“The Americans are stuck in Iraq and have no way out. They are like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.”

— Ali Khamenei

The Americans in Iraq are 'like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.' http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2059.htm May 2004. <br class="br">2004

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