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Iranian official: Countdown to Israel's destruction has begun
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Hadad has warned that the "countdown to Israel's destruction has begun," in an interview published Thursday in an Iranian newspaper.

Hadad's comment was one of a number of scathing remarks made by Iranian officials regarding Israel this week, a trend apparently escalated by the assassination of Hezbollah's second-in-command Imad Mugniyah earlier this month.
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Also Thursday, an adviser to Iran's most powerful figure said Mughniyah's assassination would accelerate Israel's demise at the hands of outraged followers of the Shi'ite Lebanese group.

Yahya Rahim Safavi, a former commander-in-chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Mughniyah's killing in a car bomb in the Syrian capital Damascus had angered thousands of young members of Iran-backed Hezbollah.

"With such anger, the definite death of Israel will arrive sooner," Rahim Safavi told the official IRNA news agency.

Rahim Safavi was appointed as a military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say in all state matters.

Western analysts say the Revolutionary Guards, an ideological wing of Iran's armed forces, has given military support to Hezbollah. Tehran denies this, saying it only provides moral backing to the Lebanese group.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday called Israel a "filthy germ" and "savage beast" established by Western states in their bid to dominate Middle East nations.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon promised Wednesday to respond "firmly" to Ahmadinejad's verbal attacks on Israel, which he called "intolerable."

Ban made the promise in a meeting with Israel's Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman, who requested the meeting with the UN chief.

Ahmadinejad's comments came just days after a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard called Israel a "cancerous germ" which would be wiped out by Hezbollah.

Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted by the Fars News Agency on Monday as saying: "In the near future, we will witness the destruction of the cancerous germ of Israel by the powerful and competent hands of the Hezbollah combatants."

Jafari made the remark in a letter to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, offering condolences after the killing of terrorist mastermind Imad Mughniyah, which Iran has blamed on Israel.

The Foreign Ministry sent a letter of protest to the United Nations over Jafari's remarks, Army Radio reported earlier this week.

Last month, Ahmadinejad called on the West to acknowledge Israel's "imminent collapse" and to "stop supporting the Zionists, as [their] regime reached its final stage."

"Accept that the life of Zionists will sooner or later come to an end," the Iranian president said in a televised speech.

He added, "What we have right now is the last chapter [of Israeli atrocities] which the Palestinians and regional nations will confront and eventually turn in Palestine's favor."

