Iran says won't rule out using oil as weapon - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Iran says won't rule out using oil as weapon
Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:37AM EDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not rule out using oil as
a weapon if the United States resorts to military action
against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program,
an Iranian oil official said in remarks published on
Tuesday.

"When the Americans say that military action in regard
to the nuclear issue has not been put aside, Iran can
also say that it will not put aside oil as a tool," Iran's
OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, told Iran's
Sharq newspaper.

-snip-

"We will not start using this tool (of oil) but if others use
their tools that they have not put aside to put pressure
on negotiations, it is natural that the two sides would
discuss all their tools," Kazempour Ardebili said.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBLA92313520070619

[Double T]

1. Checkmate.

So where the HELL is that great diplomat of all diplomats, condi?

[ClintonTyree]

2. Bushco. and BIG OIL have already beat them to it.

They've already terrorized the American consumer using oil as their weapon of choice to drain America's pocketbooks. Now Iran wants a piece of the action as well? :eyes: Bushco. and BIG OIL don't want anyone else elbowing in on their territory and if they have to start another war to defend their turf, they will.

[Javaman]

3. Those oil guns are tough. nt