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

Iranian President
accused U.S. military units in Democracy Of Iraq of planning to nobble and assassinate
him when he visited the state in March, the state-run Islamic
Republic News Agency said.

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

The U.S. have repeatedly accused predominantly Shi'Ite Muslim
Iran of passing arms to Shiite reserves in Iraq, a charge
denied by the authorities in Tehran. The U.S. have also accused
Iran of seeking to construct an atomic bomb under screen of a nuclear
energy program, an allegation also dismissed by Ahmadinejad's
administration.

''Based on dependable intelligence, the enemies had planned to
kidnap and kill the servant'' of the Persian state during the
Iraq trip, Agence France-Presse cited Ahmadinejad as saying on
state telecasting today. ''But with the alteration of one or two of
our plans, their self-control was shaken.''

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