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      1.   Iran sets up its own destruction 14:58  |  Fred McCann 21/02/08
      2.   Gholam check your missiles first 15:01  |  Zouzou 21/02/08
      3.   Israel fights the war of the West. 15:17  |  Jean Van Daem 21/02/08
      4.   Fred: In Your Dreams only ! 15:21  |  Muslim 21/02/08
      5.   Iran can be wiped out, too 15:28  |  judith 21/02/08
      6.   Best be booking those flights then 15:33  |  Matthew Kretzmer 21/02/08
      7.   Iranian Hitler To Die Soon 15:40  |  Yosemite 21/02/08
      8.   Israel`s demise 15:49  |  Bill59 21/02/08
      9.   Warning to Iran 15:49  |  John the revelator 21/02/08
      10.   israel destruction 15:54  |  jorge luis 21/02/08
      11.   to iranian leader 15:56  |  Abrum 21/02/08
      12.   #6 not this time mathew you will go too 15:57  |  v hardman 21/02/08
      13.   countdown to fred mc cann 15:59  |  jorge luis 21/02/08
      14.   #4Muslim 16:06  |  John Allen 21/02/08
      15.   This is quite serious 16:11  |  Paul Wood 21/02/08
      16.   Israel is the Germany of the Middle East = Occupation + Apatheid 16:13  |  POP 21/02/08
      17.   4 Muslim,agreed,but Iran does not need to do anything! 16:18  |  lakshmi 21/02/08
      18.   last time these daily rants occurred was 1967 16:19  |  frenz 21/02/08
      19.   muslim (4) - what are your dreams? 16:21  |  Ralph 21/02/08
      20.   I Wonder 16:23  |  Naomi 21/02/08
      21.   ABOUT TIME TERRORAN KICKED OUT OF U.N. AND ISOLATED FROM WORLD 16:24  |  don 21/02/08
      22.   Only the childish will be wound up by this silliness 16:32  |  Natallie Durson 21/02/08
      23.   The Fiddlers can·t count,... only divide.!! 16:36  |  Stephen. 21/02/08
      24.   The Occupation is the seed of Israel`s own destruction 16:45  |  Soothsayer 21/02/08
      25.   2005, 2001, 1982, 1973, 1956, 1948, 1947 ... 16:46  |  Chanalau, Tova 21/02/08
      26.   Iran Trying to Provoke War to Distract Attention from NUKES 16:49  |  Jane 21/02/08
      27.   I blame Carter too 16:49  |  Farhad 21/02/08
      28.   Fred: In Your Dreams only ! 16:53  |  Not-a-dhimmi 21/02/08
      29.   to Natalie Durson 17:04  |  Harry 21/02/08
      30.   Walk Your Dog in Iran... Get 4 months in jail and 30 lashes 17:06  |  Klaudia 21/02/08
      31.   @5 Judith in NY 17:07  |  Mark B. 21/02/08
      32.   Foolishness 17:08  |  B 21/02/08
      33.   Re: 4 Muslim,agreed,but Iran does not need to do anything! 17:15  |  not-a-dhimmi 21/02/08
      34.   Mr.ahamdinejad 17:17  |  mamad7khat 21/02/08
      35.   Iran puts the Arabs to shame 17:19  |  Me 21/02/08
      36.   Countdown 17:20  |  Chris 21/02/08
      37.   Gholam?!?Whos Gholam? 17:24  |  mamad7khat 21/02/08
      38.   Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Hadad Just another Asshole 17:25  |  Kipperraes 21/02/08
      39.   To #4 17:26  |  Oleg 21/02/08
      40.   #16 POP this is your Cultured Palestinkian 17:28  |  Robert/Montreal 21/02/08
      41.   response to #4 Muslim 17:30  |  Kipperraes 21/02/08
      42.   Destruction of Israel 17:32  |  Michael 21/02/08
      43.   it began a while ago... 17:34  |  ravi 21/02/08
      44.   Do Iranian living in the West, agreeing with Hadad? 17:53  |  Max Zinger.P.Chimist 21/02/08
      45.   we do not approve of our govt. 17:53  |  farham 21/02/08
      46.   Iran talks, Israel shoots 17:53  |  Nora 21/02/08
      47.   With Comments Like This is it Any Wonder Israel is Nervous? 17:54  |  MIKE 21/02/08
