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Iraq says it can resist any US attack
Iraq is confident it can resist any US attack launched in a future phase of Washington`s war on terror, Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said on Saturday.
Iraq is confident it can resist any US attack launched in a future phase of Washington's war on terror, Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said on Saturday.
The United States has ... committed many aggressions against many countries in different cases and without any justification," he told reporters when asked about the possibility of a US strike on Iraq.
"If they want to attack Iraq again, that will be their own decision. But this (attack) will be rejected by the whole world because it (would be) unjustified, it (would be) illegitimate and there is no reason for (it).
"We are confident of our capability to resist any kind of aggression," he added.
In an interview with the Washington Post published on Friday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the military success of the US-led war on terror in Afghanistan did not assure a similar victory elsewhere, particularly Iraq.
Powell said the differences between the Taliban regime and that of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein were vast, and warned that expanding the war to Iraq, as some hawks in Washington are advocating, would require a completely different strategy.
Iraq and Afghanistan are "two different countries with two different regimes, two different military capabilities," he said.
Aziz, asked about France's avowed opposition to a strike on Iraq as part of the US-led anti-terror campaign, said many countries did not share Washington's enthusiasm for military action. Bureau Report
The United States has ... committed many aggressions against many countries in different cases and without any justification," he told reporters when asked about the possibility of a US strike on Iraq.
"If they want to attack Iraq again, that will be their own decision. But this (attack) will be rejected by the whole world because it (would be) unjustified, it (would be) illegitimate and there is no reason for (it).
"We are confident of our capability to resist any kind of aggression," he added.
In an interview with the Washington Post published on Friday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the military success of the US-led war on terror in Afghanistan did not assure a similar victory elsewhere, particularly Iraq.
Powell said the differences between the Taliban regime and that of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein were vast, and warned that expanding the war to Iraq, as some hawks in Washington are advocating, would require a completely different strategy.
Iraq and Afghanistan are "two different countries with two different regimes, two different military capabilities," he said.
Aziz, asked about France's avowed opposition to a strike on Iraq as part of the US-led anti-terror campaign, said many countries did not share Washington's enthusiasm for military action. Bureau Report