Ahmadinejad: Israel's Days are Numbered

Ahmadinejad: Israel's days are numbered

Iranian president says, 'It's time to end the puppet theatre of the fake regime'; adds his country is approaching nuclear 'peak'
Dudi Cohen and Reuters
Latest Update: 01.30.08, 13:26 / Israel News

Iran is approaching the "peak" in its nuclear program and will not yield to Western pressure to halt its activities, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad was speaking in the southwestern town of Bushehr near the site of Iran's planned first nuclear power plant, being built with Russian help, and predicted the country would have nuclear electricity by this time next year.

"If you (Western powers) imagine that the Iranian nation will back down you are making a mistake," he said in a televised speech.

"On the nuclear path we are moving towards the peak," he said without elaborating.

Turning his attention to Israel, Ahmadinejad said, "The religious Palestinian people will bring down the last screen with its powerful hand on the Zionists' puppet theatre. It's time to end the puppet theatre of this fake regime."

The Iranian president noted that Israel's days were numbered and that it has reached its end.

Turning to the Western powers supporting Israel, he said, "Those who remain silent in light of this regime's crimes and support it should know that they are taking part in the bloodshed of the Palestinian people and will be tried in the future.

"The world's states will never forget these crimes," the Iranian president was quoted as saying by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

Defying international pressure, Iran has been working on producing its own nuclear fuel, technology the West fears will be used to make atomic bombs. Tehran says its work is peaceful and has refused to stop.

He was speaking two days after Iran received the eighth and final consignment of nuclear fuel from Russia for the Bushehr plant. Tehran has said the plant will start in mid-2008, though past deadlines have slipped.

"Next year at this time ... nuclear electricity should flow in Iran's electricity network," he told the crowd.

Russia delivered the first shipment of uranium fuel rods on December 17 and urged Tehran to scrap its efforts to produce nuclear fuel. Tehran says its work is peaceful and has refused to stop.

Iran, the world's fourth-largest crude producer, says it wants to build a network of nuclear plants so it can preserve more of its oil and gas for export. It says it wants to make nuclear fuel itself to guarantee its supplies.

World powers last week agreed the outline of a third UN sanctions resolution against Iran which calls for mandatory travel bans and asset freezes for specific Iranian officials and vigilance on banks in the country.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3500573,00.html

from the JPost:

Jan 30, 2008 12:36 | Updated Jan 30, 2008 14:44
'We are approaching a nuclear peak'
By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF
TEHeRAN, Iran

Iran is approaching a new "nuclear peak," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday but did not specify what kind of peek he might be referring to.

He also urged Western powers to help build nuclear power plants in his country, saying it would be "too late" if they did not decide to do so immediately, Iranian state television reported.

Speaking to a crowd on a visit to the southern port of Bushehr, where Iran's first light-water nuclear power plant is being built by Russia, Ahmadinejad urged other countries to participate as well.

"If you will not come, this nation will build nuclear plants based on its own resources and when you come some four years later it will reject your request and then not give you any opportunity," he said in a live television speech.

"I am addressing leaders of two or three powers; do you remember I sent you a message and told you to stop being stubborn? If you think that you can block the progress of the Iranian nation, you are wrong."

Also on Wednesday, Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh, the deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization told reporters that "the first Iranian-made light-water 360 megawatt nuclear power plant will BE operational in 2016 in the southwestern Iranian town of Darkhovin.

The official also said that the Bushehr plant would go on test operation in October, though its precision instruments have yet to be delivered.

The UN Security Council has been trying to pressure Iran to freeze uranium enrichment, but it has repeatedly refused, and officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency have privately said Teheran is expanding the program.

The Security Council is considering a new draft resolution that calls for additional sanctions against Iran, including bans on travel. Two sets of sanctions have already been imposed on Iran for refusing to halt enrichment.

The five veto-wielding members of the council - the US, Britain, France, China and Russia - along with Germany, agreed last week on the basic terms of the new resolution. Diplomats have said the full, 15-nation Security Council will likely approve it next month.

