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Iranian Terror Group Threatens Retaliation

An Iranian group, claiming its members are dedicated to becoming suicide bombers, is warning the United States and Britain they will strike Coalition military bases in Iraq if Tehran`s nuclear facilities are attacked. Mohammad Ali Samadi, spokesman for "Esteshadion", or Martyrdom Seekers, boasts of having hundreds of potential bombers as he spoke at a seminar on suicide-bombings tactics at Tehran`s Khajeh Nasir University.

Hasan Abbasi, a university instructor and former member of the elite Revolutionary Guards, also spoke, saying Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons as claimed by the United States and some of its allies. He says, "Our martyrdom-seekers are our nuclear weapons." Even so, an Iranian cleric in the possible line of succession for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei recently stated that it was permissable for an Islamic republic to seek atomic weapons.

Samadi says, "With more than 1,000 trained martyrdom-seekers, we are ready to attack the American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran`s nuclear facilities. If they strike, we have a lot of volunteers. Their sensitive places are quiet close to Iranian borders." Samadi reviewed the history of suicide bombing as a weapon, praising it as their most effective tactic in the confrontation of Islamic terrorism with Israel.