This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6DF7D.FF0288A0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Could someone just shoot this miserable piece of human debris?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad added to the controversy over his =
hostile attitude towards Israel and Jews during a high-profile visit to =
New York last week.
Ahmadinejad raised new questions about the existence of the Holocaust =
and made other controversial remarks.
The Israeli government expressed anger that Ahmadinejad had even been =
let into the United States to attend the UN General Assembly.=20
But despite his anti-US, anti-Israeli stance, the president appeared a =
confident leader as he fended off questions about his views and Iran's =
nuclear programme during three days in New York.
Notorious for having doubted the mass slaughter of Jews during World War =
II, the hardline president declared that he had no problem with Jews, =
but with Zionists, the founders of Israel.
During meetings and press conference, Ahmadinejad was repeatedly =
questioned about his past comments about the Holocaust. He replied that =
the matter needed "further study".
"That's a big lie that Zionists are Jews," Iranian state media quoted =
Ahmadinejad as saying at an unusual meeting with anti-Zionist rabbis =
just before he left New York.
"But their time is ending. God willing," Ahmadinejad added, according to =
CBS television which filmed the encounter in a New York hotel.
The fringe group of rabbis, who believe Israel's founding violated God's =
will, praised the outspoken Ahmadinejad. But the Israeli government and =
Jewish groups were outraged just by Ahmadinejad's presence in a city =
with a strong Jewish community.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said it was "a scandal" that =
Ahmadinejad had been given a visa to enter the United States.
There were particular protests over a meeting that Ahmadinejad had with =
19 members of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations think tank.
Some Jewish members of the council, including Nobel prize winner Elie =
Wiesel, threatened to resign because it was originally to be a formal =
dinner with Ahmadinejad.
In the end there was a "working meeting" behind closed doors, that was =
still Ahmadinejad's highest level encounter with US representatives =
since he came to power.
The meeting chairman, Peter Peterson, said that he and other =
participants had told Ahmadinejad that Americans were "horrified" by his =
views about the Holocaust which cost the life of an estimated six =
million Jews.
Noting the 60 million deaths in World War II, the president replied: =
"Why is such prominence given to such a small portion of those 60 =
million."
Robert Blackwill, a former deputy national security advisor under =
President George W. Bush, attended the meeting and later questioned =
whether negotiations with Ahmadinejad's regime were possible at all.
"If this man represents the prevailing government opinion in Tehran, we =
are headed for a massive confrontation with Iran," Blackwill was quoted =
as saying by the New York Times.
Israel has made no secret of the fact that it considers Iran to be its =
biggest threat.
"There is no greater challenge to our values than that posed by the =
leaders of Iran," foreign minister Livni told the UN General Assembly.
"They deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of =
their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now by their actions, they =
pursue the weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and =
to threaten the world."
The minister said the international community must stand up to what she =
called "this dark and growing danger" posed by Iran's suspected nuclear =
weapons ambitions.
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6DF7D.FF0288A0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Could someone just shoot this miserable =
piece of=20
human debris?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad added to the controversy over =
his=20
hostile attitude towards Israel and Jews during a high-profile visit to =
New York=20
last week.</P>
<P>Ahmadinejad raised new questions about the existence of the Holocaust =
and=20
made other controversial remarks.</P>
<P>The Israeli government expressed anger that Ahmadinejad had even been =
let=20
into the United States to attend the UN General Assembly. </P>
<P>But despite his anti-US, anti-Israeli stance, the president appeared =
a=20
confident leader as he fended off questions about his views and Iran's =
nuclear=20
programme during three days in New York.</P>
<P>Notorious for having doubted the mass slaughter of Jews during World =
War II,=20
the hardline president declared that he had no problem with Jews, but =
with=20
Zionists, the founders of Israel.</P>
<P>During meetings and press conference, Ahmadinejad was repeatedly =
questioned=20
about his past comments about the Holocaust. He replied that the matter =
needed=20
"further study".</P>
<P>"That's a big lie that Zionists are Jews," Iranian state media quoted =
Ahmadinejad as saying at an unusual meeting with anti-Zionist rabbis =
just before=20
he left New York.</P>
<P>"But their time is ending. God willing," Ahmadinejad added, according =
to CBS=20
television which filmed the encounter in a New York hotel.</P>
<P>The fringe group of rabbis, who believe Israel's founding violated =
God's=20
will, praised the outspoken Ahmadinejad. But the Israeli government and =
Jewish=20
groups were outraged just by Ahmadinejad's presence in a city with a =
strong=20
Jewish community.</P>
<P>Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said it was "a scandal" that =
Ahmadinejad=20
had been given a visa to enter the United States.</P>
<P>There were particular protests over a meeting that Ahmadinejad had =
with 19=20
members of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations think tank.</P>
<P>Some Jewish members of the council, including Nobel prize winner Elie =
Wiesel,=20
threatened to resign because it was originally to be a formal dinner =
with=20
Ahmadinejad.</P>
<P>In the end there was a "working meeting" behind closed doors, that =
was still=20
Ahmadinejad's highest level encounter with US representatives since he =
came to=20
power.</P>
<P>The meeting chairman, Peter Peterson, said that he and other =
participants had=20
told Ahmadinejad that Americans were "horrified" by his views about the=20
Holocaust which cost the life of an estimated six million Jews.</P>
<P>Noting the 60 million deaths in World War II, the president replied: =
"Why is=20
such prominence given to such a small portion of those 60 million."</P>
<P>Robert Blackwill, a former deputy national security advisor under =
President=20
George W. Bush, attended the meeting and later questioned whether =
negotiations=20
with Ahmadinejad's regime were possible at all.</P>
<P>"If this man represents the prevailing government opinion in Tehran, =
we are=20
headed for a massive confrontation with Iran," Blackwill was quoted as =
saying by=20
the New York Times.</P>
<P>Israel has made no secret of the fact that it considers Iran to be =
its=20
biggest threat.</P>
<P>"There is no greater challenge to our values than that posed by the =
leaders=20
of Iran," foreign minister Livni told the UN General Assembly.</P>
<P>"They deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of =
their=20
desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now by their actions, they pursue =
the=20
weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and to threaten =
the=20
world."</P>
<P>The minister said the international community must stand up to what =
she=20
called "this dark and growing danger" posed by Iran's suspected nuclear =
weapons=20
ambitions.</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6DF7D.FF0288A0--
.
|
|
| User: "Perseid" |
|
| Title: Re: Iranian leader's worsening relations with Jews |
24 Sep 2006 10:34:55 AM |
|
|
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "dreamwalker"
<backfromthe@dead.com> Spat the Words
Could someone just shoot this miserable piece of human debris?
I nominate you for this task, dw.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad added to the controversy over his
hostile attitude towards Israel and Jews during a high-profile visit to
New York last week.
Ahmadinejad raised new questions about the existence of the Holocaust
and made other controversial remarks.
.
|
|
|
|
|
Related Articles |
|
|
