima is, without question, the world’s worst nuclear disaster to date. In fact, many scientists believe, and with good reason, that the Fukushima incident, which is far from over, is the world’s worst environmental catastrophe.

“While the long-term repercussions of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are yet to be fully assessed, they are far more serious than those pertaining to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine, which resulted in almost one million deaths.

Now imagine several large nuclear reactors (Iran’s Bushehr reactor output, for example, is 1000 megawatts, compared to Fukushima Daiichi’s largest reactor which had an output of 784 megawatts), along with several uranium enrichment plants, and certainly military storage sites and quite likely even uranium mines, all bombed to dust within a matter of days. Moreover, unlike the Fukushima Daiichi reactors which suffered only partial meltdowns with much of the fuel rods and spent fuel storages remaining mostly intact, “all” of Iran’s nuclear fuel would be exploded into the atmosphere. And let us not forget that the US-Israeli military ordinances employed to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities would certainly be tipped with depleted uranium, and very likely would include some mini-nukes.

Indeed, in regards nuclear disasters and environmental catastrophes, Fukushima would absolutely pale in comparison to that caused by the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. The nuclear fallout from such an event would be extreme, to put it mildly. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranians would likely die within the first year of such a strike, while millions more would die within a decade or two of some form of radiation-induced cancer.

And since a significant portion of that nuclear fallout would end up either immediately, or over the course of the next weeks and months in the Arabian Desert, where the winds, year after year, would gather it up along with the particles of sand and dust into gigantic roiling irradiated storms (remember, “hundreds” of such sand and dust storms annually), not a person living anywhere in the Gulf State region would be safe from exposure. The Persian Gulf, too, would soon be so irradiated and toxic and lifeless that it might as well be renamed the New Dead Sea.


Has such absolute insanity infected the minds of the Western powers to such a degree that they actually would attack Iran, and in so doing destroy the entire Gulf State region, further irradiate the entire planet and themselves, and quite possibly set off World War III? Or is it all just smoke-and-mirrors, scare tactics and rhetoric, and saner minds will in fact prevail?

US BLUFFING BLUFFING.

2013 said:

Mkuu usicheze na USA. Ile nchi ni nouma.. usipime.. Kwa uchache tunaweza sema pengine Iran iliwahi kuwaza kuishambulia Israel na Israel imewaza kuishambulia Iran..lakini..mpaka leo USA ndio wanawaza kuishambulia Iran na sio Iran inayowaza kuishambulia USA. Unajua ni kwanini?
USA has got military muscle

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So unakiri marekani ni mchokozi

Elungata said:

So unakiri marekani ni mchokozi

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Iran ndiye mchokozi. Mpaka sasa wameshathibitisha hujuma kuu 7 na nyingine mbalimbali ambazo Iran imezifanya dhidi ya marekani na washirika wake.
Surf yahoo utaona Seven iran'smaster mind.
Iran ndiye mchokozi dhidi ya Israel, USA, Saudis, Iraq plus ngima inayoendelea ya Yemen.
Tena mmezoea kumsingizia mmarekani. Baba yenu wa kiroho-Saudis katamka live bila kumungunya maneno kuwa iran ndiyo inayoihujumu yemen.

