Nuclear Iran 'not acceptable: Merkel

WASHINGTON (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday, saying it would be unacceptable to allow a Holocaust denier to get the nuclear bomb.
Merkel, who was re-elected just in September, vowed her countrys continuing support on a host of US initiatives, from the battle to defeat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, to efforts to rein in Irans nuclear ambitions. Iran also knows where we draw a line. A nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian President who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist is not acceptable, Merkel said in a rare address to the US Congress. After the White House talks, Obama said: The alliance between the United States and Germany has been an extraordinary pillar of the transatlantic relationship, and he praised Merkel as an extraordinary leader on the issue of climate change.