Posted on 12/09/2002 6:50:02 AM PST by Colorado Doug
Al-Khalil, Dec 9, IRNA -- A high-ranking Israeli officer has threatened to attack Islamic holy places in the Middle East with nuclear bombs, an Israeli newspaper said Sunday.
The Ha'aretz Hebrew newspaper quoted an unidentified high-ranking officer as saying that in case Israel was attacked by states or terrorist groups, the Jewish state would respond by dropping nuclear bombs on holy Islamic cities such Mecca, Medina in Saudi Arabia and Qom in Iran.
The paper quoted the officer, who works as Guide in Israeli army colleges, as saying that Israel possesses hundreds of nuclear weapons along with their delivery systems, including long-range ballistic missiles, long-range bombers and nuclear submarines.
Israel is the only entity in the Middle East to possess a huge arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, including a sizable nuclear arsenal. However, the United States, Israel's guardian-ally, has always avoided any serious discussion of Israel's weapons of mass destruction. /NK/BH/AR End
Our enemy the devil typically screws up by launching some form of precipitious, premature action.
Gee, Israel has never sponsored terrorist attacks against its enemies, either. Maybe we trust Israel with WMD that we wouldn't trust in the hands of Moslems.
And I am not a dispensationalist, though I do expect the soon coming of Jesus Christ, literally, visibly, and premillennially.
Just call me a Bible Prophecy fan.
Mr. LaHaye may not have the literary gifts or writing style I might wish, and I might see his mass rapture of hundreds of millions as a bit uncalled for, but wherever I am going, I expect to see him right there with me, and hope he would feel the same.
What Muslim leader would want to be the one to bring about the annihilation of Mecca and Medina? Sounds like a good deterrent policy to me.
Dont know. My point is that using Nuclear weapons essentially on a whim is folly and would probably cause the end of the Nation of Israel.
This is wrong. The Pakistan Ghauri II has a range of about 1700-2200km.
Israel, on the other hand, can nuke Pakistan very easily either by getting their subs into position in the Arabian Sea or by long range fighter bomber delivery. ...And the Paks could suffer close to 75 million dead as a result.
Thats true, but how would that bring back the dead Israelis?
It's nothing compared to the Chinese general's offer to trade LA for Taiwan.
Well, hell. If youre going on a Nuke-A-Thon, why not take out the source of Israels biggest problems and hit Berlin and Moscow the Arabs dont hold a candle to what those bastards have done to the Jews. If youre afraid of retaliation, you can still hit Berlin. What are they going to do about it?
Im no fan or radical Islam. In fact, Ive made my distaste for such regimes clear back when people like you thought Taliban was a type of roll-on deodorant.
I also believe most people post to the various nuke Mecca threads to blow off steam. Sadly the only effect such postings have is to make yourselves, and by extension all Americans, look like foaming-at-the-mouth idiots.
But, whatever makes you happy
Travis. Qom made the cut! This made my day. Iran is a thousand miles away from Israel but has been a major pest with it's backing of Jihadist proxies such as Hizbollah.
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