A very important exchange took place between a top-level official from a Gulf state and the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a recent meeting in Tehran, reported Abdul Rahman al Rashed, a columnist with the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al Awsat.
“How come you believe that we are intending to build a nuclear bomb? We are not that stupid,” the writer quoted the Iranian president as saying, citing a reliable source. “Were we to strike Israel with a nuclear weapon, more Palestinians than Israelis would likely get killed.”… …