Posted on 04/14/2006 10:41:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
TEHRAN, Iran - The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.
"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."
Ahmadinejad provoked a world outcry in October when he said Israel should be "wiped off the map."
On Friday, he repeated his previous line on the Holocaust, saying: "If such a disaster is true, why should the people of this region pay the price? Why does the Palestinian nation have to be suppressed and have its land occupied?"
The land of Palestine, he said, referring to the British mandated territory that includes all of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, "will be freed soon."
He did not say how this would be achieved, but insisted to the audience of at least 900 people: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon."
"The existence of this (Israeli) regime is a permanent threat" to the Middle East, he added. "Its existence has harmed the dignity of Islamic nations."
The three-day conference on Palestine is being attended by officials of Hamas, the ruling party in the Palestinian territories.
Iran has previously said it will give money to the Palestinian Authority to make up for the withdrawal of donations by Western nations who object to Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence. But no figure has been published.
On Tuesday, Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had successfully enriched uranium using a battery of 164 centrifuges, a significant step toward the large-scale production of enriched uranium required for either fueling nuclear reactors or making nuclear weapons.
The United States, France and Israel accuse Iran of using a civilian nuclear program to secretly build a weapon. Iran denies this, saying its program is confined to generating electricity.
The U.N. Security Council has given Iran until April 28 to cease enrichment. But Iran has rejected the demand.
The chief of Israeli military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, was quoted Wednesday as saying Iran could develop a nuclear bomb "within three years, by the end of the decade."
I'm sorry, but what is everyone waiting for? This little slimeball pig needs to be knocked off.
I would love to spend 5 minutes with this little wuss. Even Kim Jong Il could probably kick his ass.
Methinks not...
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OK Israel, do your thing. Shut this piece of garbage up once and for all.
Ask Bush how our security is being enhanced wasting our time at the useless debating society called the U.N.
As if we need their permission to defeat today's version of Hitler.
Does anyone think Putin could secretly be in Ahmadinejad's back pocket, thereby giving him this overconfidence he seems to be portraying?
It's time to start ignoring that guy.
Iranian leaders in the Holy city of Qom
Does anyone think Putin could secretly be in Ahmadinejad's back pocket, thereby giving him this overconfidence he seems to be portraying?
I would be more inclined to believe the opposite is more likely.
Blacks in the United States take the attitude towards the Hispanics, Blacks will be the first to feel the wrath of Hispanic political control.
Jimmy and Bubba, what a treasonous pair of swine. Although Jimmy is just dumb, Bubba is the epitome of treasonous slime and should be prosecuted.
The time to ignore that guy will be after he's vaporized.
Does anyone here remember what happened in June, 1981?
chilling drawing.. chilling
the similarity of mission and level of hatred is astonishing, but not surprising
Pukin comes from the days when the Soviets used surrogates to confront the United States. It wouldnt surprise me one bit.
There. :)
They are waiting for the President to get some support, the uber-con pussies have driven Bush's numbers down on side show items and when some type of action is becoming mandatory Bush is being portrayed as a foreign policy and war time loser.
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