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Iran says can destroy Israel in week
Dudi Cohen
Published: 20.05.10, 11:10
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1. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei - Mmm
Mr Green ,   Manchester   (05.20.10)
Heres an interesting fellow- Often described as one of the most treacherous people in Iranian politics Smooth looking on the outside, he will say ANYTHING, do ANYTHING..that serves to advance his career and especially his pile of cash
2. Whats is wrong?
Shahab-6   (05.20.10)
Again this is a calculated language, and the main issue is that it can destroy. If Iran is to halt its enrichment of uranium, even lay people might think that Iran had at least one single bomb.
3. One more threat against the nearly six million "Zionists"...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (05.20.10)
... (Jews that is) who reside in Israel, and the UN is silent, the UN Human Rights Council says nothing, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch look on and Obama is still hostile towards Israel and its people. What a cynical world!!!!!!!!!!!
4. i support Iran rights ,but not this bulshit no sense
George ,   Canada   (05.20.10)
5. Why in week and not in one day?!!!
Salma ,   Palestine   (05.20.10)
I thought that Iran is much stronger ,but please pay attention to what Mr. Mashaei said " IF Israel attacks, Zionists will have no longer than week to live".. So Iran doesn't want to destroy the Zionist entity, but will respond if attacked ,and as you know resistance is natural right
6. If it takes more than a few hours, Iran is finished
Meir ,   Beit Shemesh   (05.20.10)
They will not have a week to do anything. They will be back in prehistoric times before you can say Ahmadinejahd
7. Iran should not be nuclear.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (05.20.10)
In sharp contrast to Israel’s alleged program, it is clear that Iran’s nuclear project is aggressive rather than defensive. Consequently, it is universally recognized that if Iran becomes a nuclear power, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other states will begin developing their own nuclear arsenals in short order. That is, it is absolutely clear that if the NPT is to have any relevance in the coming years, if there is to be any hope that counter-proliferation regimes can be useful, preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons must be its signatories’ chief aim. More at : http://xrl.us/bhk9kz
8. In 1948 the jews were all going to be dead wiwthin a week
zionist forever   (05.20.10)
Five arab armies & Israel alone didn't even have an army to speak of and a real shortage of equipment. In the end Israel not only survived but it captured an extra 27% of land that had not been allocated to it by the UN when they voted on Israels creation. Today although iran would be able to cause heavy damage in some parts of the country the vast majority of its missiles would probably be stopped by Israels air defenses. The US fleet in the Gulf also has some missile defenses so they also may be able to shoot down some. As Iran has no land border with Israel there would be no ground war unless Israel allowed itself to be dragged into Lebanon or Gaza. Syria may or may not get involved but Syria is no military threat. Pretty much the war would consist of an exchange of missiles and most Iranian ones would be shot down but not the ones Israel fired at Iran. Once all Irans missiles have been fired thats the fight against Iran over because they are the only weapons Iran has that can reach Israel. Hizbollah & palestinians would be involved but they would be a minor threat in the short term & we can finish them off after the war is over and can concentrate recources to deal with them. Syria might attack but they have inferior equipment and badly trained soldiers so thats not going to be a problem especially because they would have no coalition partners like they did in 1948, 1967 & 1973. The real threat would not be Israels survival it would be Iran trying to blockade the Straights of Hormuz but I assume that the US has rehearsed many times how to deal with that. Considering they have 2 carrier fleets on Irans front door they have the firepower and hardware to make sure that doesn't happen without being dragged into a full scale war. KEEP ON TALKNG IRAN WITHIN A WEEK THE WAR WILL BE OVER AND ISRAEL WILL STILL BE HERE
9. Salma #5
Yosi   (05.20.10)
Read the last paragraph again if you like !!!
10. IRAN ALREADY HAS THE N BOBM, ISRAEL BETTER DON'T PROVOKE IT!
SINGER ,   SINGAPORE   (05.20.10)
11. i say we do him now
JL ,   israel   (05.20.10)
12. This monkey do not learn history
IDF ,   ISRAEL   (05.20.10)
Israel win all her enemies in all the history we are the older people, culter in the all world. God win for us this war gog and magog
13. Where are
Birdi ,   Israel   (05.20.10)
our 2 resident anti-semites Matty Groves & Michael Hess ? who have been denying that Iran has threatened to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. These 2 Israel lovers need to read this article real fast.