Iran insists its enrichment activities are intended only to produce fuel for nuclear reactors that would generate electricity, and Iranian officials have said they plan to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear energy in the next two decades.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201523791915&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

and from the Jnewswire:

Ahmadinejad: Israel has reached its 'final stage'

By Stan Goodenough
January 30, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the State of Israel, established 60 years ago this year, has reached the "final stage" before its destruction.

And he called on the West to accept the fact of the Jewish state's "imminent collapse."

Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly threatened Israel with destruction, chose to make his comments while touring the town of Bushehr, where Russia is currently constructing a nuclear reactor for Iran.

The Iranians are believed to be pursuing nuclear power in order to build atomic bombs.

Earlier this week Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak publicly aired his belief that the Iranians are already working to build nuclear warheads for the surface-to-surface missiles.

"What we have right now is the last chapter, which the Palestinians and regional nations will confront and eventually turn in Palestine's favor," the Iranian leader said in a nationally televised message.

"Accept that the life of Zionists will sooner or later come to an end."


If anyone gets a copy of his entire speech please post it. Thanks.

wow- this thread is very important imho! Israel has already stated they will not wait forever to protect/defend themselves from such action...
we will see!

"He Who KEEPS Israel Shall Neither Slumber Nor Sleep"

An enemy who sees death as a reward is difficult to fight.

SNOWSQUAW said:

wow- this thread is very important imho! Israel has already stated they will not wait forever to protect/defend themselves from such action...
we will see!

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I think it's important also. Spring (mahdi time) is approaching. Therefore, I take a closer look at anything he says or does right now. For instance, he has been invited to go to Iraq, and he accepted. He wants to get the visit wrapped up before March 19/20. March 19/20 is their new year, and the First day of Spring. Supposedly, the Mahdi comes in the Spring, but only after global chaos. He'd want to be back in Iran for that. Notice also that he refers to his "letters" again. We shouldn't make the mistake of laughing this guy off.

Amanutjob is about to find out God's Name is not allah.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalms 121:4)



David

And his regime is not a PUPPET THEATRE?? Sorry, but they ALL are, each and every one of them. They are all hell-bent to kill and destroy others because they feel their mission is right and everyone else is wrong. All we see in the collective is a viewpoint that has a majority, and uses that majority to push around those who do not agree with them. SOS people, it's WILL get ugly, guaranteed. We will ALL worldwide suffer from ALL the nutcases that hold the worlds power, it is THEIR destiny to make ours.

So he thinks.

ah-mad-in-the-head needs to put up or shut up.

Reborn said:

I think it's important also. Spring (mahdi time) is approaching. Therefore, I take a closer look at anything he says or does right now. For instance, he has been invited to go to Iraq, and he accepted. He wants to get the visit wrapped up before March 19/20. March 19/20 is their new year, and the First day of Spring. Supposedly, the Mahdi comes in the Spring, but only after global chaos. He'd want to be back in Iran for that. Notice also that he refers to his "letters" again. We shouldn't make the mistake of laughing this guy off.

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Absolutely correct! His reference to those letters is especially telling.
This is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel. Muslims see its creation as the deliberate insertion of a "beach head" of Western aggression and imperialism into Muslim land. They see its continuing existence as an insult against Islam, and a judgement of their god upon them for allowing Islam to become weakened and watered down. I expect fireworks to begin over there at any time as the mullahs pulling the strings behind Ahmadinejad feel the heat from their people's discontent and in turn ratchet things up.

dcamp2002 said:

Amanutjob is about to find out God's Name is not allah.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalms 121:4)



David

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Sleeping Cobra said:

"He Who KEEPS Israel Shall Neither Slumber Nor Sleep"

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AMEN!!

Bush: US will 'confront' Iran if necessary

Bush: US will 'confront' Iran if necessary


In his last State of the Union address, American president warns Tehran that US will 'confront those who threaten our troops' and defend its allies in the Gulf. Adds: We are standing against forces of extremism in Holy Land

News agencies Published: 01.29.08, 08:04 / Israel News


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3499983,00.html

WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush warned Iran Monday that the United States will "confront those who threaten our troops" and defend its allies and interests in the Gulf.




In his last State of the Union before a hostile, Democratic-led Congress eager for the end of his term next January, Bush also urged Tehran to suspend its uranium enrichment program, embrace political reforms, and "cease your support for terror abroad."

