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07/20/2004:

"Iraq Says It Will Hit at Countries Backing Rebels"

NY Times/Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq is ready to retaliate against countries it accuses of supporting violence wracking the country, the country's defense minister warned Tuesday.

Hazim al-Shaalan mentioned no countries by name but accused old foe Iran of ``blatant interference.'' Iraq has also complained in the past about guerrilla fighters entering the country from Syria.

``We are prepared to move the arena of the attacks on Iraq's honor and its rights to those countries,'' he was quoted as saying by the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.full article