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On every avccount Isreal is shown facing Iran by Western Press.And look Tony Blair was swift to answer when he could have said'my worthy counterpart could be angry haha i will call and inquire" Iran is always worried about the kind off mess that is put on its table whichs answerr is Isreal ,be it buying high technology or building in its own energy sector ,the western press has literally divided iran from the world.The former Iranian president offered USA a chance if they could walk economically onwards with Iran like equals .Iran was not replied to. Iran is a nation that fought a very rigid dictatorial regime out of its social political syastem and the world replies negatively to how can it mend its relations with countries that are holding and housing its former world infamous secreat service .a clean home will recieve clean guests. The muslims and plain thinking southern hemisphere public should start vouchinbg for a comparable electronic media . Iran can be applauded for not talking in Pakistan or turkeys stepping forward to mark 2005 as a year of conbtact with isreal .
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Who is Britian or Uk in Irans affair? They neither have anymore Policy Role in trhe district to talk over new economies leadership like dictators.Britian has no more show of its 50 [ a show symbol of great wealth] The world should relax and let the leaders gather thier aspirations on mass communications of thier mutual understandings.
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Read My Lips > Global Diplomacy
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
"We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable."
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad's remarks?
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine."
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
"Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle."
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
"Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict."
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
"Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
"When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power."
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
"I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations."
(Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine." (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
"The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq."
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
"It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president."
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
What this explains that Islamic Conference is really weakening Islamic Countries and not talking in when they [Muslim leadership and even publics abroad] retort at excess by media or ignorance and denial of frontal nations
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
"We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable."
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad's remarks?
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine."
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
"Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle."
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
"Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict."
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
"Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
"When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power."
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
"I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations."
(Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine." (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
"The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq."
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
"It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president."
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
What this explains that Islamic Conference is really weakening Islamic Countries and not talking in when they [Muslim leadership and even publics abroad] retort at excess by media or ignorance and denial of frontal nations
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
”As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
In the context of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, I can’t see that this statement is so outrageous. Israel has wiped Palestine off the map, or is in the process of doing so, with its settlements policies, the bulldozing of houses with people in them and now the Wall.
As for Blair remarks, it was British politicians who ”gave” the Zionists the ”right” to settle in Palestine, thereby setting off the present catastrophic situation in the Middle East. It was a part of the deal which got the U.S. into the First World War, otherwise there would have been a settlement between Britain and Germany.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
”As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
In the context of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, I can’t see that this statement is so outrageous. Israel has wiped Palestine off the map, or is in the process of doing so, with its settlements policies, the bulldozing of houses with people in them and now the Wall.
As for Blair remarks, it was British politicians who ”gave” the Zionists the ”right” to settle in Palestine, thereby setting off the present catastrophic situation in the Middle East. It was a part of the deal which got the U.S. into the First World War, otherwise there would have been a settlement between Britain and Germany.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Local Opinions (4)
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On every avccount Isreal is shown facing Iran by Western Press.And look Tony Blair was swift to answer when he could have said'my worthy counterpart could be angry haha i will call and inquire" Iran is always worried about the kind off mess that is put on its table whichs answerr is Isreal ,be it buying high technology or building in its own energy sector ,the western press has literally divided iran from the world.The former Iranian president offered USA a chance if they could walk economically onwards with Iran like equals .Iran was not replied to. Iran is a nation that fought a very rigid dictatorial regime out of its social political syastem and the world replies negatively to how can it mend its relations with countries that are holding and housing its former world infamous secreat service .a clean home will recieve clean guests. The muslims and plain thinking southern hemisphere public should start vouchinbg for a comparable electronic media . Iran can be applauded for not talking in Pakistan or turkeys stepping forward to mark 2005 as a year of conbtact with isreal .
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Who is Britian or Uk in Irans affair? They neither have anymore Policy Role in trhe district to talk over new economies leadership like dictators.Britian has no more show of its 50 [ a show symbol of great wealth] The world should relax and let the leaders gather thier aspirations on mass communications of thier mutual understandings.
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Read My Lips > Global Diplomacy
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
"We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable."
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad's remarks?
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine."
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
"Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle."
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
"Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict."
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
"Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
"When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power."
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
"I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations."
(Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine." (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
"The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq."
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
"It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president."
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
What this explains that Islamic Conference is really weakening Islamic Countries and not talking in when they [Muslim leadership and even publics abroad] retort at excess by media or ignorance and denial of frontal nations
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
"We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable."
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad's remarks?
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine."
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
"Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle."
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
"Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict."
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
"Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
"When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power."
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
"I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations."
(Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine." (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
"The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq."
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
"It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president."
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
What this explains that Islamic Conference is really weakening Islamic Countries and not talking in when they [Muslim leadership and even publics abroad] retort at excess by media or ignorance and denial of frontal nations
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What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
”As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
In the context of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, I can’t see that this statement is so outrageous. Israel has wiped Palestine off the map, or is in the process of doing so, with its settlements policies, the bulldozing of houses with people in them and now the Wall.
As for Blair remarks, it was British politicians who ”gave” the Zionists the ”right” to settle in Palestine, thereby setting off the present catastrophic situation in the Middle East. It was a part of the deal which got the U.S. into the First World War, otherwise there would have been a settlement between Britain and Germany.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
”As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
In the context of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, I can’t see that this statement is so outrageous. Israel has wiped Palestine off the map, or is in the process of doing so, with its settlements policies, the bulldozing of houses with people in them and now the Wall.
