Robin Pomeroy: US Plot Allegations Resemble Iraq WMD Claims!

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday US allegations of an Iranian assassination plot resembled its claims of weapons of mass destruction that formed the basis for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and would prove to be equally untrue. Ahmadinejad said Washington had fabricated the plot of an Iranian seeking to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington in order to cause a rift between Tehran and Saudi Arabia and to dominate the oil-rich Gulf. "In the past, the US administration claimed there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They said it so strongly, they offered and presented documentations and everyone said 'yes, we believe in you, we buy it '," Ahmadinejad said in a live interview on Al Jazeera television. "Now is everyone asking them, were those claims true? Did they find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? They fabricated a bunch of papers. Is that a difficult thing to do? "The truth will be revealed ultimately, and there will will be no problem for us at this time," Ahmadinejad said. US President Barack Obama hopes the foiled alleged plot will lead to tighter sanctions against Iran, already under several rounds of UN measures over its nuclear program, and repeated that all options are on the table to deal with the Islamic Republic, a tacit threat of possible military action. When asked whether he thought Iran and the United States were on an inevitable "collision course" towards military conflict, Ahmadinejad replied: "I don't think so. "I think that there are some people in the US administration who want this to happen, but I think there are wise people in the US administration who know they shouldn't do such a thing."