US attack on Iran would be 'terrible mistake', warns Musharraf

SARAJEVO: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said a possible US attack on Iran would be a "terrible mistake", in an interview published on Friday.

"It will be a terrible mistake if President George Bush orders an attack against Iran," Musharraf told Sarajevo daily Dnevni Avaz ahead of his visit to Bosnia.

"I'm concerned about the possibility that a US attack on Iran would cause turbulence in the region," he said, warning it would spark "radicalism."

The United States wants Iran to suspend a uranium enrichment programme over fears the material could be used for nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists it is only interested in producing energy.

Washington also accuses Iran of aggravating violence in neighbouring Iraq.

Musharraf is to arrive in the capital Sarajevo later today for the first official visit to Bosnia during which he is to meet with the country's leaders.

During the two-day visit, the Pakistani leader is also scheduled to pay respects to victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Some 8,000 unarmed Muslim men and boys were killed in and around the eastern town by Serb forces at the end of Bosnia's 1992-1995 war. The atrocity is the worst in Europe since World War II.

In the interview, Musharraf reiterated accusations against Afghan President Hamid Karzai about Parkistan's lack of readiness to fight terrorism.

Afghan authorities "must stop spreading those bare-faced lies. President Karzai must stop deluding the world," said Musharraf.