August 18, 2002

hardliners in iran want to down us jets

Tim Judah for Observer: "But a taxi driver, who asked to remain anonymous, snarled angrily that the Iranian government was right to fear that it was the next US target, and that in that case 'people are saying, "maybe a few hundred will get killed but at least we'll get rid of the mullahs", and people would be happy about that. Yes, they are next and everyone is very happy about it.'" Posted by hoder at August 18, 2002 12:02 AM