By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI
Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted Thursday that Tehran's nuclear program is peaceful and said he is "at a loss" about what more he can do to provide guarantees. "The bottom line is we do not need a bomb," he said at a news conference on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. "The time for nuclear bombs has ended," he added.
Ahmadinejad said his country has not hidden anything and was working within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treat More...
wayneL said:Ahmnwchwpiuvwhjad says.
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Why Bush Will Nuke Iran
By Paul Craig Roberts
The neoconservative Bush administration will attack Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, because it is the only way the neocons believe they can rescue their goal of US (and Israeli) hegemony in the Middle East.
The US has lost the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Generals in both war theaters are stating their need for more troops. But there are no troops to send.
Bush has tried to pawn Afghanistan off on NATO, but Europe does not see any point in sacrificing its blood and money for the sake of American hegemony. The NATO troops in Afghanistan are experiencing substantial casualties from a revived Taliban, and European governments are not enthralled over providing cannon fodder for US hegemony.
The “coalition of the willing” has evaporated. Indeed, it never existed. MORE........................................................
From ABC, October 20, 2006
Iranian President warns Israel will disappear
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel will not survive and that its allies will face the "boiling wrath" of the people if they continued to support the Jewish state.
"This regime (Israel) will be gone, definitely," Mr Ahmadinejad told demonstrators at a national rally to call for Jerusalem to be handed to the Palestinians.
"You (the Western powers) should know that any government that stands by the Zionist regime from now on will not see any result but the hatred of the people," he added.
"The wrath of the region's people is boiling."
Mr Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for Israel to be "wiped from the map" and described the Holocaust as a "myth," said his warning was an "ultimatum".
"You should not complain that we did not give a warning. We are saying this explicitly now."
"If a hurricane starts be rest assured that the dimensions of this hurricane will not be limited to the geographic borders of Palestine," he added.
"This regime (Israel) will take its supporters to the bottom of the swamp.
"The best solution is for you to take all the components of the regime and take it away."
Mr Ahmadinejad also warned Europe it was stirring up hatred in the Middle East by supporting Israel and said it "may get hurt" if anger in the region boils over.
"You should believe that this regime (Israel) cannot last and has no more benefit to you," he said..
"What benefit have you got in supporting this regime, except the hatred of the nations?
"We have advised the Europeans that the Americans are far away, but you are the neighbours of the nations in this region.
"We inform you that the nations are like an ocean that is welling up, and if a storm begins, the dimensions will not stay limited to Palestine, and you may get hurt."
-AFP/Reuters
Gee but it's getting hard to get at the facts - Like they say around here DYOR. We know what spin doctoring can do. Even Colon Powell got sucked into it prior to the Iraq war - which he seems now to regret.Happy said:This -rhetoric- makes it scary, especially that we know about nuclear ambitions of this country.
Mr Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for Israel to be "wiped from the map" and described the Holocaust as a "myth," said his warning was an "ultimatum". ...
...."This regime (Israel) will take its supporters to the bottom of the swamp."
If Bush wins a second term, only the imminence of a major diplomatic {NOTE THAT WORD Diplomatic} victory””in the Middle East, for example””could induce him to stay a short while longer. By the same token, the aide stresses that Powell is determined to serve out the entire term””even if the U.S. launches an invasion of Iraq, which Powell has fought to delay or derail.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher repeated Powell’s public assertion that he has no intention of leaving. “He serves at the pleasure of the President,” Boucher said. A Powell exit could cause political problems for the Republicans. The loss of his moderating voice would embolden the hard-liners and hurt the party’s efforts to broaden its base. And those who dream of a Powell presidential candidacy in 2008 have little cause for hope. Powell, the aide says, will “never run for President.”
Seneca60BC said:if only the americans did not overthrow a democratically elected Iranian President in 1959 to instill the Shah that brought in fundamentalism and a inward looking Iran - mmm not many ppl know that.
the Axis is real. The proxies - Hamas, Hezb, Houthi - got played for what benefit?Israel has struck a Russian air base in Syria for the first time. Israel attacked warehouses of the Russian Khmeimim Air Base shortly after an Iranian plane unloaded its weapons for Hezbollah. Russian air defenses tried intercepting the Israeli missiles but failed.
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