if it was decided to launch even a limited strike the U.S. and its allies would risk walking into a trap. One that could easily escalate into a much, much wider conflict.
Ever since the First Gulf War, Iran has viewed Western military intervention in Iraq with a keen interest that has been sharpened by the knowledge that one day it too might face a similar fate.
As a result Iran has spent the past few decades assiduously developing its own defence industry. In that time it has made considerable headway in building up its indigenous weapons technology. To the point where there is now absolutely no comparison between Iran’s defence capability and those of Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
Having watched the opening phase of the First Gulf War, Iran has put special effort into developing an integrated national air defence network. This includes long-range over-the-horizon radars, phased array radar systems and passive radars, which don’t emit radar signals and are therefore immune to anti-radar missiles.
The effectiveness of these systems can be seen in the number of times Iran has brought down U.S. and Israeli drones in recent years. Not only were many state-of-art, like the U.S. RQ-170and an Israeli drone, thought to be the Hermes 900, but having a lower radar signature than most combat jets and cruise missiles their detection also attests to the efficiency of Iran’s radars.
Then we have Iran’s air defence missiles. We know that Iran has at least four Russian made S-300 air defence systems. It is also getting ready to field its own version of Russia’s “game-changer” air defence system, the Bavar 373, which Iran claims is even more formidable than the original S-300.
In addition to its long range air defence systems, which have an effective range of nearly 200kms and are able to track up to 100 airborne targets at once, Iran has also deployed multiple medium range air defence systems. These include the Russian made Tor missile systemand its own locally developed Raad air defence system, which has been compared with the Russian Buk..
Moreover, Iran has also deployed around its cities and nuclear installations shorter range air defence systems. Like the Russian SA-22 Greyhoundand the locally developed Mersad, Ya Zahraand the Herz-9.
Saddam Hussein had nothing like these weapons during the Gulf War.
Nor should we overlook Iran’s naval assets such as its submarines, which would undoubtedly be used against any U.S. Navy vessels in the region, such as its aircraft carriers. Iran has 3 Russian built kilo-class submarines, which are reputed to be some of the quietest submarines in service. It also has 20 or more mini-submarines capable of laying mines and firing torpedoes.

However Iran has been very quiet about its naval trump card, the locally developed Besat submarine, which is about the same size as the Israeli Dolphin andc apable of firing cruise missiles while submerged.
Nor should we forget Iran’s locally developed anti-ship missiles, which have a range of up to 200kms and can be fired from mobile coastal missile launchersor Iran’s own F4s.
All of the aforementioned weapons could be used to close off the Straits of Hormuz, which would have devastating impact on the global economy. This in turn opens the prospect of a more long-standing involvement as amphibious landings might be required to ensure the Straits remained open. Thereby risking a wider escalation of the conflict.
Moreover, none of this takes into account how Iran might retaliate with its surface-to-surface missiles against U.S. bases in the region, including Afghanistan where there are still more than 10,000 U.S. troops based. Or for that matter if it would strike at Israel.
Again Saddam Hussein had nothing like the weapons currently in Iran’s arsenal. The best he had were Russian made Scud missiles which in terms of accuracy, range and destructive power don’t compare with Iran’s indigenously developed cruise and ballistic missiles. Such as the Soumar, which with a range of 2,500 to 3,000 kilometres can easily reach Israel and U.S. bases in the gulf states.
The likely targets of any U.S. strike would not only be heavily defended, they have also been fortified and buried deep underground in anticipation of Western air strikes. So it may take more than a few days to render them inoperable, assuming that Western air power could first overcome Iran’s air defences.
Trouble is the more time involved in neutralising the designated targets the more likely Russia would be to intervene, alongside Iran

2013 said:

Iran ndiye mchokozi. Mpaka sasa wameshathibitisha hujuma kuu 7 na nyingine mbalimbali ambazo Iran imezifanya dhidi ya marekani na washirika wake.
Surf yahoo utaona Seven iran'smaster mind.
Iran ndiye mchokozi dhidi ya Israel, USA, Saudis, Iraq plus ngima inayoendelea ya Yemen.
Tena mmezoea kumsingizia mmarekani. Baba yenu wa kiroho-Saudis katamka live bila kumungunya maneno kuwa iran ndiyo inayoihujumu yemen.

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Kumbe uko kidini zaidi.
achana na hao wehu wa saud,tena sijui unawaunga mkono kivipi halafu unawalaani boko haramu ama al shabab

