Aug 23 04:58 PM US/Eastern AFP
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad renewed his verbal attacks on arch-foe Israel on Saturday, accusing it of dragging the world into turmoil and predicting its demise.
"About 2,000 organised Zionists and 7,000 to 8,000 agents of Zionism have dragged the world into turmoil," Ahmadinejad told a rally in the central Iranian city of Arak carried live on state television.
He said that if the West does not restrain Zionism, "the powerful hand of the nations will clean these sources of corruption from the face of the earth," without specifying which nations.
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(August 20) AMIA slams Iranian President's remarks
Argentina. AJN (20/08/08).- AMIA's Secretary General, Julio Schlosser, warned in a dialogue with Argentina's Jewish News Agency (AJN) that Ahmadinejad poses a "risk" to the international community. He also called on the international community to condemn "the harsh remarks" of the Iranian leader, who maintained that "the extirpation of the corrupt Zionist regime" is close.
In relation to the warning sent by the Israeli government to its citizens travelling abroad for possible kidnapping attempts by Hezbollah, the leader said that Argentina "is not exempt from international terrorism".
AMIA's Secretary General, Julio Schlosser, warned on Wednesday that the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, "poses a risk to the Jewish community" and said that Argentina "is not exempt from international terrorism", especially after the attacks perpetrated against the Jewish center and the Israeli Embassy, in 1994 and 1992.
In statements to Argentina's Jewish News Agency (AJN), Schlosser condemned the remarks recently made by the leader of the Islamic Republic, saying that "the extirpation of the corrupt Zionist regime" is close .
Schlosser also urged international organizations to condemn the Iranian President's statements, in light of his repeatedly threatening Israel and the international community.
The leader said that it "no analysis can be made of the statements made by this person", referring to Ahmadinejad.
"We are used to the harsh remarks of this man, we are not surprised, that is why it is not possible to make a political analysis of this statement", Schlosser insisted.
He also called for the international condemnation of the statements made by the Iranian leader. "The international community is supposed to respond to this kind of statements", AMIA's Secretary General said.
"This man (referring to Ahmadinejad) has always maintained a constant behaviour, and this is not the only reason why he is posing a risk on the international community, he does not abide by the United Nations resolutions and continues with the nuclear power plan", Schlosser stated.
Regarding the warning sent by the Israeli government to the Israeli citizens travelling abroad, on possible kidnapping attempts from Hezbollah, the leader noted that Argentina has been a victim of the international terrorism and that it is not exempt of being attacked again.
"Argentina has already been a target (of a terrorist attack) and ifSchlosser also spoke about the risk that the Tri-Border area represents for Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
it continues to be one today, we do not know, but the only target in the region has been Argentina", he noted.
"The Tri-Border is an open door and, if someone is telling us 'be careful', we will", the AMIA official said in reference to the warning sent by the Israeli government.
Nevertheless, Schlosser highlighted that this threat "is not a problem to be concerned about, but a problem to take care of and to take all the necessary precautionary measures."
That is why Schlosser held that "security measures have to be taken to be alert, as alert as we are every day, and a bit more".
