Top U.A.E. diplomat endorses striking Iran nuclear sites

I fully agree with you.This ambassador is an idiot.

Israel is in the 21st century, Iran is in the 15th. iran is an Islamic dictatorship that threatens it own people, kills them and oppresses them. the world wants Iran w/o nuclear weapons, Israel has had them for years no fear. only people like you dont understand.

Israel has used WMD against civilians as confirmed by the Goldstone report. Israeli leaders are charged with war crimes. No fear? Total fear from Israel

Suggesting that Israel has used WMD is ludicrous. When? Where? How many killed? Who can vet? It has never happened except in your fanciful imagination. Rob, stop smoking that stuff!

When he was PM Olmert nearly blurted out that Israel defiantly had nukes. He later got a warning from the Saudis that if Israel ever admits to having nukes on the record then Sauidi Arabia may have to consider starting its own nuclear weapons program. The arabs don't fear Israel having nukes it may even make them feel safer over Iran. They know the rules of the game don't destroy Israel and Israel won't destroy you in the process. Iran is unpredictable and the arabs rightly believe that Iran as a regional superpower is going to bully them. Sure they take advantage of Obama to get concessions of any kind out of Israel and if they think it can be disarmed then why not but if the US will not disarm Israel it doesn't worry them to much because they are not scared of a nuclear Israel. Israel has ICBMS, long range fighters, armed UAVS, other than Iran & Egypt is the only country in the region to have submarines & wants to use them to extend Israels reach way beyond its borders but the arabs are not worried but Iran terrifies them.

In fact, it is not banned in modern warfare and is used by the US and UK forces in Afghanistan. Got another WPD ?

best idea i have heard in a long time

Truer words were never spoken. Thay print even my talkbacks from time to time.

Meanwhile preemptive wars have always started.....m?m?m?....lemme think.... Oh Yeh.....WARS!

Heartbreaking facts, but real - the nuclear bomb ended war with Japan. Iran must obey to the terms given by IAIE or face the repeating heartbreaking history of an a nuclear assault.

Right on point! All of their protestations to the contrary, those who are posting on Iran's behalf know full well that all Ahmadinejad wants to do is "Wipe Israel off the map." Better to render that scroungy pit-bull bully neutered.

NATO kills shahids daily in afghanistan and iraq. Don't see what they have to do with nukes??

Israel nukes are to counterbalance Arab chemical weapons.While Israel never used its nukes,Arab did use chemical weapons and showed to the world they have no problem to do it so if you want to see Israel nukes free you have to tell your boys to scrap chemical arsenal first.

Shihids are not killed – they desire themselves to become shihids. Wasn’t it so that there were no shihids, that there wouldn’t be those killings in Afghanistan, Irak! All the ideology to become a shihid is a mental disturbance that all islamists are infected with.

Ram, stop reading the comic books. They were not nine innocent Turks, they were nine cold-blooded terrorists. The video has captured them attacking the IDF. It is sad that you and those like you always twist the truth. Feh!

and when israeli has kept its secret of nuclear power. shortsighted person

in israeli you have terrorist sttlers with things ar coming from their asses and heads. still u need nuclear Racist regime

i dont feel well with knowlidge that shas/ israel beitanahu and ppl like lieberman got the finger on the red button... if u r lookin for radicals and fanatics its not necessary to watch only the beardmen.

It is UAE (United Arab Emirates), not AEU (Arab Emirates United). He DOES know what he's talking about. It is you who doesn't even know what that area is called. Foolish.

It is so terrible since Iran is planning to use it as soon as they manage to have it! Russia, U.S.A. Pakistan (Israel?) and Co. have nuclear arsenal as a deterrence factor. Iran proclaimed the task of wiping out the state of Israel from the face of the earth! Isn’t it a difference reason for obtaining nuclear weapons, than for protection/ deterrence?

Daub bin Yahud. I thought that ME folks actually can read. Please don't quote Western Media (Zionist) propaganda. Refer to the full quote from Ahmedinajad's speech. NOT just your excerpt to villify him.

