Psycho4Bud
05-08-2006, 03:28 PM
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, should bear in mind that his own country could also be destroyed, Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres said on Monday.
Peres, vice prime minister in Ehud Olmert's new government, said Iran was mocking the international community's attempts to resolve the crisis over its nuclear ambitions and that the credibility of the U.N. Security Council was on the line.
In what Olmert has described as a threat that must be taken seriously, Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be destroyed.
"They want to wipe out Israel ... Now when it comes to destruction, Iran too can be destroyed (but) I don't suggest to say an eye for an eye," Peres told Reuters in an interview.
"Israel would defend itself under any condition but we don't look upon it as an Iranian-Israeli conflict exclusively ... (Iran) is basically a danger to the world, not just to us."
Israel, which lies within range of Iranian ballistic missiles, has also refused to rule out military action as a last resort. The Jewish state is believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-08T200737Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-248258-1.xml&archived=False
Israel WILL be taking care of buisiness....mark my words on that one!:thumbsup:
Peres, vice prime minister in Ehud Olmert's new government, said Iran was mocking the international community's attempts to resolve the crisis over its nuclear ambitions and that the credibility of the U.N. Security Council was on the line.
In what Olmert has described as a threat that must be taken seriously, Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be destroyed.
"They want to wipe out Israel ... Now when it comes to destruction, Iran too can be destroyed (but) I don't suggest to say an eye for an eye," Peres told Reuters in an interview.
"Israel would defend itself under any condition but we don't look upon it as an Iranian-Israeli conflict exclusively ... (Iran) is basically a danger to the world, not just to us."
Israel, which lies within range of Iranian ballistic missiles, has also refused to rule out military action as a last resort. The Jewish state is believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-08T200737Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-248258-1.xml&archived=False
Israel WILL be taking care of buisiness....mark my words on that one!:thumbsup: