Iran military says Katrina showed U.S. could be turned into "war zone"
Sun. 11 Sep 2005

Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Sep. 11 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been
following closely the way the United States government has been
handling Hurricane Katrina, and drawing strategic conclusions 
from it.

In remarks that appeared on Ansar-e Hezbollah website on Sunday, a 
top official of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said 
the devastating hurricane had exposed America's vulnerabilities.

"The mismanagement and the mishandling of the acute psychological
problems brought about by Hurricane Katrina clearly showed that others
can, at any given time, create a devastated war-zone in any part of
the U.S.", Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, the official spokesman
of the IRGC, said.

"If the U.S. attacks Iran, each of America's states will face a crisis
the size of Katrina", he said, referring to the massive hurricane
which hit the southern coast of the United States. "The smallest
mistake by America in this regard will result in every single state 
in that country turning into a disaster zone".

"How could the White House, which is impotent in the face of a storm
and a natural disaster, enter a military conflict with the powerful
Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly with the precious experience
that we gained in the eight-year war with Iraq?" he said.

Jazayeri said the hurricane havoc showed that "contrary to public
perception, the strength of America's leadership is like a balloon,
which can easily burst".

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I guess the "revolutionary guards" have forgotten the Bam earthquake,
which struck on Boxing Day, 2003, leaving over 43,000 dead, 20,000
injured and 60,000 homeless (http://www.farsinet.com/bam/)


Ezekiel 38:1 to 6

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Son of man, set thy face
against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,
and prophesy against him,and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal And I
will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring
thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them
clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers
and shields, all of them handling swords: 

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and
helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north
quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. [KJV]


Cheers, Steve..

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