Islamic Republic

Tehran says Bush's accusations 'words without value' / Reuters

Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses US president of 'trying to divert attention from his failed policies' by spreading lies regarding Iran's nuclear program, backing of terrorism


"But above all, know this: America will confront those who threaten our troops, we will stand by our allies, and we will defend our vital interests in the Persian Gulf," he said.


Bush's ability to rally international support against Iran has been diminished by a US Intelligence report that Tehran abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003.


Turning his attention to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Bush said, "We are also standing against the forces of extremism in the Holy Land, where we have new cause for hope. Palestinians have elected a president (Mahmoud Abbas) who recognizes that confronting terror is essential to achieving a state where his people can live in dignity and at peace with Israel. Israelis have leaders who recognize that a peaceful, democratic Palestinian state will be a source of lasting security.

"This month in Ramallah and Jerusalem, I assured leaders from both sides that America will do, and I will do, everything we can to help them achieve a peace agreement that defines a Palestinian state by the end of this year," he said. "The time has come for a Holy Land where a democratic Israel and a democratic Palestine live side-by-side in peace."

'What he offered was more of the same'
On Iraq, Bush was in a better position than a year ago, when he implored skeptical Americans to embrace his plan to send thousands more troops to Iraq.


"Our enemies in Iraq have been hit hard," he said. "They have not been defeated, and we can still expect tough fighting ahead."

He announced no new troop reductions despite continuing calls from Democrats for a withdrawal timetable, something polls show most Americans want as well.


Bush's seventh State of the Union speech was a chance to set the tone for his waning months in the White House and try to salvage his frayed legacy before he leaves in January 2009.


Sandwiched between Saturday's Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina and Tuesday's Republican contest in Florida, Bush will struggle to make himself heard above the growing din of the 2008 election campaign.


Democratic White House hopefuls Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama attended the speech but Republican Sen. John McCain was campaigning in Florida where voters will choose their preference for the Republican nominee on Tuesday.


"What he offered was more of the same—a frustrating commitment to the same failed policies that helped turn record surpluses into large deficits, and push a thriving twenty-first century economy to the brink of recession," Clinton said.

According to this report, the previous UN sanctions are having some effect, and the UN is getting ready to pass another set of sanctions. Time is running out in every way.

UN sanctions have hit Iran's economy -Britain

Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:43pm EST
By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Two rounds of U.N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to halt sensitive nuclear activities have had an economic and political impact on the Islamic Republic, Britain's U.N. ambassador said on Wednesday.

Last week Britain and the other four permanent U.N. Security Council members -- the United States, France, Russia and China -- along with Germany circulated a proposal for a third sanctions resolution against Iran calling for travel bans, asset freezes and vigilance on all banks in Iran.

Iran says the sanctions have not hurt it and has vowed to press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, which can produce fuel for nuclear power plants or weapons.

"The economic effect has been to contribute to a further downturn in Iran's trade, particularly with Europe, and the readiness of international companies to invest," British ambassador to the United Nations, John Sawers, told reporters.

"It's made companies, banks for example, consider their exposure and whether it's worth the reputational risk of being involved with Iran," he said.

As a result, even though Tehran's oil and gas revenues have brought the country ample cash, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his government have been unable to deliver on promises of economic improvements for ordinary people, Sawers said.

While there are no figures for the precise impact of the sanctions, Iranian unemployment is high at around 10 percent and inflation has hit 19 percent, hurting mostly the poor voters Ahmadinejad courted in the 2005 presidential race.

Tehran says its nuclear ambitions are limited to the peaceful generation of electricity. Western countries believe Iran is amassing the capability to build nuclear weapons and want it to halt enrichment.

The U.N. Security Council has backed the demand for an Iranian enrichment freeze in three resolutions, two of them imposing sanctions against Tehran.

Sawers said there has been a political impact as well.

The unity of the six key players on Iran and the sanctions have "contributed to a pretty fierce debate within Iran about what price they should be willing to pay for pursuing their nuclear ambitions," he said.

Many traditional conservatives have become critics of Ahmadinejad's policies, in particular his regular speeches berating the West, saying he has isolated Iran when careful diplomacy to resolve the nuclear dispute may have been better.

