Peres: Iran also has a human bomb

[The Israeli Guy]

During press conference in Germany, vice premier slams world's tolerance toward Tehran, fails to express enthusiasm over ideas raised regarding new peace initiative

Ronny Sofer, Berlin Published: 10.04.06, 11:48

Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Wednesday morning during a press conference in Berlin that "Iran constitutes a danger due to two bombs, one nuclear and the other human – Ahmadinejad."

According to Peres, Iran's strength is a consequence of the international weakness.

"If the countries of the international community countries would have acted, we could have cancelled the Iranian danger. The great fear is that the Iranian nuclear capabilities would be used for terror. All world leaders should unite in order to stop Iran," he said.

Referring to the proposal that France will enrich the Iranian uranium, the vice premier said: "This is a cover up, this is not a solution."

"The Security Council set a deadline for an answer from the Iranians. The Iranians failed to meet it, but the negotiations continue. If you don’t say what you want, it's okay, but if you say what you want and it is not met, this weakens your power," Peres added.

The Israeli minister refrained from answering the German reporters' questions on the Israeli nukes and on the international call to demilitarize the entire Middle East of mass destruction weapons.

"We are letting others say what they think we have," he said without elaborating.


'We already have Road Map'

Referring to the Lebanese issue and the involvement of the German navy in attempts to smuggle weapons through the sea, Peres told reporters: "The German ships can help in thwarting smuggling. Whoever wants to smuggle weapons is free to do so, but whoever wants to prevent it finds it much more difficult – and for that we thank Germany."

Addressing the Palestinian issue, Peres told reporters that he rejects the international call for the establishment of a convention which will find solutions for the conflict.

"There is already one international plan called the Road Map. There is no need for other frameworks. The question is not what which framework will bring about the solution, but rather what the final product is," he said.

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[Parsi]

Those of you who are genuinely concerned about the issue of Iran & nuclear weapons should really see this video:

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=javad+zarif

It's always worth hearing both sides of the argument. Well, that's of course if you're looking for the truth rather than believing what you want to believe.

[The Israeli Guy]

I haven't seen the video yet and if the leader of Iran says that he wish to wipe Israel off the map and is he says that his country develops weapons to do that and if he says that the Holocaust didn't happen then I BELIEVE HIM!

[Gershon]

Those of you who are genuinely concerned about the issue of Iran & nuclear weapons should really see this video:

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=javad+zarif

It's always worth hearing both sides of the argument. Well, that's of course if you're looking for the truth rather than believing what you want to believe.

I saw your video of Dr. Javad Zarif. He works for a despicable regime and speaks very well at an Ivy League school. He's American educated and knows how to present to an American audience.But read this

How Dangerous is Iran?

an excerpt:In fact, the new president [Ahmadinejad] made clear right after his triumphant election victory,"We did not carry out the Islamist revolution in order to introduce democracy." He hammered his objectives home to the rejoicing followers. "Our revolution seeks to achieve worldwide power," he said, continuing, "I am a pure fundamentalist." He repeats these principles the length and breadth of the country, castigates "Western decadence," promises "the strictest interpretation of the religious laws of Shari'a." Internationally recognized conventions on women's rights are for him "a fatal offense against the values of Islam." This is not so much a devout Muslim speaking as rather one who knows that he is in possession of the one, the pure truth. The masses follow him.

How can Dr. Zarif condemn Israel about "expansionist, repressive and state-terror policies" when Iran supplies terrorist organizations like Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah who are not part of Iran but have murdered hundreds if not thousands outside Iran's borders?

Here's Dr. Zarif before the U.N. Security Council July 31, 2006:

"This trend has reached such a horrendous and indeed ridiculous state that the
Israeli regime, a non-member of the NPT, whose nuclear arsenal coupled with its
expansionist, repressive and state-terror policies and behavior is repeatedly recognized as
the single most serious threat to regional and international peace and security, finds the
audacity to cry wolf about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and to lead a global campaign
of threats, lies, deception, pressure, blackmail and outright extortion."

[Gershon]

From: “Iraq Worries Affect Iran Planning”
Aviation Week & Space Technology
09/25/2006, page 38



Iran's military capability is now being reassessed through the lens of what happened during the recent fighting in Lebanon and Israel. Most of Hezbollah's weapons were provided directly or indirectly by Iran, he notes.
"We saw employed [by] Hezbollah long-range missiles that we haven't seen before in the Middle East, cruise anti-ship missiles, anti-tank weapons systems that were very effective against [Israel's] Merkava tank, and even [unmanned aircraft] loaded with explosives. These techniques show they've got a defense establishment that is capable of putting some sophisticated weapons into the field."
What appears to have been absent from the Lebanon conflict were Hezbollah air defenses. That has been extrapolated to suggest Iran's air defense may be limited. "If I were to put [their air defense network] on a scale of one to 10, I'd say they were a middle-grade power," Abizaid says.
In parades, Iran has displayed upgraded SA-5 high-altitude anti-aircraft missiles and U.S. officials say they are deployed as point defenses for its key nuclear facilities. Centcom officials said in a 2003 interview that the sophisticated, shoulder-fired SA-16 has been used in Iraq against U.S. forces and possibly the even more formidable, Russian-made SA-18 was on the battlefield. Their source would likely have been Iran.
There are other advanced tactical weapons causing Central Command concern that are making their way from Iran into the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Shiite militias in Iraq.
"Number one is the RPG-29, which is a shoulder-fired, dual-warhead [weapon] that's very effective against most armored vehicles," Abizaid says. "The first time we saw it [used] was in Lebanon. So to me, it indicates an Iranian connection. It's hard to say . . . whether or not [this is] a hint of things to come."
The other worrisome technology is the explosively formed projectile, or shaped charge, that is being used as IEDs. Central Command analysts believe they are manufactured in Iran. As designed by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps factories, they often are triggered by a motion sensor--an infrared beam that is broken by a passing object. Often several are triggered simultaneously for greater lethality. They have been used by the Hezbollah, and by Shia militias in Iraq.
"There are clearly links between Lebanese Hezbollah training people in Iran to operate in Lebanon and training Shia splinter groups [in Iran] that could operate against us in Iraq," Abizaid says. "But they are hard to pin down with precision."
Another surprise for the U.S. is the appearance in Iraq of some of the same deep strike missiles that cropped up in Lebanon and were the primary targets of the Israeli air force.
"We did see some brand-new, Chinese-manufactured rockets, that were longer ranged, that I believe also came over from Iran," Abizaid says. "Normally what we see [are from the Saddam Hussein-era that] have been well buried and well hidden" and later dug up and cleaned. The most recently found cache "looked brand-new to us."