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To: Dayuhan who wrote (35069)	7/27/2002 12:11:40 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Not Arab, but Persian. It was former president and "Expediency Council" (whatever that is) Chairman Rafsanjani: If one day, he said, the world of Islam comes to possess the weapons currently in Israel's possession [meaning nuclear weapons] - on that day this method of global arrogance would come to a dead end. This, he said, is because the use of a nuclear bomb in Israel will leave nothing on the ground, whereas it will only damage the world of Islam. memri.org

To: Dayuhan who wrote (35069)	7/27/2002 12:14:19 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

typical Arab hyperbole, given the certainty of retaliation in kind. I suspect you are right, Steve, but I would not want to bet the ranch on it. Here is a quick "google" on the subject. When educated Muslims are willing to take over 4 aircraft and crash them in a suicide bombing, I would not rule out an insane Atom Bombing of Tel Aviv RAFSANJANI SAYS MUSLIMS SHOULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPON AGAINST ISRAEL TEHRAN 14 Dec. (IPS) One of Iran's most influential ruling cleric called Friday on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only". "If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world", Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani told the crowd at the traditional Friday prayers in Tehran. Analysts said not only Mr. Hashemi-Rafsanjani's speech was the strongest against Israel, but also this is the first time that a prominent leader of the Islamic Republic openly suggests the use of nuclear weapon against the Jewish State.