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Article: Bush Says Iran Risks World War.(George Bush)
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat News Service
- Article date:
- October 22, 2007
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President Bush on Oct. 17 issued a stark warning on Iran, suggesting that if it obtained nuclear weapons, it could lead to "World War III". He told a White House news conference: "We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel" - referring to a remark by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad that Israel "will disappear soon". Bush said he had "told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon".
Loaded with symbolism, Bush's message was as much to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was then in ...