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December 29, 2011 Clip No. 3255

Egyptian Cleric Yousuf Al-Badri Calls upon Sunnis and Shiites to Unite and Says: "The Nuclear Bombs of Iran and Pakistan Should Be Bombs against Israel"

Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian cleric Yousuf Al-Badri, which aired on Al-Alam TV on December 29, 2011.

Yousuf Al-Badri: Today, the Islamic nation must unite against the dangers that surround it - Iran, the Sunni East... the Sunni Maghreb, and all the Islamic states must unite.

The nuclear bombs of Iran and Pakistan should be bombs against Israel. We shall chant, like we chanted in Tehran: "Death to Israel. Death to America." We must stand united, because the Sunnis and the Shiites are the two wings of Islam. Anybody who tries to sow discord in this nation is a sinner, sinner, sinner.

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