Riz Khan - Israel-Iran tensions - 09 Sep 08 - Part 1

The United States has reached an impasse in trying to stop Iran from proceeding with its nuclear programme. That programme could fuel either peaceful nuclear reactors or nuclear bombs, although Iran insists that its nuclear programme is civilian and peaceful.

Washington is coming under intense Israeli pressure to do more against Iran. Israeli officials repeat the mantra, "Israel will not allow a second Holocaust" in the context of Iran acquiring the atomic bomb.

Speculation has been mounting for years that Israel might try to attack Iran's nuclear programme. But experts say it is not as simple as the Israeli attack of 1981, which destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor, or the Israeli attack of 2007, allegedly against the beginnings of a Syrian nuclear reactor.

Riz speaks with an Israeli journalist who argues that the US, and the world community, must react more strongly to Iran. Ronen Bergman is the author of The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power. Also joining the show is Hillary Mann Leverett, who left the Bush administration in 2004. She's a former National Security Council director for Iran and the Persian Gulf Affairs, and has criticised Washington's "major strategic blunders" in its relations with Iran.

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[CrazyO91]

HAHAH THEY SHOULD BLOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO HELL. Fuckdicke.

[luvahman1967]

The UAE: scared shitless of Iran as well!

LONDON - Gulf states believe Israel will destroy Iran's nuclear programme rather than allow it to acquire an atomic bomb, an adviser to the Kuwaiti government and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Tuesday.

If Iran did build the bomb, said adviser Sami Alfaraj, then Israel might be one of the countries -- along with the US and Pakistan -- Gulf Arab nations would ask to provide a "nuclear umbrella" to guarantee their security.

[suskky]

B U L L S H I T----- TWO MORONS jews

[2ndSamuel710]

@7vitaman- Incredibly stupid to believe what is posted on Wikipedia, 911 We Know. com, Pilots for 911 Truth. com, & Swiss Loan Petrol. com that says kerosene/Jet A burns at 5-700 degrees fahrenheit in open air? I should believe U huh- then I'd be smart huh? Well U just get out there & correct all them web sites professor. LOL! Meet all kinds on youtube. Never a dull moment. Had 1 guy insist that jet fuel burned at 3,500 degrees! And truth is at your finger tips no less! Stupid is as stupid does.

[shayshalom]

@AMIRsarkari stupid arab try 2 mass with Israel n find urself like u found urself in the last 8 wars - humilated n swimming in blood. hizballa barely killed 98 ppl most r civilians not even soldigers (just 44) while Israel killed more than 10000 terrorists in that period so make ur math urself )yep lebanon palastinians r also terrorists by my perspective) . lebanon is steal cleaning the injuries n Israel just being stronger n more rich

[archdeaconj]

You're right. I have looked into this matter of Iran threatening to wipe Israel off the map. The exact words, in Farsee, uttered by Ahmadinejad on 25 Oct. 2005 were: "Imam ghoft een rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad." Israel is not spoken of by name, only the regime occupying Jerusalem. There is no mention either of map or wiped out. Correct translation: The Iman said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time.

[azizrezai]

These two people are so stupid. Educate yourself first before you come and spit out bullshit that no one clearly agrees with u. Stop being so biased.

[Darksilver4444]

Are you stupid, US after 9/11, just when i thought people couldnt get more retarded

[Darksilver4444]

i agree the problem is that sme countries such as iran, rather invest into murdering than into develloping, into hating than into loving.

[therealko34]

can we just all get along, peace can make us go a long way cause with war you will only live to see the start of the war and not the end an it will keep going on. i say all the leaders world wide hold a meeting and talk and stop acting like kids.or we all such run cause world war 3 is here

[ray788]

The only thing that doesn't Clamm mr. Clamms is your whore of a mothers asshole because it's been fucked so many times by muslim cocks fuckface.