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| Iran president says Israel would not dare attack |
| 2007-01-17 |
| Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes neither Israel nor the United States would dare attack the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, a Spanish newspaper quoted him on Wednesday as saying. The Iranian president was responding to a question about an article in Britain's Sunday Times on January 7 that said Israel had secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. "They well know the power of the Iranian people. I don't think they would ever dare to attack us, neither them nor their masters. They won't do such a stupid thing," Ahmadinejad told El Mundo during a visit to Nicaragua, referring to Israel. Conservative Iranian leaders, such as Ahmadinejad, see Israel as a stooge of the United States in the Middle East. Iran does not recognize Israel and Ahmadinejad has previously called for it to be "wiped off the map." "That regime wants to hurt the Iranian people. They have many dreams but they are not all powerful," said the Iranian leader. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, echoed the president's comments in Tehran when asked about the possibility of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. "We have considered all the options and don't take these things that they say too seriously. They have enough brains not to carry out such mindless acts," Larijani was quoted as saying by Iran's official IRNA news agency on Wednesday. Israel has refused to rule out pre-emptive military action against Iran on the lines of its 1981 air strike against an atomic reactor in Iraq, although many analysts believe Iran's nuclear facilities are too much for Israel to destroy alone. Asked about whether he wants to see Israel destroyed, Ahmadinejad avoided a direct answer, but seemed to refer to an earlier statement in which had said that Israel would be wiped out "just as the Soviet Union was wiped out." "Where is the Soviet Union?" he told El Mundo, "It has disappeared." The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously last month to impose sanctions on Iran to try to stop its uranium enrichment program, which Tehran insists is peaceful. The United States, which suspects Iran hopes to develop nuclear weapons, says it wants a diplomatic solution to the deadlock but military force remains an option. Israel has said it will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 WOT > the greatest or ultimate battlefield is to be fought within the halls of the US Congress-NPE. The Dems are deliber allowing Dubya to do what he + Admin want to do vv Radical Iran - bwtn now and 2008, Dubya-GOP MUST get the blame for any new 9-11/Amer Hisroshima. WOT > LEFT > between FASCIST = LIMITED COMMUNISM-GOVT-ism; vz FULL COMMUNISM-GOVT-ism, LIMITED TOTALITARIANISM vz FULL. DUBYA'S MSM/PERT-verified "FAILURES" goes to the OVERT/PUBLIC JUSTIFICATION OF "FULL", i.e. why AMER MUST BE SOCIALIST WID GUBMINT IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING; WHY ANY AMER/DOMESTIC SOCIALISM MUST BE ANTI-AMERICAN, and WHY AMERICA MUST GIVE UP SOVEREIGNTY + CONTROL OF ENDOWMENTS TO A OWG =WORLD GOVERNING COALITION PC/DENIABLY DOMINATED BY RUSSIA-CHINA. MSM > "America must be controlled", "Amer must be constrained", "The World must be protected from Bully/Imperialist America", etal. WHY FASCIST AUTHORITARIANISM MUST JUSTIFIABLY SURRENDER TO COMMIE TOTALITARIANISM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-17 21:20 |
| #8 Mahmoud Ahmadiisnutz has no clue... Piss off the Israleis, and you could be in a whole world of hurt. Add to that the points about Olmert's troubles re: "personal issues" ading fuel to the fire... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2007-01-17 18:49 |
| #7 Of course, if Kadima was talking about removing him from the party rolls because the investigation reached a certain point, Olmert might just try a Clinton move : bomb someone to distract attention from him. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-01-17 16:34 |
| #6 Actually, with Olmert as PM of Israel, Ahmadinejad is correct. But with the investigations of him proceeding, Olmert may not be PM for much longer. That would change a lot on the Israeli side. As for a US attack, it has not been taken off the table and therefore remains as a known alternative. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-01-17 16:32 |
| #5 I prefer to see it as normal delusional thinking.. It doesn't mean a damn thing... even if they claim it does. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-01-17 16:27 |
| #4 They have enough brains not to carry out such mindless acts," In MuzSpeek this is an offer to talk. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-17 16:22 |
| #3 I triple-dog dare ya! |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-17 16:18 |
| #2 Yeah? Well, I double dog dare you! Ah, maybe not. |
| Posted by: Ehud Olmert 2007-01-17 15:58 |
| #1 Isn't that what Iraq said back in the 80s? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-01-17 15:44 |