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UN spokesman: US Should let Iranian president in --
US may deny visa for Iran leader's UN address
FT.com ^
| August 5 2005
| By Guy Dinmore in Washington
Posted on 08/05/2005 2:50:17 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
The Bush administration is considering taking the unprecedented step of preventing a visting head of state from addressing the United Nations in New York by denying a visa to Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran's new elected conservative president.
Officials said a decision rested on investigations into whether Mr Ahmadi-Nejad was involved in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis and the killing of an Iranian-Kurdish dissident leader in Vienna in 1989. Iran denies his involvement in either event.
A top Iranian official confirmed Thursday that Mr Ahmadi-Nejad, who took office on Wednesday, planned to address the UN Millennium Summit and its annual General Assembly next month. Ahmadi-Nejads visa application was submitted on Thursday, the Iranian official said.
The trip would be mutually beneficial to the US and Iran, the official added.
A White House official said that visa applications were confidential under US law and therefore he could not comment on the outcome. Asked if the presidents alleged involvement in the 444-day-long embassy hostage crisis, if proven, would be sufficient reason to deny him a visa, the US official replied: That is something we are looking at.
A US official who asked to remain anonymous said agencies were examining whether there was sufficient evidence to deny a visa and how this would be justified under international law.
Stephane Dujarric, UN spokesman, said: The host country agreement calls on the US not to impose any impediment to the travel to the UN of any representative of a member state on official business.
Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman, was denied entry in 1988. He addressed the UN in Geneva. Mohammad Khatami, Iran's previous president, spoke at the UN several times, most notably just weeks after the September 2001 attacks, which he condemned.
Former US diplomats allege they recognise Mr Ahmadi-Nejad as one of their captors, but the Central Intelligence Agency has found no confirmation of this.
Additional reporting by Mark Turner at the UN
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejadvisit; arafat; bush; cia; crisis; dujarric; embassy; geneva; hostage; iran; khatami; ny; official; tehran; terrorism; un; usa; visa; washington
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To: F14 Pilot
Arrest his ass and send him to Gitmo. Or better yet, insist the ICC deal with him. Pretty sure being a ring leader in the kidnapping of diplomats has to be some sort of crime.
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posted on
08/05/2005 3:25:48 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
( Iraq is a Terrorist bug hotel, Terrorists go in, they do not come out.)
To: F14 Pilot
Asked if the presidents alleged involvement in the 444-day-long embassy hostage crisis, if proven, would be sufficient reason to deny him a visa, the US official replied: That is something we are looking at.
Nah, we're perfectly content to allow a terrorst who held our citizens for 444 days into the country. Heck, we should even keep him.
A US official who asked to remain anonymous said agencies were examining whether there was sufficient evidence to deny a visa and how this would be justified under international law.
Uh, because this is our country, and we don't HAVE to give visas? What kind of crap is this. They can take international law and shove it up their butts.
To: F14 Pilot
"Former US diplomats allege they recognise Mr Ahmadi-Nejad as one of their captors, but the Central Intelligence Agency has found no confirmation of this. "
I would check and see when the agents reviewing this were admitted to the agency. My bet is sometime between 1992 and 2000.
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posted on
08/05/2005 3:33:35 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
To: F14 Pilot
I would arrange a meet with several of the US "guests" of Iran in the late 70's. Also, I think a good sitdown session with John Bolton would also be useful.
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posted on
08/05/2005 3:54:05 PM PDT
by
sono
To: sono
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posted on
08/05/2005 3:55:50 PM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:06:08 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: F14 Pilot
I said this before in another thread on this subject, but what we need to do is to force down the little bearded bastard to the nearest U.S. Air Force base, and then take him into custody and provide new housing for him at Gitmo.
In a perfect world, we put him in a cell with Jimmy Carter, put ladies underwear on Jimmah's head, and tell President AlmondineNoNads that "love is in the air".
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:09:29 PM PDT
by
Mad Mammoth
('Some folks just need killin' - Clint Eastwood / 'The Outlaw Josey Wales')
To: pbrown
Do not allow any terrorist in the US, including MEK terrorists!
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:13:00 PM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot
This Piece of dog excrement should be prevented from ever entering the U.S. I don't care if he was going to the U.N. If the U.N. doesn't like it they can move to Switzerland.
This guy and his mullah pals have killed or sponsored this killing of many American citizens and he and his country should pay for it.
To: F14 Pilot
Let him come in then ship him Gitmo.
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:15:03 PM PDT
by
Paul_Denton
(Get the U.N. out of the U.S. and U.S. out of the U.N.!)
To: F14 Pilot
I'll be calling my senators, congressman and the White House comment line on Monday.
I'm still trying to recover from Dubya giving Hamas our tax dollars.
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:15:57 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: All
The reason he is coming, is to address the UN and bash the USA. Too bad we don't have the evidence we need to arrest him for the U.S.Embassy take over. Hopefully there will be many expatriate Iranians picketing the U.N. when he arrives.
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:22:26 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(3 more months of snowbird free living.)
To: F14 Pilot
He can give his address live via satellite.
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posted on
08/05/2005 4:26:55 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(In golf, some are long, I'm "Lama Long")
To: F14 Pilot
I think we should let him in and then arrest his but for crimes committed in 79'. Set a bond of say 400 billion cash.
Confiscate the bond money as ill gotten gains and freeze his
accounts. Then throw his a$$ in gp in Huntsville tx to wait
for his trial.
To: PositiveCogins
Put his plane into the Atlantic.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:35:20 PM PDT
by
jblair
To: jblair
Come on. He's innocent until proven guilty. Let's let him in, replace him with a double, and then we're in control....
we can get him to address the un, tell them that he's gay,. he doesn't bathe or brush, he fantasizes about doing it with allah and mohammad and chickens, eats pork and beans, (campbells) stole the election, come on...........
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:50:31 PM PDT
by
InsureAmerica
(the only free cheese is in a mousetrap)
To: F14 Pilot
Iran's new President is an Islamofascist supporter of terrorism against America and the West. He also wants to export Khomeinism around the world. He is no friend of freedom. For all these reasons and more Ahmad-Nejad should be denied a visa to enter our country.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:20:58 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Ingtar
We used to grant Arafat visas. Have we fallen so low that we're going to grant the very person who took a part in our Embassy's takeover in Tehran in the 70s a visa? I don't think so. The U.S's national interest comes before the U.N's feelings and if they don't like it, they can get the hell out of our country!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:23:56 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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