Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: US Will Pay Heavy Price


Al-Manar

"Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Wednesday that Washington would pay a heavy price for supporting the repression of people in Bahrain, the Middle East and North Africa.

DISPATCHING TROOPS CARRIED OUT WITH US SUPPORT

General Yadollah Javani, a Guards deputy commander in charge of political affairs, said on Wednesday that Washington will pay a heavy price for supporting the policies of repression against the Bahraini nation.

"Dispatching troops by Saudi Arabia and the UAE into Bahrain has been carried out with the support and coordination of the United States," General Javani said, in remarks published by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

"The escalation of protests in Bahrain endangers the interests of Washington," he said, before adding that the United States will lose an "important base" in the region if the Bahraini dynasty is overthrown.....

BAHRAIN MADE STRATEGIC MISTAKE

Meanwhile, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Bahrain had made a "strategic mistake" in asking Gulf troops to help quell pro-democracy protests. He told the official IRNA news agency the Gulf kingdom had committed a "strategic and political" blunder that would cost its "legitimacy."

"Such actions will increase tensions and undermine regional stability and security. And if such inconsiderate and illegal actions become routine, the region will become a hotbed of hostility and conflict," Vahidi said."

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