H Bombshell - French FM - Israel might "eat" Iran

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I saw the above headline on the BBC News ticker early this morning but never saw an explanation as to what it meant, here it is now.

Israelis digest Kouchner 'H-bomb'

Some Israelis may have choked on their breakfast when a newspaper headline quoted France's foreign minister saying Israel might devour its arch foe, Iran.


Mr Kouchner was on a two-day visit
to Israel which ended on Sunday

Hebrew daily Haaretz splashed across its front page that Bernard Kouchner said Israel might "eat" the Islamic Republic before it got nuclear arms.

The following day Haaretz apologised, saying Mr Kouchner, speaking in English, had actually said "hit".

Mr Kouchner also offered a diplomatic apology for the "phonetic confusion".

When Mr Kouchner was asked about the possibility of Tehran developing a nuclear weapon, the Hebrew and English editions of Haaretz newspaper quoted him saying:

"I honestly don't believe that it will give any immunity to Iran. First, because you [Israelis] will eat them before."
He went on to say: "And this is the danger. Israel has always said it will not wait for the bomb to be ready. I think that [the Iranians] know. Everyone knows."


Haaretz headline
You will eat (sic) Iran before it achieves an atomic bomb
Haaretz headline (in Hebrew)

The comments were published on Sunday, as Mr Kouchner ended a two-day visit to the region, under the headline in Hebrew saying "You will eat Iran before it achieves an atomic bomb".

On Monday, the paper published a correction and apologised for the "misunderstanding", but it also said the transcription had been cleared with Mr Kouchner's office prior to publication.

The paper did not explain how the mistake had occurred, but dropping the "h" is widely seen as a feature of English spoken with a French accent.

Haaretz's current English online version of the story - with "hit" rather than "eat" - makes no mention of the earlier confusion.

It could be said any levity about the misquote belies the seriousness of the issue it relates to. The US, Israel and their western allies say they believe Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, an accusation Tehran strongly denies.

Israel, the region's sole if undeclared nuclear power, has raised the possibility it might launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran to prevent it from becoming nuclear-armed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/7658728.stm

[Thinking Man's Idiot]

http://www.iran-bulletin.org/links%20page.htm

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Originally Posted by Thinking Man's Idiot

http://www.iran-bulletin.org/links%20page.htm

Is there something missing with that link TMI, all I get is a big list of stuff?

[Thinking Man's Idiot]

Yeah that's what was intended. I noticed who was hitting on it and it was for them. They're links from the Iran bulletin.