As for Blair remarks, it was British politicians who ”gave” the Zionists the ”right” to settle in Palestine, thereby setting off the present catastrophic situation in the Middle East. It was a part of the deal which got the U.S. into the First World War, otherwise there would have been a settlement between Britain and Germany.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Global Opinions (4)
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On every avccount Isreal is shown facing Iran by Western Press.And look Tony Blair was swift to answer when he could have said'my worthy counterpart could be angry haha i will call and inquire" Iran is always worried about the kind off mess that is put on its table whichs answerr is Isreal ,be it buying high technology or building in its own energy sector ,the western press has literally divided iran from the world.The former Iranian president offered USA a chance if they could walk economically onwards with Iran like equals .Iran was not replied to. Iran is a nation that fought a very rigid dictatorial regime out of its social political syastem and the world replies negatively to how can it mend its relations with countries that are holding and housing its former world infamous secreat service .a clean home will recieve clean guests. The muslims and plain thinking southern hemisphere public should start vouchinbg for a comparable electronic media . Iran can be applauded for not talking in Pakistan or turkeys stepping forward to mark 2005 as a year of conbtact with isreal .
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Who is Britian or Uk in Irans affair? They neither have anymore Policy Role in trhe district to talk over new economies leadership like dictators.Britian has no more show of its 50 [ a show symbol of great wealth] The world should relax and let the leaders gather thier aspirations on mass communications of thier mutual understandings.
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Read My Lips > Global Diplomacy
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
"We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable."
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad's remarks?
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine."
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
"Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle."
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
"Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict."
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
"Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
"When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power."
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
"I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations."
(Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine." (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
"The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq."
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
"It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president."
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
What this explains that Islamic Conference is really weakening Islamic Countries and not talking in when they [Muslim leadership and even publics abroad] retort at excess by media or ignorance and denial of frontal nations
Iran’s Danse Macabre
By The Globalist | Thursday, November 03, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose from relative obscurity to become Iran’s president in August 2005 — and wasted no time in gaining global notoriety. His recent remarks calling for the annihilation of Israel confounded much of the rest of the world — and set off tortured explanations by other Iranians. In our Read My Lips feature, we present the key opinions on the Iranian president’s outburst.
What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a reference to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, October 2005)
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Did he leave it at that?
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
Do the Palestinians agree?
"We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel — and we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran. This is unacceptable."
(Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator with Israel, October 2005)
How did some spin doctors interpret Ahmadinejad's remarks?
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine."
(Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric, October 2005)
Do other Iranian leaders favor a different reading?
"Two decades ago, when the Imam said Israel should be wiped off the map, they thought this was merely a slogan. Now they see fresh unity in the Islamic world as the Palestinian intifada shows a new form of struggle."
(Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, October 2005)
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation." (Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Are Iran’s diplomats worried that they will lose further international support?
"Mr. Ahmadinejad did not have any intention to speak in sharp terms and engage in a conflict."
(Statement by the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, October 2005)
What was the UN’s official reaction?
"Under the United Nations charter, all members have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
(UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, October 2005)
And what did Washington have to say about the whole affair?
"When the president of one country says that another country should be wiped off the face of the map — in violation of all of the norms of the United Nations, where they sit together as members — it has to be taken seriously. It only demonstrates why we are working so hard to keep Iran from getting technologies that lead to a nuclear weapon under cover of civilian nuclear power."
(U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 2005)
How did Israel itself react to these statements?
"I truly feel a country whose head of state is capable of making such a statement is not worthy of a seat in the United Nations."
(Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, October 2005)
"What the president meant was that we favor a fair and long-lasting peace in Palestine." (Ahmed Nateq Nouri, senior conservative cleric)
In the eyes of some Iranians, is the global outrage simply a Western plot?
"The United States and the Israelis are trying to make propaganda to cover their defeats in Gaza and Iraq."
(Rahim Savafi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, October 2005)
What is curious about the whole Ahmadinejad affair?
"It seems that time has frozen for him and he is repeating the same slogans from when he was a student now in the position of president."
(Issa Saharkhiz, reformist politician and journalist in Tehran, October 2005)
And finally, how did Mr. Ahmadinejad himself react to the outpouring of criticism from around the globe?
"Westerners are free to comment — but their reaction is invalid."
(Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 2005)
What this explains that Islamic Conference is really weakening Islamic Countries and not talking in when they [Muslim leadership and even publics abroad] retort at excess by media or ignorance and denial of frontal nations
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What exactly did Mr. Ahmadinejad say?
”As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
In the context of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, I can’t see that this statement is so outrageous. Israel has wiped Palestine off the map, or is in the process of doing so, with its settlements policies, the bulldozing of houses with people in them and now the Wall.
As for Blair remarks, it was British politicians who ”gave” the Zionists the ”right” to settle in Palestine, thereby setting off the present catastrophic situation in the Middle East. It was a part of the deal which got the U.S. into the First World War, otherwise there would have been a settlement between Britain and Germany.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
”As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.”
In the context of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, I can’t see that this statement is so outrageous. Israel has wiped Palestine off the map, or is in the process of doing so, with its settlements policies, the bulldozing of houses with people in them and now the Wall.
As for Blair remarks, it was British politicians who ”gave” the Zionists the ”right” to settle in Palestine, thereby setting off the present catastrophic situation in the Middle East. It was a part of the deal which got the U.S. into the First World War, otherwise there would have been a settlement between Britain and Germany.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
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