Iran never said directly that it would "wipe Israel from the face of the earth", nor has country ever spoken about waging war with any neighboring state. You should take a look at the statements of Iranian officials (and their translations by professionals and not media).

LOL "Israel should be wiped off the map!" Iran believes that any country that disagrees with their Islamic radical POV should be exterminated, and you ask "what is so terrible?" ROFLMAO

Could we blow up Mecca reactor too!? hypocrites!

How much more so should intelligent people!!!

Iran has NOT ATTACKED OTHERS in centuries?

Give an example it has, please.

in 1992, Beirut Marine barracks in 1983 and current sponsorship of Hezbollah and Hamas. They have been fighting proxy wars for decades.

we like them more than we do Israel.

'alleged Israeli' nukes. So Peter, if you are mealy mouthed about Israel's nuclear weapons should you be regarded as a serious contributor to talk back. Or are you mealy mouthed on all subjects Israel?

Take uu knitting, dear.

If Israel was nuke free, it would be a matter of hours before the Arab countries attacked them and either killed them or forced them into the Mediterranean sea

But you Arabs and Muslim have been living under Nuclear Israel for the past 40 years and never feared it. It made wars, heavy wars, invaded Israel, sent misseils, shellings, abductions and etc always trusting Israel's responsibility in not retaliating with nukes. Are just an hypocrite or freak?

i don't get it. on the one hand you're always saying the IDF is the best army in the world and on the other you say without nukes israel would be destroyed

I'm sure thats what yiu would like.

@jj its not `67 anymore. who will attack israel? jordanien ? syria ? iraq ? egypt? iran ? who?

the world has lived with Israeli nukes for years.it is the Iranians with their wing nut rhetoric and abuse of their people that is the problem and according to the UN a real danger to the world.

But, are you a muslim?

For the first time in any Haaretz news article, I suddenly see no "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" left on most of the comments. You know why? Because for the droves of Muslims who come onto this news website everyday lusting after any form of bashing Israel, suddenly when the story shifts to a Muslim nation in agreement with an Israeli interest, it confuses you to the point that the only thing you can say is "I hope the muslims keep their mouths shut". Thank you for divulging the truest of hidden positions amongst the Muslim world about anyone collaborating with Israeli interests. And make sure to "thumbs down" my comment immediately ;)

UAE would be neutral but if Iran keeps sending spys and stick to their espionage tactics within UAE, then it doesnt really promote Neutrality does it?

just wanted you to know that i thumb-downed you not because you are an anti-muslim fanatic but rather because you sound like a self-righteous douchebag. :)

Iran operates in most arab states and perpetrates (not successfully) religiously motivated terrorist attacks, like those in Saudi.

you seem to know dangerously little about middle eastern history. the arabs and persians haven't gotten along for, oh, 1500 years or so. i direct you towards a history of the 1980s invasion of iran by iraq, fully supported by the arab league. syria and libya are the only two countries, as a whole, that could be classified as "friends of iran" over the last thirty or forty years.

But they all know how to speak one voice when it comes to Israel!!! suddenly things have changed

Arabs do not fear Iran for the same reason as Israel/USA even if Irans means to reach the goals are the same. Arabs and iranians has both historical and religious reasons to be on the bad sides. But they have more than one common enemy, Israel is one of them.

They know Israel has nuclear weapons and even though they attacked and still plans to attack Israel all the time. They trust Israel.

"but you can live with a nuclear israel?" although not "officially acknowledged," everyone knows that the world has been living with a nuclear israel for decades. has israel once made even a veiled threat to use it on anyone? no. has it destabilized the middle east? no, if anything it's made it more stable, making iran and the other hostile arab neighbours think twice about attacking israel. now iran: they don't have nuclear bombs yet but, as soon as they do, you and i both know what their first task will be. they don't even hide it, and are even quite proud about "wiping the zionist entity off the map." so which nuclear power would you prefer?

blabbering fool. You obviously don't understand what the motives of iran are and how Israel has weaponry for self defense. Now, if you are a pal cheerleader ignoring all of the their chants of "death to Israel" we could never expect you to use objectivity in your discourses. Intellectual honesty is a crime in your parts of the world.

they can, and have for 40 years. None of the arab countries were ever as afraid of a nuclear israel as a nuclear iran. wonder why that is?

