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Iran Committed To 'Full Annihilation Of Israel,' Says Top Iranian Military Commander
2012-05-23
By Reza Kahlili
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Iran is dedicated to annihilating Israel, the Islamic regime's military chief of staff declared Sunday.

"The Iranian nation is standing for its cause and that is the full annihilation of Israel," Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said in a speech to a defense gathering Sunday in Tehran.
Thus neatly, and in a bluff and forthright military manner, putting paid to all arguments that the mullahcracy of Iran objects to the existence of the Jewish state, while wishing no harm to the Jews who live there -- and anyone who claims otherwise is relying on mistranslations of Ahmadenijad's or Khameini's or Khomeini's statements.
His remarks came on the day International Atomic Energy Agency director Yukiya Amano flew to Tehran to negotiate for inspections of Iran's nuclear program. They were reported by the Fars News Agency, the media outlet of the Revolutionary Guards Corps.

While many within the Islamic regime, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have often stated that Israel should be annihilated, until Sunday no one in the nation's leadership has announced Iran's determined intention to carry it out. (RELATED: Iran rattles sabers: '11,000 missiles ready to launch' at Israel, US targets)

Josh Block, a Middle East expert and former spokesman for  the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, told The Daily Caller that it's unwise to shrug off the threats of a top Iranian military commander.

"When they say it, they mean it," Block said. "That is the lesson of history. We had best heed that reality. You can be sure the Israelis already understand it."

Reza Kahlili is a pseudonym for a former CIA operative in Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the author of the award winning book "A Time to Betray." He teaches at the U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA) and is a member of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  And vice verse.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-05-23 06:33  

#1  First the Juice, then the Christians.
Posted by: Bobby   2012-05-23 06:05  

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