Iran: Sharia law on the battlefield?

It's hard to ascertain whether "Mad Mahmud" is speaking literally or figuratively here. From the world's greatest newspaper, the Tehran Times:

The Iranian Army will “cut off the hands of any invader”, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said here on Wednesday.

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