When Israel has nuclear weapons, it's for self-defense. When any other country in the region has nuclear weapons, it's because they hate Jews or whatever. I wonder, who has invaded more countries in the past 60-someodd years... Israel or its neighbors? Who is the "trustworthy" one here again?

are you people serious right now? have egypt, lebanon, and syria suddenly stopped existing? jfc y'all have such selective memories.

Israel never said it want to eliminate other country, even in the middle of wars against its enemies. Is it not obvious that it were it not for self-defence Israel had already conquered all Middle East withou a single shot?

Without a doubt the world can live with a nuclear Israel. You can only be ignorant of the last 60 years of Mid East history to make such a statement. Israel has had to live with sworn enemies on all fronts for most of that time. And even her so called friends are friends on paper only. If Israel does have the capability, and lets assume it has had one since the 60's, for the purpose of this post, it has only done so to ensure that the tiny postage stamp that is Israel, is not over run by the ofen irrational behaviour of its neighbours. Israel cant object to the likes of India or Pakistan having the bomb. They have never threatened her existence.

israel DID threaten to use its nukes as it was losing the yom kippur war. that's what got the US involved

Israel doesn't even divulge whether it is a nuclear power or not. So it can't be expected to come out and openly claim that it will nuke anyone else. But Tehran hasn't made any claim that it would use its nukes either. It has to be expected that Tehran will be a nuclear power. So Israel better plan on having a post Iranian-nukes policy. Because pretending that that won't happen will only make the truth that much harder to face in the future. The fact is that Israel is not the United States and can never be. Only the US has the power to unilaterally decide the fate of another country. Little Israel is simply not up to the task. The few wars it won against weak and corrupt Arab states happened only because of covert (and overt) US support. So any real attack on Iran would involve Israeli bluster and American muscle. On their own, the Israelis would be swatted and brushed away. But given the economic condition of the USA, it is in no mood for another war, especially in the Middle East. So the best option for Israel is to admit it has nuclear weapons, point them to Tehran and promise retaliation if attacked. Be truthful, Little Israel.

but can't live with a nuclear Iran.

Israel does say this almost daily....UAE must have felt it needs to be on Israel's good side for some reason

Wake up and smell the coffee, statements like this are daily/weekly occurance by your officials. I totally agree that some jokers need to stick to court yard shows and keep their mouth shut. They seem to live with nuclear Israel, where it is much more likely to use it than Iran.

You are absolutely right.

twist in the wind.

Nick, evidence exists, you just need to be looking for it. Pictures of underground facilities that had doors and pathways and are now closed off, for example, are available. I am against a strike on Iran as it will have ramifications throughout the region, but that is a fact. Second, Iran need Dubai more than Dubai needs Iran. If AD, Saudi, and the West wanted, they could easily replace what trade and investment Iran has in this city.

for history and current events. Ignore the realities and they don't exist. If you were Iran's neighbor, would you rather err on the side of death or life. Iran demonstrates a death wish for others, has had the time and technology to hone its destructiveness and for you to think its impossible, your are one big dupe or lack 100% cognitive skills.

So you are supporting a rogue country over a peaceful one? Where were you raised and educated? in Uganda?

closed doors and pathways are evidence of nuclear weapons development? ridiculous

Links or some sort of CITATION would be nice. Otherwise you might as well convince me with shadow puppets as you are now.

With evidence or links to such alleged evidence that ONLY YOU have lol Who here can even come speak to me about education with such corny ad hominem attacks against me for stating truth? You are below me

soon to be dropped to 67-th because of the recent sanctions.

Oh, oil. I see, a nuclear power plant will let them sell more of it. Good show. Now then, with Iraq back in the production fold, Iran is quite expendable at no cost or increase in the price of oil. Quite a Bush strategy stretching back twenty years.

