"Any attack on it (Iran) would be seen as an attack on Shi'ites in general"

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR2007021200559_2.html

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Such U.S. intervention in Iran would be a disaster for Iraq, some Shi'ite officials said.

"Any attack on it would be seen as an attack on Shi'ites in general," said another Shi'ite official, who like all those interviewed, requested anonymity.

"Some might want to get involved under the banner of defending Shi'ites. I do not want to be seen as defending the Americans, but each country has its own interests. It is not in ours to turn our country into a battlefield for others."

[LaPera]

1. The United States has a long history in fabricating evidence. Such charges are unacceptable,"

Hosseini told reporters in Tehran.