Ahmadinejad: Israeli 'Germ of Corruption' to be Removedhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/151752Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "germ of corruption" that will be "removed soon."
The comments were posted Wednesday
on his presidential web site. Observers said that they may be intended to defuse criticism by hard-liners over recent remarks made by Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai who said Iranians were "friends of all people in the world - even Israelis."