Diplomats on the Security Council say it will take several weeks to draft a formal third sanctions resolution, which they expect to be approved. They describe the new proposal as a moderate step up from the two previous sanctions resolutions and say the vast majority of council members could back it.

If Tehran continues to enrich uranium even after the new sanctions, the new proposal says the Security Council will eventually "adopt further appropriate measures". (Editing by Eric Walsh)

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN30199744

Echo 5 said:

An enemy who sees death as a reward is difficult to fight.

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True, but have read some assessments referenced here that indicate that while Israel would suffer extremely serious losses, they'd survive and recover - whereas Iran would likely never recover anything resembling their current condition.

Hopefully there are much more intelligent minds & planners in Iran who will restrain the madman in Tehran from embarking on a war that would have no winner.



"...Russia delivered the first shipment of uranium fuel rods on December 17 and urged Tehran to scrap its efforts to produce nuclear fuel. Tehran says its work is peaceful and has refused to stop..."

The Sovs are in this up to their eyeballs - is their 'urging' a tacit acknowledgment of Iran's continuing nuke weapon program?
To the Sovs the word 'peace' has many meanings - some of them bearing scant resemblance to the English word...the Iranians may well have other meanings for 'peace' as well - i.e. the 'peace' of removing the "zionist entity" that they frequently rant about.

blueridge said:

True, but have read some assessments referenced here that indicate that while Israel would suffer extremely serious losses, they'd survive and recover - whereas Iran would likely never recover anything resembling their current condition.

Hopefully there are much more intelligent minds & planners in Iran who will restrain the madman in Tehran from embarking on a war that would have no winner.

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I wouldn't hold my breath.....

One of the Ayatollahs had said that sacrificing Iran would be a price worth paying to destroy Israel. I don't doubt such a mindset would be willing to sacrifice other regional allies to achieve a goal.

They must be finished with their new road down to the northern boarder of Israel.

Iran builds a new road to aid Lebanese allies

By Tim Butcher in Jezzine
07/12/2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/07/wiran107.xml

Under the cover of an aid project, Iran is consolidating Shia control over southern Lebanon by building a large mountain road that critics believe is a supply route for Hizbollah.

The Iranian flag is displayed on the road building equipment

While Iran claims the road is nothing but a reconstruction project after the 2006 war with Israel, some observers believe it is a key component of the militant group's rearmament programme.

Iranian money is also creating two new Shia villages to protect the road at the expense of the country's non-Shia communities, including the Druze and Sunni Muslims.

Together, the road and the villages now threaten to destroy the delicate balance between the various ethnic groups in the aftermath of Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

"The Iranians are playing with fire," said Simon Karam, a lawyer and former ambassador to Washington, who comes from the local Christian town of Jezzine.

"Those of us who remember the civil war had hoped that the rivalry between the different groups was part of our past but it looks very much as if Iran is making it part of our future."

Work on the new road began last Easter and progress has been swift, with local contractors being paid at least twice the going rate. Where once there was a narrow track, there is now a asphalt highway protected by high retaining walls. "It is a great road," Khodor Kamaledine, a local driver, said with obvious pride. "Just look at the wall - that costs hundreds of dollars per metre and it goes on for kilometres." When finished, it will connect the predominantly Shia south with the Shia communities of the western and northern Bekaa valley.

During the 2006 war, the lack of good supply lines meant that Hizbollah struggled to move men and arms down from the Bekaa. But in the event of another war, there will now be a clear route - presently lined with banners announcing that it has been paid for by the "Iranian Contributory Organisation for Reconstructing Lebanon".

The new road did receive a licence from the central Lebanese government in Beirut, but only after criticism from local community leaders that it had been started without any consultation.

A local Druze leader said the creation of the two villages posed a threat to his community as they divide existing settlements. "There is nothing wrong with Iran donating money to Lebanon, especially after a war when much work needs to be done," he said. "But that money should be for the government to spend on what it decides is important."

David

I am of the opinion that Israel will around a lot longer than,
Ahmadinejad will be.

