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Iranian nuclear bomb 'flying gas chamber': Israel's Peres
Jerusalem (AFP) May 18, 2006 A nuclear bomb in the hands of Iran would be tantamount to a "flying gas chamber" that could be used to perpetrate another genocide of Jews, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday. Peres told a visiting European delegation that concerted international pressure was the best way to dissuade Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons but that hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be wiped off the map was a specific threat to the Jewish people. "If Iran will see an international coalition against the bomb, it will comply. If the world is divided, they will make a mockery," he said, according to a statement from his office. "The Iranian president's calling for genocide is a Jewish problem. And genocide can be accomplished, as we know from history, without a bomb. A nuclear bomb is like a flying gas chamber. "The state of Israel's raison d'etre is to prevent another genocide, and thus Israel should raise the call, but we expect everyone to stand up clearly against Iran." Israel views Iran as its chief enemy, alarmed by Ahmadinejad's call for the Jewish state to be erased from the map and his dismissal of the Nazi Holocaust as a myth. While Iran insists its nuclear work is only designed to meet energy needs, Israel and the United States believe the activity is a front to develop atomic weapons -- claims denied by Tehran. In an interview earlier this month, Peres, a former premier and Nobel peace prize winner, warned that Iran risks its own destruction if it tries to wipe out the Jewish state. Israel is currently considered the only country in the Middle East to possess a nuclear arsenal, estimated at some 200 nuclear warheads, although the Jewish state has never confirmed or denied it holds such weapons. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Bush may offer new carrot to end Korean nuclear crisis
Washington (AFP) May 18, 2006 The top US negotiator to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is to travel to China and South Korea to possibly market a new plan by President George W. Bush's administration to end a four-year standoff with Pyongyang. |
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