Cleric Threatens Tel Aviv

[Christina]

IRANIAN CLERIC THREATENS TEL AVIVMay 10, 2007YnetNews.com reports: “An Iranian cleric said his country would fire ‘tens of thousands’ of missiles at Israel in response to an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program.During his televised sermon, broadcast last Friday, Sayyid Yahyah Ja'fari directly responded to comments attributed to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by Germany's Focus magazine.In April, the German publication had initially reported that Olmert said Iran's nuclear program could be set back 10 years by firing a thousand cruise missiles a day for 10 days. The Prime Minister's Office denied the report, and Focus subsequently reedited its story, removing the quotes.In a speech broadcast on Iran's Kerman TV, and translated by MEMRI, Ja'fari declared during his sermon, ‘Several days ago, the stupid Israeli prime minister said: 'We can attack the Iranian nuclear industry with 10,000 cruise missiles, and delay it for another 10 years.' Our response is that if he is planning to fire 10,000 missiles, we will fire tens of thousands of missiles on Tel Aviv and Israel.’The crowd responded with chants of ‘Allah Akbar’ (God is greatest).The cleric added that Israel would be also targeted by Iran if the US attacked.‘If it (the US) acts stupidly and invades an Islamic country – especially a country like Iran – it should bear in mind that Israel will come under a very severe attack,’ Ja'fari said…”--------------------------------------------------------------------------------