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Outside View: Wes Clark warns Iran
By Claude Salhani
Feb 5, 2007, 15:56 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Gen. Wesley Clark is concerned by Iran`s nuclear ambitions and cautioned the Islamic republic to take U.S. warnings 'very, very seriously.'

In a private conversation with this reporter, the former warrior-turned-politician at the same time admitted being worried by the Bush administration`s strong-arm policies in the Middle East.

'I`m concerned,' said Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe -- SACEUR -- (from 1997 to 2000) and a potential Democratic presidential candidate in the 2008 race for the White House. Clark, who commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War, is worried that the rising tension between the United States and Iran could escalate to a point of no return. As a former soldier who has seen his share of action from Vietnam to Kosovo, Clark is not someone who scares easily.

But the Iranians, too, have reason to be concerned, says Clark. Speaking to United Press International Friday after addressing a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, Clark said that the Iranians should take 'very, very seriously the prospect of air strikes and missile strikes as well as other operations directed against Iran`s nuclear capacities and all other elements of their military power.'

When it comes to war Clark has an advantage over other presidential candidates. He has tasted the ugliness of war; he knows firsthand what it means seeing men -- sometimes boys hardly old enough to shave -- killed in battle.......

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