Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 04 Sep 2005

SA> SA>  GP> Iran's always been the bad guy in the region!

SA> SA> With good reason.

SA>  GP> Which good reason?

SA> Iran is the one which will lead a coalition in an attempt to destroy
SA> Israel.

 GP> And you believe that because. . . why?

Because Iran's stated policy is the destruction of the Jewish State,
as outlined in sources like this...

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Iran's leader calls for greater "jihad" against Israel   Sun. 4 Sep 2005

Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Sep. 04 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
said the jihad against Israel must continue and be strengthened,
Iran's semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami reported on Sunday.

"The only way to fight the Zionist enemy is to continue and increase
resistance and jihad", Ayatollah Khamenei said at a meeting on
Saturday with secretary general of the Palestinian group Islamic
Jihad, Ramadan Abdullah, the hard-line daily Jomhouri Islami wrote.

Iran's official policy is to call for the annihilation of the Jewish
state.

[...]

Source: Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3593

Cheers, Steve..

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