Friday, 20 June 2008

Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Planned to Kidnap, Murder Him in Iraq

Camilla Hall
Bloomberg News
Thursday, June 19, 2008

June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused U.S. forces in Iraq of planning to kidnap and assassinate him when he visited the country in March, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said.

Ahmadinejad, 51, refused to reside in Baghdad's Green Zone, protected by U.S. forces, the news agency cited the president as saying during a seminar today. According to reliable information, they intended to detain and kill him, IRNA cited Ahmadinejad as saying.
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