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sundubuman
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: seoul
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:26 am Post subject: Ahmadinejad warns of Islamic 'explosion' |
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will the Islamic world "explode"? And reach paradise? like the hundreds of shahids?
we can always hope.
Ahmadinejad warns of Islamic 'explosion'
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 7, 10:33 AM ET
TEHRAN, Iran -
Iran's hard-line president warned Friday that continued Israeli strikes against Palestinians could lead to an Islamic "explosion" targeting
Israel and its Western supporters.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital, Tehran, to condemn the strikes in the
Gaza Strip that Israel's supporters could be the target of revenge by Muslims.
"They should not let things reach a point where an explosion occurs in the Islamic world," he said. "If an explosion occurs, then it won't be limited to geographical boundaries. It will also burn all those who created (Israel) over the past 60 years," he said.
Ahmadinejad once again questioned Israel's right to exist.
"This is a fake regime ... it won't be able to survive. I think the only way (forward) is that those who created it (the West) take it away themselves," the president said.
Ahmadinejad, who last year called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," has repeatedly voiced fiery rhetoric against the Jewish state.
Iran supports � and has varying degrees of influence on � Islamic militant groups in the region including Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The Islamic republic also is locked in a standoff with Western nations, over its purportedly peaceful nuclear program, which the U.S. and its allies suspect is camouflage for developing an atomic bomb.
At least 24 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed in fighting since Israeli army moved into northern Gaza on Thursday.
The offensive is aimed at freeing a soldier captured by Palestinian militants on June 25, as well as destroying the increasingly powerful rockets that militants have been firing at Israel.
Hamas' representative in Iran, Abu Osamah Abdulmota, said Cpl. Gilad Shalit would only be set free in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
"They (Israel) should know that Palestinian combatants won't release this Israeli prisoner ... (unless) Palestinian prisoners are freed from Zionist jails," he said in a pre-sermon speech before weekly Friday prayers in Tehran. |
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ddeubel

Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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I see you are finally posting some "hard" info.!!! And AP at that. Your Grade 4 teacher must be good!
Please read the article and rephrase the title of the thread. To quote from the article, Ahmandinejad says.......
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They should not let things reach a point where an explosion occurs in the Islamic world |
Further, we have already discussed how Ahmandinejad when speaking to a partisan crowd, is full of bluster, hyperbole and rhetoric. This is the Iranian way and his way. His statements must be viewed in these terms much like when Bush speaks at Oral Roberts University and goes on about hearing voices of God.
Both are full of shit. Crackpots . But let's view it as it is , rhetoric to the faithful.
Also, there has been a lot of mistranslation of Ahmandinejad's remarks. So a caution there.....
I say again, let the U.S. talk directly with the Iranians (and as they should with N.Korea)and let people to people settle these things. This is diplomacy and being an international leader. Not declarations/ultimatums, threats (we often forget that the U.S. is the leading nation in making threats to use nuclear weapons -- seriously, contravening the non proliferation agreement).
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