Iran to launch new submarine soon: Navy commander
By wmw_adminonApril 12, 2015
Introduction — April 11, 2015
Although Iran hasn’t specified what type of submarine will be launched, it will probably be a Besat submarine. Sometimes referred to as a Qaem, the Besat is a medium sized submarine comparable to the Israeli Dolphin.
The first Iranian Besat was launched in 2013 and after undergoing sea trials it entered service earlier this year. A second submarine of this class was scheduled to be launched before the end of this year. So the submarine to be launched soon is likely to be a Besat. Although little publicised, the Besat is thought to be one of the most advanced submarines in Iran’s fleet and is capable of firing cruise missiles as the video from naval exercises in February (below), shows.
Iran to launch new submarine soon: Navy commander
Press TV — April 11, 2015
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Islamic Republic will soon launch a new domestically-manufactured submarine.
Sayyari said Saturday that Iran is also working on a new destroyer and expressed hope that the vessel would join the Navy by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2016).
He added that the new destroyer features a variety of new military equipment and weapons.
In recent years, Iran has made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.
Iran has so far launched different classes of domestically-built advanced submarines including Fateh, Ghadir, Qaem, Nahang, Tareq and Sina.
The Islamic Republic has also manufactured different types of destroyers.
The Iranian Navy launched its first domestically-built destroyer, Jamaran, in the Persian Gulf in February 2010. The 1,420-ton destroyer is equipped with modern radar systems and other electronic warfare capabilities. It also features highly advanced anti-aircraft, anti-surface and anti-subsurface systems.
In March, another domestically-made destroyer, Damavand, officially joined the Navy’s fleet in the Caspian Sea north of the country. The state-of-the-art destroyer is equipped with modern radar, electronic and reconnaissance systems.
Iran has repeatedly assured other nations, especially its neighbors, that its military might poses no threat to other countries, insisting that its defense doctrine is based on deterrence.
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Elungata said:

if it was decided to launch even a limited strike the U.S. and its allies would risk walking into a trap. One that could easily escalate into a much, much wider conflict.
Ever since the First Gulf War, Iran has viewed Western military intervention in Iraq with a keen interest that has been sharpened by the knowledge that one day it too might face a similar fate.
As a result Iran has spent the past few decades assiduously developing its own defence industry. In that time it has made considerable headway in building up its indigenous weapons technology. To the point where there is now absolutely no comparison between Iran’s defence capability and those of Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
Having watched the opening phase of the First Gulf War, Iran has put special effort into developing an integrated national air defence network. This includes long-range over-the-horizon radars, phased array radar systems and passive radars, which don’t emit radar signals and are therefore immune to anti-radar missiles.
The effectiveness of these systems can be seen in the number of times Iran has brought down U.S. and Israeli drones in recent years. Not only were many state-of-art, like the U.S. RQ-170and an Israeli drone, thought to be the Hermes 900, but having a lower radar signature than most combat jets and cruise missiles their detection also attests to the efficiency of Iran’s radars.
Then we have Iran’s air defence missiles. We know that Iran has at least four Russian made S-300 air defence systems. It is also getting ready to field its own version of Russia’s “game-changer” air defence system, the Bavar 373, which Iran claims is even more formidable than the original S-300.
In addition to its long range air defence systems, which have an effective range of nearly 200kms and are able to track up to 100 airborne targets at once, Iran has also deployed multiple medium range air defence systems. These include the Russian made Tor missile systemand its own locally developed Raad air defence system, which has been compared with the Russian Buk..
Moreover, Iran has also deployed around its cities and nuclear installations shorter range air defence systems. Like the Russian SA-22 Greyhoundand the locally developed Mersad, Ya Zahraand the Herz-9.
Saddam Hussein had nothing like these weapons during the Gulf War.
Nor should we overlook Iran’s naval assets such as its submarines, which would undoubtedly be used against any U.S. Navy vessels in the region, such as its aircraft carriers. Iran has 3 Russian built kilo-class submarines, which are reputed to be some of the quietest submarines in service. It also has 20 or more mini-submarines capable of laying mines and firing torpedoes.

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Iran has made it all. But never tested in a real conventonal war. So it will be a shocking story when mistakes arise .

Especially powerful army. Iranian soldiers are so obese.. They enjoy good time.
USA has got Nukes that can turn Iranian soil into ashes.

USA fought numbers of military operations for more than 20 Years. Us army is full of experience,

Iran is still under sanctions. USA army is patrolling preventing Iran from conducting business in the ghulf. Iran never attack those western army. The only thing iran have done so far is to keep bitching.
Don't make an impression that Iran is going to win a
This war. That is delusional.

