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Divine wrath will strike down Iraq's occupiers, says Iran's Guards commander.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| May 30, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Tehran, 30 May: An Iranian military chief has invoked historical facts to say that Iraq's occupiers, riding roughshod over Shi'i sanctities, will be struck down by the divine wrath.

"History has shown that the haughty and ignorant bullies, who are unaware of divine blessing to holy graves, will be struck down by the divine wrath and Muslim nations," said head of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps, Rahim-Safavi.

The United States has sent troops as well as tanks into the Iraqi cities of Al-Najaf and Karbala, sparking bloody clashes with forces loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, which have taken their toll also at …

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