TEHRAN, Oct. 20, 2006
Iran President: Israel Will Soon Disappear
Ahmadinejad's Remarks Come As Israel Says Tehran Will Have 'A Price To Pay' For Nuclear Ambitions
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivers his speech after attending an anti-Israeli rally marking "Al-Quds Day" (Jerusalem Day), to support the Palestinian cause, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. (AP Photo)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left, clenches his fist during an anti-Israeli rally marking "Al-Quds Day" (Jerusalem Day), to support the Palestinian cause, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. (AP Photo)
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert looks on during a meeting with Russia's Jewish organizations and communities in Moscow, Oct. 19, 2006. (AP Photo)
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"This regime, thanks to God, has lost the reason for its existence," Ahmadinejad told a crowd of thousands gathered at a rally in support of the Palestinians in the capital Tehran.
"Efforts to stabilize this fake (Israeli) regime, by the grace of God, have completely failed... You should believe that this regime is disappearing," he said.
Ahmadinejad also called Israeli leaders a "group of terrorists" and threatened any country that supports the Jewish state, as millions of Iranians took to the streets for anti-Israel protests.
"You imposed a group of terrorists ... on the region," Ahmadinejad said, addressing the U.S. and its allies. "It is in your own interest to distance yourself from these criminals... This is an ultimatum. Don't complain tomorrow."
"Nations will take revenge," he told hundreds of thousands of supporters at a pro-Palestinian rally in the capital Tehran.
Ahmadinejad also called the U.N. Security Council "illegitimate," ahead of diplomats' planned circulation of a draft resolution on Iran next week.
Millions of Iranians took part in rallies held in every major city across Iran for "Al-Quds Day," the Arabic name for Jerusalem. Many became anti-American protests as well, criticizing U.S. support for Israel.
In 1981, the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan as "Al-Quds Day," a day of protest to show the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims. Jerusalem is the third holiest site in Islam after the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina.
A banner in Tehran carried a quote from the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: "Quds is part of Islam's body."
Protests were also planned in Egypt and Lebanon.
The frequent saber rattling by the Iranian president has raised growing concerns in Israel about Iran's nuclear program, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said this week that Iran would have to pay a price, hinting broadly that Israel might launch a pre-emptive strike against the nuclear facilities. Some analysts say the only way Israel could launch a successful strike against Iran's well-fortified facilities, is to use its own tactical nuclear weapons.
Iranians "have to be afraid" of the consequences of their intransigence," Olmert told reporters on his way home from Moscow. "They have to understand that if they object to every compromise, there will be a price to pay."
A draft U.N. resolution on Iran is expected to be introduced in the Security Council early next week, and diplomats have said they would seek limited sanctions on Tehran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment — a key process that can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or the material for a warhead.
On Friday, Ahmadinejad called the U.N. Security Council and its decisions "illegitimate" as long as it was dominated by the U.S. and Britain.
"What sort of Security Council is this? The whole world knows that the U.S. and Britain are enemies of the Iranian nation," he said.
The United States and Britain — along with France, Russia and China — have power to veto any Security Council measures.
"The time is over for such logic. Under such circumstances, the Security Council is illegitimate and its decisions are illegitimate," Ahmadinejad said, drawing chants of "Death to America" from the crowd.
Ahmadinejad has said the Nazis' slaughter of 6 million Jews during World War II was a myth, and that Israel should be wiped off the map or moved to Germany or the United States.
He warned Friday that the U.S. and other supporters of Israel were accomplices in Israeli attacks against Palestinians.
"Any crime committed (by Israel) today, any house demolished ... it will be the direct responsibility of the supporters of this (Israeli) regime ... This regime has nothing for you but loss," he said.
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See all 127 CommentsUnfortunately, this President is telling his people to hate another country and wishing it to disappear. THis guy DOESN'T truly care about the Palestinians or Israelis. He just wishes to get rid of Israel.
Many others around that area don't wish for peace either because that would mean Israel would NOT be wiped off the planet. If these people had the power to destroy Israel, Israel would have been gone a long long time ago.
Now for those who wish peace, please stand up!!!
Let the false profits do their thing in the end they%u2019ll all become the fertilizer for next season%u2019s crops. Dust to dusts ashes to ashes.
We need to get rid of the fascist regime that has taken over the GOP also !!!
Bush LIED us into a needless, horrific WAR ON IRAQ. It has radicalized the Muslim young men all over the region against us. He has exploited 9-11 to create a policy of FEAR, LIES, HATE and WAR, costing hundreds of thousands of innocent lives, 2,800 US troops - thousnands more maimed, and it will cost $400 Bilion or more.
End the Bush DISASTER Now!
You had previuosly said yourself that according to Bible,jews are those people who believe in JESUS as saviour and Messiah.So according to you and your bible and christianity,it was unjustified to bring those EUROPEANS into Palestine after WWII who don't beleive in JESUS as MESSIAH and don't beleive in the VIRGINITY of his mother MARRY.It is not something I am saying but something you said to claim that CHRISTIANITY is not based on RACISM and INJUSTICE,human beings are not GOD-CHOSEN(JEWS) or GOD-NEGLECTED(REST OF HUMANITY)on the basis of the race they are born in but are GOD CHOSEN(JEWS)if they believe in JESUS as MESSIAH.The main problem is your disloyalty to USA,it's people and it's constitution which separates church from state.I've seen thousands of my fellow Amercian dying on 9/11 because of their tax money going to the EUROPEAN INVADERS IN PALESTINE.Why should I care about what BIBLE says and history books say when the BIBLE and HISTORY books result in the killing of my fellow citizen.I'll never like to see millions of my fellow citizens killed by SIMULTANEOUS SUICIDE BOMBINGS in which the bombs would be NUCLEAR BOMBS SOLD TO TERRORSIT BY N.KOREA.You neither care bout Americans nor USA.You care about HOLY LAND ISRAEL BEING PROTECTED dont about UNHOLY LAND USA BEING DESTROYED.You should impose your religious ideology on yourself,your religious beliefs shouldn't result in the deaths of AMERICANS or destruction of USA.
Now what's on Tv tomorrow worth watching?
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A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assur(Iran) also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. .............
More than this is what the west wants to do by inserting Israel in there. The entire formula stinks.
Israel possess holy lands of many people. What should be done is to go for a democratic setup and allow the people there to elect their representatives and lead a peaceful life. But first of all, stop selling (donating) weapons to Israel. The war will stop and the world will be a peaceful place. You grab another man's land and expect that guy to remain complacent. Even if he is weak he will do what ever he could do to redeem his land.
Go and enjoy your time in a place so close to hell and bask in the hatred of those people. Enjoy your time here in hell on earth and then finally feel what it means to burn in that which you love so much. Your virgins may have pitch forks, but I'm sure you will enjoy it!
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