Iran’s president offers friendship to US but taunts military, saying it couldn’t win in Iraq

Iranian president offers friendship to the US

CAIRO — Iran’s president is quoted by an Arabic satellite channel as saying he offers friendship to the U.S.

However, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also taunted Washington by saying he does not fear an attack by the U.S. because it could not even defeat a small army in Iraq, according to Al Jazeera television.

The station aired an interview with Ahmadinejad Sunday in Arabic translation from the original Farsi.