14. israel distroy?
jayampathi de silva ,   sri lanka   (05.20.10)
in the history several people threaten to destroy Israel. take Babylonians,Chadians, Romans,crusaders, and several other nations. where are they now?non of them exist now. but Israel is. no one must take much attention about this kind of mad statements. Iran too will end up in dust bin of history.
15. Damn, our chances are GREAT!
John ,   Europe   (05.20.10)
In 10 days? In 1947 it was announced that we are dead in 3! We are getting better!
16. A whole week?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.20.10)
What is this, amateur hour? Israel needs about six hours. Maybe less. Don't forget it took Iran nearly a decade to achieve a shame-faced draw against a vastly inferior Iraq. Israel is not Iraq. Bring it on. Bring it on. I think Iran would look really splendid as a glowing cinder. I think much of the rest of the world agrees with me.
17. #8 I respect who trust themselves even if they're my enemies
Salma ,   Palestine   (05.20.10)
but please be honest , and tell me you really really think that there was a real war between you and the Arab armies in 1948 ?!! If you think so, I regret to tell you, that you will be defeated in any real war to come
18. What an idiot
Shalom ,   Ashdod, Israel   (05.20.10)
Iran is a nation of backward people who even though they are an oil exporting nation they still need to import gasoline for their use. If you compare the power of Germany at the start of World War II to that of the Jews in Europe then or the power of Israel in 1948 against the five invading Arab armies you will find that, at present, we are at a tremendous advantage (thank G-d) to the grubby idiots of Persia. Somebody should remind this moron that Hashem has always been on our side. For those of you who study the Bible this is the beginning of the war of Gog and Magog.
19. 5
zionist forever   (05.20.10)
Salma Before you start cheering Iran to much you should remember that missiles don't distinguish between Israeli and arab. The territories are also probably not going to be considered a high priority area to place missile defense systems that means your in one of the more vunerable areas. Whats going to happen to your people if a couple of Iranian bombs hit Gaza City or Ramalah? Remeber in 1991 you picked the wrong side when you supported Saddam Hussain. Then on 9/11 you again picked the wrong side. You want to be supporting Israel on this issue because its your only hope of survival if it comes to a war with Iran.
20. Iran can destroy Israel in week if
Yonatan ,   Jerusalem   (05.20.10)
it could it would but it can't so it just blabbers off from the mouth kalum fadi
21. To: No. 5
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.20.10)
I'm glad you recognize that resistance is a natural right. That's why we've been kicking the sh*t out of you for over sixty years, baby.
22. Again??
robert renders ,   belgium   (05.20.10)
23. YOU ARE WRONG !!!.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (05.20.10)
ISRAEL COULD DESTROY THE WHOLE OF IRAN IN LESS THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS I WOULD SAY.' Iran says can destroy Israel in week BY-BY WEEK !!!. BY THE WAY - DO IRAN WANT TO COMIT SUICIDE ??? IF IRAN USES WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AGAINST ISRAEL, THERE WILL BE NO IRAN IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. Arn.
24. :: Iran gas never threatened to destroy Israel...