      48.   This is Crazy - Iran - you need an Uprisal!! 17:57  |  Alastair 21/02/08
      49.   "Israeli atrocities" in parenthesis? 18:00  |  American-Israeli 21/02/08
      50.   Mamad7khat in Tehran.... 18:00  |  Klaudia 21/02/08
      51.   To #37 18:00  |  Oleg 21/02/08
      52.   Saudi 18:02  |  Raphy 21/02/08
      53.   Agree With durson unfortunately 18:03  |  dyinglikeflies 21/02/08
      54.   Me #35 no so fast, there are many great Arab leaders 18:07  |  An Iranian 21/02/08
      55.   Israel Survived Pharaoh & Hitler, Will Survive Islam Also 18:09  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 21/02/08
      56.   To Raphy 18:09  |  Oleg 21/02/08
      57.   It`s the Iranian dictatorship whose days are numbered 18:15  |  newageblues 21/02/08
      58.   Saudi Arabia - 4th worst dictator in the world 18:20  |  Ethel 21/02/08
      59.   # 22 Natallie Durson: so did Hitler in Mein Kampf and speeches... 18:20  |  Max Zinger P.Chimist 21/02/08
      60.   To #4 - Muslim 18:20  |  Joe 21/02/08
      61.   CLICKFOOL & DURSON CONVENIENTLY ABSENT!!!! 18:22  |  Ben Uziel 21/02/08
      62.   #47 Mike 18:23  |  Paul Wood 21/02/08
      63.   "Shum baiah" 18:24  |  Gilbert 21/02/08
      64.   NOT THE FIRST TO TRY!!! BRING IT ON!!! 18:25  |  Ben Uziel 21/02/08
      65.   INDEED, INDEED 18:29  |  indrajaya 21/02/08
      66.   Hate driven words from a Golem 18:29  |  Yosi the Israeli 21/02/08
      67.   #22, durson 18:31  |  dan 21/02/08
      68.   Israel will be around longer than the Persian Empire of Iran 18:38  |  Voice of Reason 21/02/08
      69.   Durson the feminist now endorses genocide 18:38  |  Joe Sittizen 21/02/08
      70.   The countdown to the destruction of the mullah regime has begun 18:40  |  David 21/02/08
      71.   @21, don the same is with most muslim/asian/african 18:40  |  vladimir 21/02/08
      72.   I see the countdown clock now....scary!! 18:44  |  Avi Newman 21/02/08
      73.   # 43 Ravi, I don`t know what make your brain tick 18:44  |  Haham me Bat Yam 21/02/08
      74.   MOTTAKI THE IRANIAN KOPHPH IN KYRGISTAN 18:48  |  Iskander 21/02/08
      75.   The book says the Jews win in the end.The enemy can rant and rave 18:49  |  Sam 21/02/08
      76.   Our Journey to Dooms Day. 18:53  |  Akram Zekaria 21/02/08
      77.   From "The West" 18:54  |  Robert McFall 21/02/08
      78.   Iranian official 18:55  |  Ralph 21/02/08
      79.   ravi is such an ugly character 19:16  |  guru nanak 21/02/08
      80.   ravi "israel depends on the usa" 19:18  |  guru nanak 21/02/08
      81.   # 5 "Can" in that regard is not good, Iran must be annihilated... 19:19  |  Misha 21/02/08
      82.   Muslim # 4 19:20  |  Bill H. 21/02/08
      83.   ravi "remove uncle sam`s blank cheque" 19:20  |  guru nanak 21/02/08
      84.   #30, Klaudia 19:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/02/08
      85.   So when Mr Madmanijad said `wipe Israel off the map` 19:22  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 21/02/08
      86.   Mullah`s Friend, El Bradei Report 19:25  |  Yari 21/02/08
      87.   Sam - So why all the investment in the military? 19:27  |  Huh? 21/02/08
      88.   Sam, what book? 19:28  |  ELIAS KHOURY 21/02/08
      89.   #16 POP 19:29  |  You must be joking 21/02/08
      90.   Ben Uziel 19:33  |  American Sandwich 21/02/08
      91.   #63 Indrajaya 19:33  |  You must be joking 21/02/08
      92.   Ahmedinijad will get whacked 19:34  |  MarkC 21/02/08
      93.   MARGIE IN TA 19:36  |  Iskander 21/02/08
      94.   Iran`s Junta should adopt this forgotten names: Gromiko 19:37  |  st. paul 21/02/08
