Horrifying nuclear map shows radiation spread in Iran as Trump threatens to ‘kill 100 million people’
Donald Trump has threatened that 100 million people could be massacred if an Iran deal is not reached, as terrifying maps show radioactive smoke could reach Pakistan and northern India within 72 hours.
Democratic US Congress Speaker Rashida Tlaib has warned that Donald Trump could “slaughter 100 million people” if there is no deal tonight, saying it’s “clear he is unfit to be president.”
Detroit’s U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday joined dozens of fellow Democrats in Congress calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office following his threat that “an entire civilisation will die tonight” if a deal is not reached with Iran.
Other Michigan Democrats avoided going that far but uniformly condemned Trump’s comments, calling them offensive and “morally wrong”.
“After bombing a school and massacring young girls, a war criminal in the White House is threatening genocide,” Tlaib posted on social media. “This lunatic should be removed from the office.”
Trump had threatened to “kill” 100 million people, Thanedar said: “It is clear he is unfit to be president; the 25th Amendment must be invoked. If Vance, Rubio, and others continue to be spineless cowards, Congress must do everything possible to stop Trump and this war.”
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Thanedar also sent a letter to 16 members of Trump’s Cabinet on Tuesday, urging them to take action.
Trump promised on Monday that if no deal was reached by 1 a.m. he would destroy “every bridge” and power station across Iran in just four hours.
In response, some Iranians have formed “human chains” outside bridges and power stations after authorities encouraged citizens to gather at potential American and Israeli targets. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has warned that an attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant could lead to a disaster similar to Fukushima in 2011, which killed more than 18,500 people.
Other predictions depict an even more dire scenario.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has repeatedly warned that even a “limited” nuclear conflict could lead to a “nuclear winter”, that would block out sunlight and collapse agriculture worldwide, affecting billions of people.
The White House has rejected suggestions of any active plans for a nuclear attack, yet the president’s public declaration that “the entire civilisation will die tonight” has kept tensions around the world at record highs.
Modern nuclear weapons are significantly more destructive than the 15 kiloton bomb dropped on Hiroshima, which killed about 140,000 people by the end of 1945.
Research published by American physician Frederick M. Berkeley predicted that a 500 kt nuclear device dropped on Tehran would kill about 86% of the city’s population of 8 million.
Yet survivors will face long-term health risks, including cancer, as well as acute radiation syndrome.
Medical experts warn that 65% of survivors will be vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections, which will be further complicated by antibiotic resistance.
And deeply worrying maps show that radioactive smoke from the attacks in central Iran could reach Pakistan and northern India within 48 to 72 hours, subject to wind conditions. Pakistan, which is acting as a mediator, has urged Trump to extend his deadline by two weeks “to allow diplomacy to do its job.”
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said: “Diplomatic efforts for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing war in the Middle East are moving forward steadily, strongly, and powerfully and are likely to yield concrete results in the near future.”
“To allow diplomacy to do its job, I urge President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks.
“Pakistan sincerely requests the Iranian brothers to open the Strait of Hormuz for a period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture.
“We urge all warring parties to observe a two-week ceasefire everywhere to allow diplomacy to lead to a decisive end to the war, in the interest of long-term peace and stability in the region.”
