Iran Says It May Pre-empt Attack Against Its Nuclear Facilities

Iran’s defense minister, Vice Adm. Ali Shamkhani, has warned that Iran may resort to pre-emptive strikes to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities.
Admiral Shamkhani made his comments in an interview on Al Jazeera television on Wednesday in response to a question about the possibility of an American or Israeli attack against Iran’s nuclear projects.
“We will not sit to wait for what others will do to us,” he said. “Some military commanders in Iran are convinced that preventive operations which the Americans talk about are not their monopoly. Any nation, if it feels threatened, can resort to that.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/international/middleeast/20iran.html

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