      95.   Who is Hadad? 19:38  |  Yari 21/02/08
      96.   Islamic time dilation 19:39  |  al-kafir al-yahudi 21/02/08
      97.   To all anti-israelis 19:41  |  Jozef 21/02/08
      98.   Ban Ki-Moon 19:47  |  Michael 21/02/08
      99.   What Does The May 15th Prophecy Say? 19:48  |  LastDayWatchers 21/02/08
      100.   death to iran 19:50  |  superswede 21/02/08
      101.   # 22 Correct, Fatmah, they will do it, untill they couldn`t.... 19:52  |  Misha 21/02/08
      102.   To N Durson (#22) 19:53  |  Morris Valentine 21/02/08
      103.   Iran`s destruction has begun 19:54  |  Mary Ann 21/02/08
      104.   Inappropriate 19:54  |  Abdullah Harith Huma 21/02/08
      105.   Fight them 19:55  |  Adam 21/02/08
      106.   Israels Destruction 19:56  |  Logical Alternative 21/02/08
      107.   Ravi - ummm, India? 19:57  |  MarkC 21/02/08
      108.   Kipperraes 19:57  |  The Gentile 21/02/08
      109.   Iran`s fanatics and useless confrontation 19:57  |  Alex 21/02/08
      110.   TO: Max Zinger P.Chimist 19:57  |  Farhad 21/02/08
      111.   countdown 19:58  |  Shmuelshachor 21/02/08
      112.   Gods joke on Humanity 19:59  |  GB 21/02/08
      113.   ravi your curses on the usa sounds like sour grapes 20:04  |  guru nanak 21/02/08
      114.   87 huh,good point,an israel armed to the teeth can`t really 20:05  |  lakshmi 21/02/08
      115.   73... bat yam 20:07  |  ravi 21/02/08
      116.   STEALING ONE`S STOLEN LAND NOT STEALING! 20:09  |  Alex 21/02/08
      117.   guru nanak read ravi backward and u get Ivar another Jew hater 20:12  |  Abdula 21/02/08
      118.   Mark C, Guru Nanak 20:24  |  mudracker 21/02/08
      119.   This Is Laughable ! 20:24  |  Phil 21/02/08
      120.   TO John Allen #14 20:30  |  Steve Beikirch 21/02/08
      121.   I`ll be waiting for you Clickfool and Durson... 20:34  |  Abdullah Harith Huma 21/02/08
      122.   55. Israeli self-destruction: from Gois to Gays 20:37  |  whizbang 21/02/08
      123.   ravi,ivar or what`s his name removing US blank cheque would 20:37  |  Abdul 21/02/08
      124.   n0. 87 20:40  |  hopeless hope 21/02/08
      125.   to number 45 20:43  |  Count Down 21/02/08
      126.   Iranian official is quite correct. Countdown has begun... 20:53  |  bat yam 21/02/08
      127.   #90 Morris Valentine 21:02  |  Natallie Durson 21/02/08
      128.   Tempest in the teapot 21:03  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/02/08
      129.   Support a massive Jewish emigration to Alaska NOW! 21:05  |  Peter North 21/02/08
      130.   For Ben Uziel # 61 21:12  |  Clickfool 21/02/08
      131.   #5 21:17  |  Mark 21/02/08
      132.   Countdown Israel 21:23  |  Magdalena 21/02/08
      133.   lakshmi "the destruction of israel" 21:26  |  amitabh 21/02/08
      134.   Do not say! 21:27  |  Paul 21/02/08
      135.   27. Natallie: the next martyr 21:32  |  flimflam 21/02/08
      136.   whizbang we survive because we are smarter. 21:32  |  izzy 21/02/08
      137.   To Lakshmi (#87): On "the Chosen People" 21:34  |  Morris Valentine 21/02/08
      138.   STARTING to sound like some kind of Mullah masturbation 21:34  |  PETER SM 21/02/08
      139.   ravi all indians have a massive chip on their shoulders 21:35  |  guru nanak 21/02/08
      140.   For Abdullah Harith Huma # 121 21:35  |  Clickfool 21/02/08
      141.   To Farham 21:48  |  Avram 21/02/08
      142.   Israel`s destruction 22:00  |  Michael Martin-Smith 21/02/08
      143.   Isaiah 7:6 22:02  |  Paul 21/02/08
