Python Fail?

s232# python make.sh
  File "make.sh", line 3
    if [ -r $LIST_FILE ]; then
            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

#!/usr/local/bin/python
import os
os.system('rm -rf object')
for line in file('locale_list'):
	if os.system('./qc ' + line):
		print 'Error occured on compile ' + line
		import sys
		sys.exit(-1)

LIST_FILE='locale_list'

if [ -r $LIST_FILE ]; then

 rm -rdf object
 mkdir object

 while read line;
  do
            echo "$Quest wird umgewandelt"
   ./qc $line > makelog
  done < $LIST_FILE
else
 echo $LIST_FILE' Fehlt!'
fi