-Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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| Iran leader says Israel's destruction 'imminent' |
| 2010-02-08 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the destruction of Israel was "imminent," and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state, state media reported. "I am very optimistic about the future of Palestine and believe Israel is on the steep path of decline and deterioration," Khamenei told Ramadan Abdullah, the secretary general of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. "God willing, its destruction will be imminent," the Islamic republic's all-powerful leader said. "Continued resistance and hope for victory should be taken into consideration." Iran does not recognize Israel, and is a staunch backer of Palestinian Islamist militants. Tensions have soared between Iran and Israel over the past five years since hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power. Ahmadinejad has drawn international condemnation by repeatedly predicting that Israel is doomed to disappear and dismissing the Holocaust as a "myth." Israel, the sole if undeclared nuclear power in the Middle East, has called for tougher action against Tehran over its controversial atomic program and accuses it of seeking nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 We can build an Avitar... we have the technology... unfortunately... He is ugly... But he will say and do what we want him to say and do... -Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei |
| Posted by: BigEd 2010-02-08 18:03 |
| #8 #2 This is probably more to do with shiite eschatology, the return of the whatever iman, etc, rather than a threat to actually do something. Posted by: phil_b 2010-02-08 01:14 Glen Beck had an interesting segment on his program one day last week (I forget which day) on this subject, and explained how Ahmadinejad is a "12th'r". Someone who believes in the return on the "12th iman" as a precursor of the triumph of the world wide caliphate. Kinda' like the "end times" believers in Christianity, except 12th'r will go to any means to accelerate the 12th imans' return. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2010-02-08 11:32 |
| #7 What say you UN about a member country saying that about another member country? Oh, youÂ’re still busy writing Anti-Semitic graffiti at the moment and canÂ’t answer? |
| Posted by: Hammerhead 2010-02-08 10:16 |
| #6 In other news, horitculturalists needed for massive Hanging Gardens near Babylon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-08 08:20 |
| #5 Paul2, yea, we are lucky that we don't have such sociopaths at the helm here. Wait... |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-02-08 07:50 |
| #4 Karl My worry is there are people in Iran who would sacrifice millions of their own people to destroy Israel! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2010-02-08 07:36 |
| #3 Shiite scatology or not, I think that Israelis are adept at preemptive multitasking. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-02-08 03:45 |
| #2 This is probably more to do with shiite eschatology, the return of the whatever iman, etc, rather than a threat to actually do something. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-02-08 01:14 |
| #1 LOL, if this is code language for 'we're gonna nuke Israel as soon as we are able,' I think he is forgetting about the rain of nukes that will fall on him in response. More likely, just more saber rattling to try to distract the increasingly unruly masses. |
| Posted by: Karl the Fat 2010-02-08 00:54 |