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Iran backs Bush for re-election
starnewsonline ^ | Oct 20, 2004 | From wire service reports

Posted on 10/20/2004 1:12:30 PM PDT by Dubya

AROUND THE WORLD Iran backs Bush for re-election

TEHRAN, IRAN - The head of Iran’s security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran’s best interests, despite the administration’s axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaeda terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country’s nuclear ambitions.

Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran’s top security decision-making body.

"We haven’t seen anything good from Democrats," Mr. Rowhani told state-run television in remarks that, for the first time in recent decades, saw Iran openly supporting a U.S. presidential candidate.

The Bush campaign said no thanks.

"It’s not an endorsement we’ll be accepting anytime soon," Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Myanmar replaces prime minister BANGKOK, THAILAND - Myanmar’s tough but pragmatic prime minister was sacked Tuesday by his hard-line army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation.

The ouster of Gen. Khin Nyunt, 65, who was also military intelligence chief, seemed to spell an end to a power struggle between so-called moderates and a faction uninterested in negotiating reconciliation with democracy activists or nations critical of the regime.

A separate broadcast announced that the new prime minister is Lt. Gen. Soe Win, a former air defense chief.

– From wire service reports


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: foreignleaders; fourmoreyears; gwb2004; iran

1 posted on 10/20/2004 1:12:30 PM PDT by Dubya
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To: Dubya

Iran could be trying to actually harm Bush's chances with this so-called endorsement.


2 posted on 10/20/2004 1:13:56 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (It's coming. The 2d American Civil War - Conservatives vs. Liberals! It will happen.)
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To: Dubya

Yes, of course I believe what ever the Iman says, said simple Simon to the Piemam.


3 posted on 10/20/2004 1:14:31 PM PDT by stockpirate (Kerry; supported by, financed by, trained by, guided by, revered by, in favor of, Communists.)
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To: Dubya

----Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran’s top security decision-making body.----

Time to even things up.

-Dan

4 posted on 10/20/2004 1:15:25 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor ("AMERICA-A-A-A!!! F*** YEAH!!!")
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To: RetiredArmy

That is my instant reaction entirely!


5 posted on 10/20/2004 1:17:33 PM PDT by Dudoight
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To: RetiredArmy

Reverse psychology for the simple of mind.


6 posted on 10/20/2004 1:18:54 PM PDT by midwestmidnight
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To: Flux Capacitor

As I recall, it was a Dem who witnessed the overthrow of the Shah and the installation of Islamofascism in that country, no?


7 posted on 10/20/2004 1:19:23 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 ("Hey, Terrorist!... Terrorize THIS!")
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To: Dubya
Posted already HERE
8 posted on 10/20/2004 1:20:03 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: RetiredArmy

Agreed!


9 posted on 10/20/2004 1:20:09 PM PDT by AlamoWoman
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To: RetiredArmy

...just a ploy to bring Jewish voters back to Kerry. I wonder if Dem and Iranian agents had a secret meeting at a Prague cafe earlier this year?


10 posted on 10/20/2004 1:20:32 PM PDT by eagle11 (Ignorance of History is the Mother of (Liberal) Progressivism)
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To: Dubya
Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran’s top security decision-making body.

Wrong. Rowhani wouldn't even have a job if Jimmy Carter had not handed the country over to the mullahs.

11 posted on 10/20/2004 1:27:43 PM PDT by JoeGar
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To: Dubya

Either they are stupid, or they are trying to help Kerry.


12 posted on 10/20/2004 1:28:43 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

"Either they are stupid, or they are trying to help Kerry."

Another possibility...they see the handwriting on the wall vis a vis this election and beyond, and hope to save their sorry mullah butts.


13 posted on 10/20/2004 1:33:17 PM PDT by Dat Mon (clever tagline under construction)
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To: Dubya

"We haven’t seen anything good from Democrats,"

haha... too funny.


14 posted on 10/20/2004 1:36:59 PM PDT by Se7eN
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To: Dubya

No, it doesn't.


15 posted on 10/20/2004 1:38:08 PM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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To: stockpirate

Remember, it is OK to lie to infidels.


16 posted on 10/20/2004 1:42:31 PM PDT by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: eagle11

Kerry was to busy denying that he met with them before he met with them.


17 posted on 10/20/2004 3:01:56 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (It's coming. The 2d American Civil War - Conservatives vs. Liberals! It will happen.)
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To: RetiredArmy

no! ya think?


18 posted on 10/20/2004 3:33:35 PM PDT by King Prout (yo! sKerry: "Live by the flip, die by the flop." - Frank_Discussion)
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To: King Prout

Yes, wise ass, I think. Apparently you don't.


19 posted on 10/20/2004 3:34:28 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (It's coming. The 2d American Civil War - Conservatives vs. Liberals! It will happen.)
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To: RetiredArmy

sorry - didn't realize I needed to put a [sarcasm] tag on an obvious reply to the obvious (and probably correct) suspicion.


20 posted on 10/20/2004 3:39:44 PM PDT by King Prout (yo! sKerry: "Live by the flip, die by the flop." - Frank_Discussion)
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