Al-Khalil, Dec 9, IRNA -- A high-ranking Israeli officer has
threatened to attack Islamic holy places in the Middle East with
nuclear bombs, an Israeli newspaper said Sunday.
The Ha'aretz Hebrew newspaper quoted an unidentified high-ranking
officer as saying that in case Israel was attacked by states or
terrorist groups, the Jewish state would respond by dropping
nuclear bombs on holy Islamic cities such Mecca, Medina in Saudi
Arabia and Qom in Iran.
The paper quoted the officer, who works as Guide in Israeli army
colleges, as saying that Israel possesses hundreds of nuclear
weapons along with their delivery systems, including long-range
ballistic missiles, long-range bombers and nuclear
submarines.
Israel is the only entity in the Middle East to possess a huge
arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, including a sizable nuclear
arsenal. However, the United States, Israel's guardian-ally, has
always avoided any serious discussion of Israel's weapons of mass
destruction. /NK/BH/AR End
