http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Europe_may_be_hurt_ by_backing_Israel_Iran.html?siteSect=143 <http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Europe_may_be_hurt _by_backing_Israel_Iran.html?siteSect=143&sid=7180807&cKey=1161338903000> &sid=7180807&cKey=1161338903000 Europe may be hurt by backing Israel -Iran By Alireza Ronaghi TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Europe on Friday it was stirring up hatred in the Middle East by supporting Israel and said it "may get hurt" if anger in the region boils over. "You should believe that this regime (Israel) cannot last and has no more benefit to you. What benefit have you got in supporting this regime, except the hatred of the nations?" he said in a speech broadcast on state radio. "We have advised the Europeans that the Americans are far away, but you are the neighbours of the nations in this region. We inform you that the nations are like an ocean that is welling up, and if a storm begins, the dimensions will not stay limited to Palestine, and you may get hurt," he said. Ahmadinejad caused outrage in the West last year by calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map", echoing comments by the Islamic Republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He has not since repeated that phrase but regularly launches verbal attacks on Israel, whose right to exist Iran has not recognised since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran is accused by the West of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists it wants nuclear power only to generate electricity. "Today, with the grace of God, the efforts to establish this fake regime have failed totally," he said in Friday's speech to mark Qods Day (Jerusalem Day) when Iranians are officially encouraged to demonstrate in support of the Palestinians. Although Ahmadinejad has called for Israel's destruction, he said in August Iran was not a threat to any country "not even to the Zionist regime" -- a term Iranian officials use for Israel. State television showed crowds in Iranian towns and cities on Friday waving banners with pictures of Khomeini, and Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. Iran described Israel's war with Lebanon in the summer as a victory for Hezbollah and has also praised Palestinians who resist Israeli occupation. "The false myth (of Israel being invincible) has fallen by the will of the Palestinian youth and the faithful warriors of Hezbollah," Ahmadinejad said. The president has also drawn condemnation from the West and Israel by describing the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis, as a "myth". This is another phrase he has not repeated but regularly questions the Holocaust. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in May Iran's leaders had turned Israel "into a target for annihilation". Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said in April Iran's nuclear programme was the biggest threat to Jews since the Holocaust. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