Dubai, KSA dont speak for their ppl.. but for their fortune.... so dont be proud of those arab govt. .who speak against iran

Iran has the 17th largest GDP as of 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html I reiterate my call for substantive argument (with evidence) against my comment. I have received nothing but insults.

iran at the moment according to UN sources is incapable of attaining >80% enrichment. however international law defines "highly enriched uranium" as anything over 20%, which could technically be used for a weapon (although it would be very clunky). the concern is iran attaining this enrichment level. in what are called research reactors, uranium is usually enriched to about 15%. so it's a fine line. hope that helped.

Not all Arabs hate Iran. Only American and Israeli stooges in the Gulf States, Egypt and Jordan. This hate is on a leadership level not a street level and of course because the leaders of these countries are handpicked by the Americans and not democratically elected. The wealth of their region is channeled to private accounts and kept in US Banks ... this only benefits the US and not their region. What have these Gulf States achieved for their people ... they can't even build a bicycle ... but look at Iran today ... it is almost self sufficient.

the embassador is panicking. Needs to be recalled and examined.

in underestimating the threats. you think large surfaces of land protects you? Everything is a domino effect and before you know it, your lifestyle and your kids lifestyle will be affected by such careless attitudes. The wealth and hatred of certain powerful arab political and terrorists groups used against Israel and the USAwill continue erode at your shores even in your lovely state. You don't have to be a boyscout to "be prepared" and alert and proactive in defending your shores.

you people tried the whole domino effect thing back in the red scare days, remember? didn't happen. try again. oh, and iranians aren't arabs.

Why should they do it when they can manipulate others into doing their dirty work for them. If it has to be done, just do it. But keep in mind that all the pigs in the pen are just a muddy as each other.

But that's just what the international community won't remember. And now as I predicted there's a new article with the UAE stating they in no way meant they endorsed the use of force... typical.

Iran will make nuclear weapons no matter what because its neighbors: Israel, Pakistan, India China, Russia all have nuclear arms. And the Iranians will not be peaceful, they will threaten and demand unwanted things especially from the Gulf countries. They are still living in times of Alexander the great when they had an unbeatable empire.They think all those countries in the land that was once their empire still belongs to them, and it includes Israel, Saudi, and UAE.

The embassador is a coward. Why cant UAE bomb Iran itself. the embassador is seriously misguided. Shame on him.

i can't believe you honestly believe that. the hellenstic period is completely written out of iranian history books, because they're ashamed of having been part of "the west". their glory days are back in the persian empire times, not the hellenistic ones. please if you're going to fearmonger about iran at least get your history right.

@ Ruth If Iranians "are still living in times of Alexander the Great when they had an unbeatable empire" that would still put them ahead, on the historical scale, of Israel's obsession with the illegal settlement of 'Samaria and Judea'. Iron Age, I believe.

This is where Uncle Samael's Mideast puppet/ally comes into the picture show. U.S is counting on Israel to dirty work. And how can Israel refuse? \What with the U.S. flotilling the Isreal economy. And such

Oh, I miss that bed time story, wish it can be reprinted so I can read it to little kids about the big bad wolf

that is paid for by the USA. Dont forget to mention dollar figures as wer\ell that are actually sent to Israel.

You can still find news photos to proudly show about Arafats ally at work

the WMD in Iraq were trucked away to Russia and Syria long before the strikes. The few remaining were buried in the sand. Some of them were launched against Israel. All of the machinery needed to build them again was stored outdoors to avoid destruction. All summed, the WMD were moved and the means to produce them protected. Had Iraq prevailed, it would have been open season on production.

That is some serious assumptions you're putting forth WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE. Firstly, you think something like 'trucking' material like that all the way to Russia would not be noticed and exposed? and about Syria, here's an unknown fact for you: relations between Syria and Saddam's Iraq were very sour for 1 thing but i cant elaborate on that in this post. But that aside, the rockets launched at Israel were not WMD's. You should learn to distinguish. But if Saddam was Voldemort and Bush was Harry Potter, i guess your version would be true.

You belive too much of the Iranian propagandemasikn... Iran will not paralyse the West with closure of the Gulf of Hormuz, when there are no Aiatolas to run IRAN. The Americans can stop it, whitout a problem,

Tell it to Hizballa, they will read it to a proud(?) palestinian - there are no palestinians, just arabs!