Iran must be intimidated, says Israeli leader - Yahoo! News

Iran must be intimidated, says Israeli leader - Yahoo! News: "MOSCOW (AFP) - Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stepped up rhetoric against
Iran, saying the its controversial nuclear program could be prevented through intimidation.

Speaking to reporters following meetings with President
Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, Olmert said he had told Putin that 'there was no chance of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear arms if Iran is not afraid.

'The Iranians should be afraid that something they don't want to happen will occur,' he said.

Olmert went on to say that 'I made it clear why in my opinion it is important that the Iranians are afraid,' but he fell short of mentioning what measures that be taken against the Islamic state.

He nevertheless sought a tougher Russian stance against Iran, where Russian engineers are building the country's first reactor.

'We are at a critical juncture and the entire international community must join ranks to block Iran's true intention of arming itself with nuclear weapons,' Olmert told journalists after talks with Putin in the Kremlin.

'I leave this meeting with the sense that President Putin understands that danger.'

Olmert described Iran's atomic project -- which Tehran insists is restricted to a civilian power program -- as 'a threat to
Israel which we cannot reconcile ourselves to.'" Read complete post here.