TANCREDO: PRIJETI DA CE BOMBARDIRATI SVETA MUSLIMANSKA MJESTA

     "Ovo pokazuje da mi mislimo o poslu", kaze Bay Buchanan, savjetnik Tancreda. "Nema bolje odmazde koja bi bila tako efektivna kao ova. Ali on je otvoren i spreman za drugačije opcije. Ovo je samo način da se spriječe da nas napadaju".

     U utorak, Tancredo  je upozorio grupu građana savezne države Iowa, da bi drugi teroristički napad izazvao svjetski ekonomski kolaps". IowaPolitics.com je snimila njegove izjave.

     „Ako se pita mene, mi ćemo objasniti da je napad na ovu državu takve prirode, da bi slijedio napadom na sveta mjesta u Meki i Medini", kazao je Tancredo. „To je jedini način gdje mislim da bi se moglo spriječiti nekoga da uradi što inače rade. Ako griješim, uredu, recite mi, i ja bih bio sretan da uradim nešto drugo.  Ali bolje vam je da nađete preventivu, inače ćete naći napad".

     Tom Casey, zamjenik glasnogovornika Stejt dipartmenta, rekao je CNN-ovom Elise Labott da su komentari kongresmena loši i apsolutno ludi.

     Tancredo je bio kritikovan zbog izjave sličnih komentara u 2005.g.

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August 3, 2007

Tancredo: Threaten to bomb Muslim holy sites in retaliation

     WASHINGTON (CNN) - Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo's campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good "deterrent" to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.

"This shows that we mean business," said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. "There's no more effective deterrent than that. But he is open-minded and willing to embrace other options. This is just a means to deter them from attacking us."

On Tuesday, Tancredo warned a group of Iowans that another terrorist attack would "cause a worldwide economic collapse." IowaPolitics.com recorded his comments.

"If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina," Tancredo said. "That is the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they would otherwise do. If I am wrong, fine, tell me, and I would be happy to do something else. But you had better find a deterrent, or you will find an attack."

Tom Casey, a deputy spokesman for the State Department, told CNN's Elise Labott that the congressman's comments were "reprehensible" and "absolutely crazy." Tancredo was widely criticized in 2005 for making a similar suggestion.

-CNN Associate Producer Lauren Kornreich