Posted on 10/26/2005 2:44:55 AM PDT by HAL9000
Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday openly called for Israel to be "wiped off the map"."The establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world," the president told a conference in Tehran entitled 'The World without Zionism'.
"The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land," he said.
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map," said Ahmadinejad, referring to Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
His comments were the first time in years that such a high-ranking Iranian official has called for Israel's eradication, even though such slogans are still regularly used at regime rallies.
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Religion of peace alert BUMP.
"Ezek. 38:22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him."
Sounds like Israel decides to exercise her 'Sampson' option at this time.
Sounds like a threat to me......
I imagine the IDF takes this very seriously...
Wouldn't be surprised by an aggressive response.....
Wonder if this story has appeared in our MSM?
Anyone who allows Iran to develop nukes, has the power to stop it, and does not stop it is an imbecile and an idiot.
I do not see Pres. Bush doing ANYTHING to stop Iran from developing nukes except using the hot air of talk, which is worthless.
That's really unfair. He's already fighting two wars in faraway places and pressuring Syria while trying to deal with a largely ignorant public and a dangerously unstable economy.
LOL!
Good thought.
they would have gone absolutely berserk.
Al Jaz has picked it up.
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In my world thats a threat. And in my world threats are dealt with immediately.
"Palestine is the wrong name for their State. It should be called Anarchy."—FReeper sgtbono2002
"Then let's wait and see what the Arabs do after they take Gaza. There's nothing like Arab reality to break up a Jewish fantasy."—FReeper Noachian
A student told his professor he was going to "Palestine" to "fight for freedom, peace and justice,"—Orwellian leftist code words that mean "murder Jews."
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Indeed. Persia should have no argument with Israel. Animus against Israel is an infection transmitted by the rabid dogs of araby.
if Abdul will pray, to a glowing crater.
This guy could write children books in Great Britain.
Again.
We all know its not a religion of peace. It has many peaceful members. It has many bloodthirsty barbarian members. We can't kill them all, and we don't want to.
Our government cannot take too strong a stand against Islam in general without losing so much public support that it could no longer govern. Nor do we wish to alienate those Muslims who happen to be peaceful (I think there are some, but the evidence is weak...). It's quite a conundrum.
BTW: This is not the first time Iran has called for "wiping Israel off the map". For instance, a previous official statement of theirs claimed Allah would be pleased even if 100 million Muslims died in exchange for extermination of Israel. The statement was made as justification for a nuclear strike against Israel.
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