Ahmadinejad: Destruction of Israel close

Why doesn't he just send Bush a letter asking to be bombed? Bush is certain Ahmadinejad is trying to build nukular weapons and is now talking about the destruction of Israel.

I doubt he's threatening Israel. Its probably just an observation of Israel's weakening condition, but it will be heard as a direct threat.

Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said the world would witness the destruction of Israel soon, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

Ahmadinejad said last summer's war between Israel and Hizbullah in Lebanon showed "for the first time hegemony of the occupier regime (Israel) collapsed and that pushed the button counting the days until the destruction of Zionist regime," IRNA quoted him as saying.

"God willing, in near future we will witness destruction of the corrupt occupier regime," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying during a speech to foreign guests who attended ceremonies marking the 18th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who is known as the father of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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