Thursday, April 06, 2006

IRNA: "Defense minister: Iran ready for joint military exercises with regional states"

I have suspected all along that recent Persian military bravado is directed at Arab states as much as it is at the West:
Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad- Najjar said on Thursday that the most significant message of the recently conducted 'Holy Prophet (PBUH)' war game was 'peace and friendship' for the neighboring states.

The Iranian armed forces are ready to conduct any joint military war games with any of the Persian Gulf littoral states to remove any probable misunderstanding and concern, said the minister.

Iran is ready to sign non-aggression pact with the Persian Gulf states to prevent trans-regional powers from misusing current situation in the region, said the minister.
Hmm, "non-aggression pact," now where have I heard that phrase before?

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