Cheki statement alizowahi kuzitoa Saddam Hussein kuwatishia Us; lkn alichokipata mwishoni nyie wote ni mashahidi
The Gulf War, February 1991"We will chase [Americans] to every corner at all times. Nohigh tower of steel will protect them against the fire of truth."Saddam Hussein, Baghdad Radio, February 8, 1991"[America] will not be excluded from the operations and explosions of the Arab and Muslim mujahidin and all the honest strugglers in the world."Iraq News Agency, January 30, 1991(State-controlled)"What remains for Bush and his accomplices in crime is to understand that they are personally responsible for their crime. The Iraqi people will pursue them for this crime, even if they leave office and disappear into oblivion. There is no doubt they will understand what we mean if they know what revenge means to the Arabs."Baghdad Radio, February 6, 1991(State-controlled)"Every Iraqi child, woman, and old man knows how to take revenge...They will avenge the pure blood that has been shed no matter how long it takes.Baghdad Domestic Service, February 15, 1991(State-controlled)Iraq Masses Troops Against Kuwait, October 1994"Does [America] realize the meaning of every Iraqi becoming a missile that can cross to countries and cities?"Saddam Hussein, September 29, 1994"[W]hen peoples reach the verge of collective death, they will be able to spread death to all..."Al-Jumhuriyah, October 4, 1994(State-controlled newspaper)"[O]ur striking arm will reach [America, Britain and Saudi Arabia] before they know what hit them."Al-Qadisiyah, October 6, 1994(State-controlled newspaper)"One chemical weapon fired in a moment of despair couldcause the deaths of hundreds of thousands." Al-Quds al-Arabi,October 12, 1994(State-controlled newspaper)Release of UNSCOM Report, April 10, 1995"Although Iraq's options are limited, they exist...Iraq's present state is that of a wounded tiger. Its blow could be painful, even if it is the last blow..."Al-Quds Al-'Arabi, June 9, 1995(State-controlled newspaper)Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996"[The U.S.] should send more coffins to Saudi Arabia, because no one can guess what the future has in store."Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Radio, June 27, 1996Operation Desert Fox, December 1998"If [other Arab nations] persist on pursuing their wrongful path, then we should — or rather we must — place the swords of jihad on their necks..."Saddam Hussein, January 5, 1999"Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner...Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests and exalted values."Saddam Hussein, January 5, 1999"[Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti] blood will light torches, grow aromatic plants, and water the tree of freedom, resistance and victory."Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Radio, January 26, 1999"Whoever continues to be involved in a despicable aggressive war against the people of Iraq as a subservient party must realize that this aggressive act has a dear price."Saddam Hussein, February 16, 1999"What is required now is to deal strong blows to U.S. and British interests. These blows should be strong enough to make them feel that their interests are indeed threatened not only by words but also in deeds."Al-Qadisiyah, February 27, 1999(State-controlled newspaper)U.S.S. Cole Bombing, October 12, 2000"[Iraqis] should intensify struggle and jihad in all fields and by all means..."Iraq TV, October 22, 2000(State-controlled)The Attacks of September 11"The United States reaps the thorns its rulers have planted in the world."Saddam Hussein, September 12, 2001"The real perpetrators [of September 11] are within the collapsed buildings."Alif-Ba, September 11, 2002(State-controlled newspaper)"[September 11 was] God's punishment."Al-Iktisadi, September 11, 2002(State-controlled newspaper)"If the attacks of September 11 cost the lives of 3,000 civilians, how much will the size of losses in 50 states within 100 cities if it were attacked in the same way in which New York and Washington were? What would happen if hundreds of planes attacked American cities?"Al-Rafidayn, September 11, 2002(State-controlled newspaper)"The simple truth [about September 11] is that America burned itself and now tries to burn the world."Alif-Ba, September 11, 2002(State-controlled magazine)"t is possible to turn to biological attack, where a small can, not bigger than the size of a hand, can be used to release viruses that affect everything..."Babil, September 20, 2001(State-controlled newspaper)"The United States must get a taste of its own poison..."Babil, October 8, 2001
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/oct2002/a101802a.html