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It was asked — Is Barack Obama truly suppressing libety in Iran by not supporting the student uprising?

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Well, why is choosing one Muslim terrorist leader considered to be better than choosing a different Muslim terrorist leader?

Here’s your other Muslim terrorist candidate...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mousavi

Iranian reformist may seem moderate but his history is one of a radical sympathizer of the ayatollahs’ regime. Can a leopard really change its spots?

Smadar Peri
Published: 06.18.09, 14:22 / Israel News

Reformist Iranian leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, with his sleek, striped shirts and overall serene demeanor, may seem like the nuclear threat-wary West’s wildest dream, but a closer look into the man’s past reveals a darker image, of a man who was a radical sympathizer of the ayatollahs.

Mousavi (67), who became Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s main political rival during the last presidential race, is an architect by training, an amateur artist and a would-be poet, who has penned dozens of romantic songs.

His presidential campaign focused on problems rooted within the Islamic Republic: He pledged to improve the status of women, fight unemployment, poverty and the younger generation’s disconcerting affection for drugs, and he vowed that change will come.

His resume, however, depicts an extremist – a man who is not so different than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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