Iranian Leader: "Wipe Israel off the Map"

(London)"The UK Foreign Office is to summon a senior Iranian diplomat to protest against his president's comments about destroying Israel.

Hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the Jewish state to be 'wiped off the map'.

The Foreign Office will call in Iran's London chargé d'affaires on Thursday. It said the comments were 'deeply disturbing and sickening'.

The remarks have heightened concerns over Iran's nuclear intentions." More...

Iran will be the next major explosion in the Middle East. Iraq and Afghanistan may turn out to be of tremendous strategic importance in order to contain Iran and it's subversive terrorist intent in the region. They are the real future threat in the Middle East. Make no mistake about it. - zzb