      144.   INSIDER advice to good Iranians 22:07  |  Macumba 21/02/08
      145.   usually countdowns have a clock ticking? 22:09  |  waste of sand 21/02/08
      146.   Sticks and stone will break your bones....... 22:09  |  Deborah 21/02/08
      147.   Mullah Pimps and Their Whores Set to Burn 22:15  |  Solon 21/02/08
      148.   Fred for President 22:18  |  Bobby 21/02/08
      149.   Cipora re blondie 22:18  |  Danite 21/02/08
      150.   TO # 69 JOE 22:20  |  The Teacher/Instruct 21/02/08
      151.   savage beasts 22:27  |  english jew 21/02/08
      152.   Countdown: Iran 22:30  |  Poppy Bison 21/02/08
      153.   re22 natalie 22:30  |  english jew 21/02/08
      154.   To #4 "Muslim" in Saudi 22:45  |  Koorosh from Iran 21/02/08
      155.   Let the Mullahs teach us all a lesson 22:45  |  Danite 21/02/08
      156.   #22. Durson 22:48  |  Alex 21/02/08
      157.   POP!!-BANG!!! 22:51  |  UZI 21/02/08
      158.   #147. Thanks for sharing your family stories. 22:55  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/02/08
      159.   Non important 22:55  |  Ahmadi 21/02/08
      160.   137 Morris Valentine,you probably have a better understanding of 22:55  |  lakshmi 21/02/08
      161.   No 43, 79, 80 ..Ravi and Guru nanak 22:57  |  sohel saheen 21/02/08
      162.   To Peter North (#129): On moving Jews to Alaska 23:01  |  Morris Valentine 21/02/08
      163.   all arabs shold pray to allah that Isreal doesn`t get wiped out 23:33  |  common sense 21/02/08
      164.   Declaration of War! Bomb Them Now! 23:36  |  Efox 21/02/08
      165.   re: MarkC 23:38  |  Efox 21/02/08
      166.   To 114 and 87 ( Lasshmi ) 23:45  |  Bill H. 21/02/08
      167.   To Lakshmi (#160) 23:54  |  Morris Valentine 21/02/08
      168.   Oy Vey, now we should be worrtied about prophecies 23:55  |  Tosefta 21/02/08
      169.   sohel saheen 23:58  |  Curious 21/02/08
      170.   16 hey pop. "Israel is the Germany of the middle east?" 00:04  |  snap, crackel & pop? 22/02/08
      171.   MULLAHS need more thrills.Public stonnings,hangings,sex with 9 yr 00:04  |  PETER SM 22/02/08
      172.   27Farhad,31 Mark B,Morris Valentine,all 3 of you,has the thought 00:09  |  lakshmi 22/02/08
      173.   Israel has no future as an Occupational Apartheid State. 00:11  |  POP 22/02/08
      174.   Israel has no future as an Occupational Apartheid State. 00:11  |  POP 22/02/08
      175.   163 has a point 00:25  |  Hofikoman 22/02/08
      176.   Tosefta - Prophecy from the firm of Eliyahu & Loew 00:32  |  Mark Lincoln 22/02/08
      177.   If Only The Civilized World would Empower Iraninan Opposition 00:35  |  Yari 22/02/08
      178.   Messag to Iran`s Gholam Hadah 00:46  |  leo 22/02/08
      179.   To 129 peter north 00:59  |  leo 22/02/08
      180.   #85 Margie in TA 01:09  |  Boycott 22/02/08
      181.   # 167 Oh Mr.Valentine ...How Wonderful you are.. 01:11  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      182.   What is Israel waiting for? 01:12  |  Brod 22/02/08
      183.   # 76 Akram Zekaria ..Please stop the Doom and Gloom 01:17  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      184.   Missing Soviet Nukes 01:30  |  Prophet 22/02/08
      185.   # 162 Morris Valentine.re: Peter North.On Moving Jews to Alaska 01:32  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      186.   KHOURY Jerusalem Israel.What book says all Jews must be killed? 02:09  |  PETER SM 22/02/08
      187.   Sadly Iran is coming to an end 02:11  |  Rustam 22/02/08
