And Israel to “wipe out Iran”? 1 bomb if they really wanted to…
Propaganda? probably, but still a bit chilling that he’d put a number on it.
Yid with Lid reported this story posted at MEMRI:
“I Do Not Think We Will Need More Than 11 Days to Wipe Israel Out Of Existence”
Voiceover: ”Nothing can prevent Iranian missiles from targeting the heart of Israel, if Iran is subjected to a military strike by Israel. This was the response of the Iranian military commanders to the Israeli statements about a possible military strike against Iran, because of its insistence on obtaining nuclear energy. Yet an [Israeli] attack seems improbable to the Iranians, because Tel Aviv does not have the ability to go through a war with Tehran.”
Iranian Chief-of-Staff General Hassan Firouzabadi: ”We are fully prepared to confront any attack that would threaten the interests of Iran. We have sufficient means and the necessary force to defend our territory.”
General Ataollah Salehi, general commander of the Iranian army: ”The truth is that Israel does not have the courage to attack us. If we are subjected to any attack by Israel, I do not think we will need more than 11 days to wipe Israel out of existence.”
This is from Jihadwatch:
A strange and ominous report from a German publication.
Here is my rough translation of “‘Zerstörung in elf Tagen’: Iran bedroht Israel,” by Ulrich W. Sahm in n-tv.de, May 3 (thanks to The Total Collapse):
Iran has for the first time announced the destruction of Israel with a concrete goal. Israeli television showed an interview with the Iranian chief of staff General Attalah Salihi. He announced the “destruction of Israel within eleven days.”The Arabia expert Oded Granot explained: “Never have we heard so clear and open an announcement from Iran.” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again and again announced the destruction of Israel in a general manner and as a political goal, but never so concretely and with a date, as did Salihi. Granot has not discovered why the destruction of Israel should happen in eleven days….
Corrections to my translation welcome.
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