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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: February 1, 2007 |
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On Monday French President Jacques Chirac, in an interview with three newspapers, said of Iran and its nuclear program, "I would say that what is dangerous about this situation is not the fact of having a nuclear bomb. Having one or perhaps a second bomb a little later, well, that's not very dangerous." He continued, "Where will it drop it, this bomb? On Israel? It would not have gone 200 meters into the atmosphere before Tehran would be razed."
Chirac also said other countries would stop any bomb launched by Iran from reaching its target. "It is obvious that this bomb, at the moment it was launched, obviously would be destroyed immediately," he said. "We have the means -- several countries have the means to destroy a bomb."
Chirac called reporters back the next day to try to have his quotes retracted. His initial remarks would mark a big departure from France's official policy of deterrence and work in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Regarding his comments that Israel could be a target of an Iranian weapon and that Israel would retaliate, Chirac said, "I don't think I spoke about Israel yesterday. Maybe I did so but I don't think so. I have no recollection of that."
AP contributed to this article. |
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