Bob

I'm really expecting Israel to act within the next 8 weeks or so. I don't see any possible way out of that happening, and I do think we will get sucked into the Iranian retalitory strikes and that we will lose thousands of military in the gulf to Iranian missles. I hope this doesn't happen, but am afraid it will. I do have a question. Let's say we wake up to the news that Israel has attacked iran conventionally. How would your immediate routine change that moment? Would you leave your home and go to work as normal? Call in sick?

Whenever I hear the ragheads speak, I am reminded of Montgomery Gentry's new wonderful lyrics, "Blah, blah, blah, just a jacking their jaws....."

Iran, the world's fourth-largest crude producer, says it wants to build a network of nuclear plants so it can preserve more of its oil and gas for export. It says it wants to make nuclear fuel itself to guarantee its supplies.



sounds sensible to me, what would you do if you were the Iranian Govt, what right has the rest of the world to call a halt to a nuclear power program as most western countries have one

You believe that, Richard? What about those hard-line mullahs there, and Ahmanutjob and his crazy rantings? You can't be serious. Even the UN wants to now sanction them more!

mzkitty said:

You believe that, Richard? What about those hard-line mullahs there, and Ahmanutjob and his crazy rantings? You can't be serious. Even the UN wants to now sanction them more!

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well yes and I am totally opposed to the war in Iraq, we should get out of the ME

it makes sense for the Iranians to go nuclear power as the rest of the world will have to sooner or later until some other form of power generation system pops up which is unlikely but not impossible

Does it make sense to build nuclear plants in a hot spot for earthquakes like Iran is known to be?

Allowing Iran to have nuclear technology that could produce bombs would be like allowing Hitler to have it. The foolishness of the world's "elite" is breathtaking.

Richard said:

Iran, the world's fourth-largest crude producer, says it wants to build a network of nuclear plants so it can preserve more of its oil and gas for export. It says it wants to make nuclear fuel itself to guarantee its supplies.

sounds sensible to me, what would you do if you were the Iranian Govt, what right has the rest of the world to call a halt to a nuclear power program as most western countries have one

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Well, the main difference is that I am not an Iranian. They have hidden their nuclear programs for over 20 years and have declared their intentions to rid the world of Israel and the USA. I have no reason to believe in their peaceful intentions.

I guess that if I were within range of their missiles and dependent on their oil exports, I might be more accomodating. However, I am not.

SarahLynn said:

Does it make sense to build nuclear plants in a hot spot for earthquakes like Iran is known to be?

Allowing Iran to have nuclear technology that could produce bombs would be like allowing Hitler to have it. The foolishness of the world's "elite" is breathtaking.

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There are several nuclear power plants in California--certainly a hot spot for earthquakes as well!! So that argument is a little weak.

Probably, some of Iran's nuclear plants will generate electricity as in "See we only want it for peaceful purposes!", but I believe their primary goal is to achieve nuclear fission for weapons.

And I agree with your final statement wholeheartedly!!!

Sleeping Cobra said:

"He Who KEEPS Israel Shall Neither Slumber Nor Sleep"

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Yeah, Imadinnerjacket is partly right; Israel's days are indeed numbered, but it won't end quite the way he envisions it.

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ah-mad-in-the-head needs to put up or shut up.

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+1

Just remember, this is the 60th year that the new Israel has been a Nation. I think it is in Jeramiah that it states that only one generation will pass after the Nation of Israel has been reinstated, before TSHTF in that area.

Achmadphlegmajihad had better watch his step or he is going to get "whacked".

When is the CIA or the Mussad just going to arrange a little "accident"?

Why start a war and bomb/invade a whole country just to get one these tinpot dictators?

The next time one these douchebags spouts off,

- Car Accident.
- Bus accident.
- Train accident.
- Food accident.
- Oops, my bed just caught fire accident.
- 2,000 lb. bomb from a clear blue sky accident.
- 7.62 mm 167 grain Sierra Matchking bullet from a clear blue sky accident.
- 10,000 lb. school bus from a clear blue sky accident.
- The "Where did that damn meteorite come from?" accident.
- Publisher's Clearinghouse guy with a grenade accident.
- The "whole friggin' block just blew up" accident.
- The "Why is the toaster ticking?" accident.

Accidents happen!