Iraqi Spokesman Warns Iran Over 'Stupid' Acts  
11 Jun 1999

Baghdad, 11 Jun (INA -Iraqi News Agency) An official spokesman has 
announced that the Iranian regime carried out a treacherous act of 
aggression against Iraq yesterday evening. The spokesman said: At 2046 
[1646 GMT] yesterday the Iranian regime fired three long-range 
surface-to-surface missiles at a Mojahedin-e Khalq [MKO] camp inside 
Iraqi territory. The spokesman said that this stupid aggressive act 
reminds us of the stupid and shortsighted acts that were practiced 
frequently by the Iranian regime 19 years ago, acts that led to war. 
The spokesman said: At that time--as now--the Tehran rulers deluded 
themselves, believing, according to mistaken calculations and reckless 
illusions, that carrying out continuous aggression against Iraq's 
sovereignty will not meet the appropriate reaction and equal response. As 
is known, they pushed things to a serious situation. 

The spokesman said: This cowardly aggression came after a series of 
terrorist criminal acts committed by the agents of the regime inside 
Iraq, the last of which was the detonation of a booby-trapped car on 
Wednesday 9 June, killing a number of Iraqi citizens and six MKO members. 
The spokesman strongly warned the Iranian regime that committing such 
aggressive acts is a dangerous escalation of the situation, something 
that poses a threat to faithful efforts we made to establish good 
neighborly ties based on mutual respect for sovereignty. 

The spokesman added: This aggressive act raises serious questions about 
the position of the UN Security Council [UNSC], which is supposed, in 
accordance with its resolutions, to be responsible for safeguarding the 
security of Iraq and its sovereignty. It also sheds light on the 
suspicious behavior of the UNSC in stripping Iraq of its defense 
capabilities, which enable it to protect its security and sovereignty 
against the aggression threatening it. 

The spokesman said: We are wondering if the UNSC will act according to 
its responsibilities or will once again deal with its resolutions, which 
entail specific obligations toward Iraq, as a shoe [kahidha'; term used 
to infer that the UNSC treats its resolutions with contempt], as has been 
the case, demonstrated in its shameful behavior toward Iraq in the recent 
past.