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| Israel a lifeless corpse without US, says Larijani |
| 2009-11-26 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Tehran says it does not view Tel Aviv as a threat anymore because clearly Israel has lost its one-time influence in the Middle East. Nearly a year after Israel butchered over 1,400 Palestinians during a devastating incursion, Iran's Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Israel No longer intimidates regional countries. "There was a time that Israel, because of its desire to dominate and kill, was seen as a mortal threat in the region," said Larijani on Wednesday "But after the three-week war on Gaza it became more and more clear that Tel Aviv is Nothing without the financial and political help it gets from Washington," he added. "Israel has become a lifeless political corpse with No ability to fend for itself." Larijani was referring to Israel's military foray into Gaza last December which led to the death of more than 1,400 Palestinians, the majority of whom were civilians. With regards to US calls for Iran to accept a western-backed nuclear proposal, Larijani said that over the past thirty years, Washington has Not for a moment changed its tyrannical frame of mind. "We should Not fall for the smiles and kind words that US officials deliver to us," said Larijani. "The US political stance over the IAEA proposal shows that Washington aims to swindle us out of our enriched uranium." The Iranian Parliament speaker was referring to a draft deal brokered by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei. The proposal, in its current state, asks Iran to send most of its domestically produced low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad for further refinement. Iran needs 20 percent-enriched uranium to power the Tehran nuclear reactor, which produces medicine for cancer treatment and other scientific necessities. In a counter-proposal, Tehran has suggested keeping the LEU in a room sealed by the IAEA inside the country until the higher-enriched uranium arrives. Under this proposal, the exchange would be completed in two stages -- 400 kg of Iran's LEU would be exchanged with 58 kg of 20 percent-enriched uranium in each stage. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Well, it's all in your point of view Ali. IMO, if it wasn't for American alliance---giving us something to lose, we'd cleaned the Muslim cancer from Middle East decades ago. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-26 09:04 |
| #3 This has been a Muslim fantasy since at least the 1980s, and probably long before. A Lebanese electronics engineer once assured me that the US spends half its defense budget to buy weapons for Israel, as this is the only way Israel could have beaten several Arab armies at once. When I offered to refute this, he almost put his fingers in his ears and went "La-la-la-la I can't hear you!" The reason being that to admit that the Jews defeated the Muslims because they were *better*, would amount to denying Islam itself. You mean, Allah *doesn't* favor Muslims? But Allah *does* favor Jews? Impossible! Unless the Jews cheat! This means that if the US would withdraw all aid from Israel, then Israel would just stop existing. So the US is to *blame* for all the troubles in the Middle East. As an aside, this is also why Iran calls the US "The Great Satan", because only Satan could stand in the way of Allah, in support of the Jews. Muslim logic. So America is the personification of Satan. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-11-26 08:56 |
| #2 I think Bibi won't take any Persian nonsense,and with or without an OK from *THE ONE* he's going to do what he thinks he needs to do. And he has some delectable incredibly hot mushrooms in some silos in the Negev. So-called speaker Ali Larijani knows full well that if Ahmadinutjob, the super-secret holier-than-holy virgin-enabling hidden 13th Imam, tries anything stoooopid, Ali, himself may be glowing a Bright green in the dark at night. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2009-11-26 07:32 |
| #1 Tel Aviv is Nothing without the financial and political help it gets from Washington In other words, Obama has quietly informed them that he won't stand behind them next time there's trouble. Green light, boys... |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-11-26 02:19 |