Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton threatened
to "obliterate" Iran if it launches a nuclear attack
on Israel, in an interview broadcast Tuesday.
"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president,
we will attack Iran," Clinton told ABC News, asked what
she would do as president were Iran to launch a nuclear attack
on Israel.
"In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly
consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to
totally obliterate them."
The tough talk came just prior to Tuesday's Pennsylvania
primary, a key milestone in the marathon Democratic nominations
race pitting Clinton against her rival Senator Barack Obama.
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Clinton must win the Pennsylvania primary, but she needs
to do more than simply scrape past Obama to rescue her trailing
White House bid, pundits say.
Obama's camp Monday accused Clinton of trying to scare voters,
as she rocked their White House race with a dark campaign
ad featuring images of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
