Iran's Ahmadinejad Continues
Threat to 'Eliminate Israel'

PUTRAJAYA, August 3 (UPI) — Iran's Muslim president called Thursday for the "elimination" of the state of Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, also described the Jewish state as "fake" and said that it lacked any "legal foundation or legitimacy."

Ahmadinejad said Hezbollah had become the "symbol of Muslim resistance. The main solution is the elimination of the Zionist regime."

He called on Arab and Islamic governments immediately to halt their overt and covert political and economic ties with Tel Aviv, Iran Focus reported.

The Muslim head of state also demanded that the United States and Britain pay compensation to Lebanon because they had supported the Israeli offensive.

"The United States and Britain and a considerable number of Western government do not have any limits on the extent of their political, propaganda, financial, and military backing for this regime", he said. "These two governments must be held accountable for their crimes in Lebanon."