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (05.20.10)
...but Israel has threatened to destroy Iran. It should be noted that while the news headline often cite “Iran threatens to destroy Israel” these headlines are proven to be false once one looks a bit deeper and actually analyze such ‘quotes’. We all remember the quote that Iran will wipe Israel off the map yet when one looks at the actual quote the words ‘Israel’ and ‘map’ are not used – such is the power of hyped up media headline and misquotes to sell newspapers. For example in this article none of the quotes from Mashaei actually threaten a first strike on Israel, all he is saying is that IF Iran is attacked by Israel it will respond and the ‘Zionist regime’ will not last a week. Here are the quotes from Mashaei: "If the Zionist regime attacks Iran, the Zionists will have no longer than a week to live." and "the corrupt and criminal Zionist regime is harming not only the Arab and Islamic world, but all of humanity." This article also states: “He later retracted this statement (in 2008) and issued a contrary one saying Israel should be destroyed.” Okay then lets look at this statement that Mashaei reissued in 2008, Ynet ran an article covering this under the headline “Iranian VP calls for Israel's destruction”, see: http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3636063,00.html Sounds promising doesn’t it “Iranian VP calls for Israel's destruction”, maybe we will find some juice quotes from Mashaei saying ‘Iran will attack Israel and destroy the wicked Zionist regime’ – lets look… Quotes from Mashaei in the 2008 article: "Corrupt Zionist regime harming Islamic world, all of humanity" (an abridged version of what he actually said) "The corrupt and criminal Zionist regime is harming not only the Arab and Islamic world, but humanity in its entirety." "in order to save humanity from its different crises, there is no other way other than the limiting of Zionist influence on human society, because the root and origin of most of the world's current crises are related to Zionism." In NONE of these quotes does he say Iran will or wants to 'eliminate Israel'. To date Iran has not threatened a first strike against Israel – Israel on the other hand HAS threatened a first strike against Iran. Here is what Minister Shaul Mofaz stated in 2008: "if Iran continues with its program for developing nuclear weapons, *we will attack it*. The sanctions are ineffective. Attacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, *will be unavoidable*." (emphasis mine). To sum up ISRAEL HAS DIRECTLY AND WITHOUT ANY MISINTERPRETATION THREATENED TO ATTACK IRAN, even going as far to say that such an attack is ‘unavoidable’. Iran on the other hand has NEVER stated that it would directly attack Israel in a first strike scenario. Ynuts can go and search the internet to try and find a quote from any Iranian official that is comparable with the direct threat issued by Mofaz but they will find naught.
25. to dear no 5...
yitzhik   (05.20.10)
if you are a real palestinian I would suggest you to be quiet and not get involved with such comments...and I will remind you why- the so called tragedy of the palestinian people originates from promises like the present one that were given to your people by the 'mighty' arab nations in 1948...then also they promise that they will invade 'palestine', destroy the jews and give the land back to you...they encouraged your family and relatives to run away till they will clean and give it back to you...and the rest is history and the other rest is the refugee camps that are filled with your people...so dear salma refresh your memory concerning why you reached the nowadays situation and simply be a bit more sceptic concerning the declarations of the new 'savior'...
26. reminds me of a storye
ghostq   (05.20.10)
one of the stories I was told before going asllep was about dav and golyeth, golyeth as a big strong guy with a big sward and dav was little but he had a catapul which he threw at golyeth and killed him. the moral of the storye is that israel is like golyeth, big and strong, and will be ok as long as the pals don’t trow sum thing at israel. they tried to destroy golyeth with boms and guns but trhey couldn’t same with israel.
27. Looking at from their POV
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.20.10)
In a way I can understand why the Arabs hate us. After all we did throw ourselves upon them in the 1940’s and kick out a lot of Palestinians. I think I understand that they hate us not for who we are but rather for what we have done to them
28. 17 salma
limor ,   israel   (05.20.10)
if we go you go with us...... and dont forget to say hi to your mohamad SALAMAT!
29. He's right. You attack Iran at your peril
Robert ,   Brisbane, Australia   (05.20.10)
#16 "Don't forget it took Iran nearly a decade to achieve a shame-faced draw against a vastly inferior Iraq". What rubbish! A vastly inferior Iraq armed to the teeth by the Americans. A bit like modern day Israel.
30. To: No. 17
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.20.10)
Oh, idiot child, I'm being honest. There was a real war. Five Arab armies attacked a fledgling state of Israel in 1948. You LOST. Deal with it. Find another foe. I suggest you look closely at your Arab brethren who refused to (i) settle you; (ii) provide for you; and (iii) look after you. Not Israel's fault. The Jews might have been the best friends that you people have had, except you blew it. Hey. You're responsible for your own choices. Deal with it. Too bad for you. Am Israel Chai. Can you repeat that? Try real hard.
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