Iranian official: plan by Israel to keep US forces in Iraq
Regional-Iran-USA, Politics, 4/2/2007

Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said that the international Zionism and the Israeli government, being supported by American neoconservatists, are determined to implement a new plan in the center of Palestinian occupied territory.

The remark was part of a speech delivered on Saturday at the Armed Forces General Headquarters. He added that such a plan will not be beneficial to any country and urged that the heads of the state and "Muslim brothers of Palestine's neighbors face the serious threat of the Zionists attacks."

"In the first place, neither Lebanon nor Syria, and not even Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia will be immune to the attacks of Zionists," he added.

Firouzabadi said that the plan, which is due to be implemented in the coming summer, aims to prevent withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and the region, given that in addition to exploitation of the regional oil reserves, the incentive for US presence in the Middle East is to support the Israeli Zionists.

He urged that agreement on a national coalition government should soon be reached in Lebanon among its leaders and domestic solidarity should be developed in the country to resist against such conspiracy.

Firouzabadi called on heads of state ofIsrael's neighboring countries to fortify their front in the face of Israel, "defend the oppressed Palestinian nation and take the necessary decisions to thwart the Zionist plan."

Meantime, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Wednesday dismissed rumors that the US had staged wargames in the Persian Gulf. "Based on the IRGC observations in the region over recent days, the US forces have not staged any military exercise," said IRGC navy commander Rear Admiral Tangsiri while denying a US navy commander's claim that the US had launched an unusual and unprecedented wargame in Persian Gulf, involving 100 navy aircraft.
The US officials have also claimed that the US' "unusual" exercise over recent days involved two US aircraft carrier strike groups in the Persian Gulf.

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