      188.   Indrajaya Is No Friend 02:21  |  Yosemite 22/02/08
      189.   How do the Iranian people feel when faced with the facts 02:25  |  Mah Nishmah 22/02/08
      190.   114 lakshmi 02:47  |  leo 22/02/08
      191.   Haaretz I Sent 3 Responses to Morris Valentine for His Humorous& 03:08  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      192.   Bye bye Iran 03:45  |  Adrian de Klerk 22/02/08
      193.   167 Morris Valentine,your christian friends are representative of 04:01  |  lakshmi 22/02/08
      194.   Lakshmi-on identity 04:14  |  Sam 22/02/08
      195.   #4 Muslim---correction 05:33  |  Murray of Montreal 22/02/08
      196.   194 Sam,name calling does not solve your identity crisis! It has 06:18  |  lakshmi 22/02/08
      197.   Youthfull brevado and Mature politics 06:20  |  allang 22/02/08
      198.   To Kathy (#181), with thanks 06:21  |  Morris Valentine 22/02/08
      199.   Oh man, give it a rest already 06:35  |  Conroy 22/02/08
      200.   #22 Durson for once I agree 06:40  |  Conroy 22/02/08
      201.   #198, Morris Valentine 06:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/02/08
      202.   To POP, Indrajaya, Muslim, etc. I`ll remember the "countdown" 06:51  |  Conroy 22/02/08
      203.   Lakshmi-the identity crisis is yours ,not mine 06:55  |  Sam 22/02/08
      204.   To Lakshmi (#193): Interesting question! 06:59  |  Morris Valentine 22/02/08
      205.   lakshmi you don`t provide idiots who play with kassams in their 07:14  |  no IQ no F16 22/02/08
      206.   183 # Kath with me no doom & gloom just anger. 08:14  |  Akram Zekaria 22/02/08
      207.   Iran should become Persia Again 08:26  |  Rick Gross 22/02/08
      208.   On a more sober note 09:15  |  JES 22/02/08
      209.   Lackwit re: Sam 09:53  |  Iz Ray Leigh 22/02/08
      210.   Israel gone - peace in ME 09:55  |  Venyamin 22/02/08
      211.   Count down to Israel`s destruction of? 11:11  |  David Nigel Braham 22/02/08
      212.   Too much talk no action 11:30  |  Tim 22/02/08
      213.   # 208 JES--Oh yes a great sobering thought BUT!. 15:48  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      214.   # 198 Morris Valentine..A Reply 16:10  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      215.   203 Sam,204 Morris Valentine;203 Sam you know perfectly well that 17:53  |  lakshmi 22/02/08
      216.   # 198 Morris Valentine. A reciprocal thanks . 19:20  |  KATHY 22/02/08
      217.   To #187 21:22  |  mamad7khat 22/02/08
      218.   # 196 lakshmi re:Sam TWELVE TRY HAARETZ PUT IT OUT NOW PLEASE. 03:30  |  KATHY 23/02/08
      219.   # 196 lakshmi re:Sam pat two. 03:36  |  KATHY 23/02/08
      220.   # 193 lakshmi .reSam part 3.. 03:40  |  KATHY 23/02/08
      221.   # 196 re:Sam part 4.. 03:43  |  KATHY 23/02/08
      222.   PURIM TIME! 22:58  |  The Teacher/Instruct 23/02/08
      223.   # 222 The Teacher/Instruct...PURIM TIME 23:44  |  Kathy 23/02/08
      224.   K A T H Y 12:04  |  The Teacher/Instruct 24/02/08
      225.   Had a dream last night and a Israeli Flag was flying over Iran 00:04  |  Kipperraes 25/02/08
      226.   prophet # 184 theres a big difference between a few nukes and a 04:08  |  terrornator 25/02/08
      227.   iran is great 01:21  |  tuta 26/02/08
      228.   tuta # 227 23:55  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 26/02/08
      229.   Response to #227 15:38  |  DB 29/02/08
      230.   Countdown to Israel`s destruction has begun 07:56  |  Jane 02/03/08
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