Posted on 01/01/2006 5:46:51 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
IRAN'S hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued a new diatribe against arch foe Israel overnight saying that the Jewish state was "anti-Islamic in nature" and the result of European "ethnic cleansing.
"In fact the Europeans have practiced ethnic cleansing against the Jews in Europe by expelling the Jews from all the European states," the official IRNA news agency quoted Mr Ahmadinejad as saying.
"They have shot two targets with a single bullet, they have built a Jewish camp among the Islamic nations and got rid of the Jews from the whole of Europe.
"The Zionist regime is a part of Europe, which was broken away from Europe, and is anti-Islamic in nature," he said.
The outspoken hardliner suggested that the international outrage sparked by previous comments in which he said that Holocaust denial was "scientific debate" and that Israel should be "wiped off the map" was because he had touched a sensitive nerve.
He asked why Palestinians who played no party in the killing of Jews in World War II should have been forced to make way for a Jewish state.
"Why don't the Europeans who perpetrated the crime pay the price themselves?" he asked.
The president rejected suggestions his comments were anti-Semitic, insisting Iran made a distinction between Judaism and Zionism.
Mr Ahmadinejad, an ultra-conservative who won a shock election victory in June, has caused international outrage with a series of anti-Israeli remarks.
The outspoken president has labelled the Jewish state a "tumour" that should be "wiped off the map" or moved out of the Middle East.
In his latest outburst last month, he said the Holocaust, during which an estimated six million Jews perished, was "invented" and that Israel should be moved as far away as Alaska.
Mr Ahmadinejad's comments have already resulted in two rebukes from the UN Security Council, and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan also put off a planned visit to Iran in October.
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....he'll die soon
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Time to hire Paladin
Have Gun-
Will Travel!
If Carter had dealt with these terrorists when they first committed an act of war against the US, we wouldn't need this discussion, now.
nonesense!
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Well I am glad its all nonsense and we can tell Israel and all the countries of Europe that they have nothing to fear from this nutcase and that Iran is in good hands.
yep
you simply don't have a clue as pilot said!
Read more stuff on Iran here on FR
I have been reading on Free Republic, and it isnt me who doesnt have a clue.
If you two think Iran is being properly led by this crazy bastid and believe one day the people are going to rise up and oust him and the Mullahs on their own you are dreaming.
I am from Iran and I know better than you what will happen in my homeland
The iranians threw out the shah. When they have had enough of the mullahs they will act again...maybe.
Why dont you go back and lead the insurrection? Somebody sure needs to.
TROLL
no one cares about wtc911 comments
don't bother to respond to his/her trollish comments
This guy is perfectly capable of starting a war and if it's with the wrong people a lot of Iranains will be killed. The US would be very careful, with surgical strikes, but this guy is challanging everyone and someone else may be goaded into war long before the US is.
agreed!
Ok when do you kick this buttwipe outta there. The world is waiting. We hope you make your move before someone else does.
So when are these cultured , intelligent people of Iran going to make their move. Before or after this clown starts a war they cant win, and turns loose those 400 cultured and intelligent suicide bombers he claims to have. You know the ones I stated were as nuts as he is?
Ya know you are right I probably dont have a clue. I only know we waited for 12 years for saddam to be overthrown by the intelligent people of Iraq. They never got the job done.
Now we are waiting basically for the same thing to happen in Iran, and I really dont believe they will get the job done there either,until they force the issue on Europe, Israel, or the USA to get it done for them. Now Ahmadinejab may only have 10 to 15% support as you say, but so far he has managed to take control of that country and threaten anyone who stands against him.
Now I know we both want the same thing in Iran.We want them to stop aiding insurgents ,and terrorists,imrove their human rights record, and live in peace with their neighbors.
You claim they will do it when they get around to it, and I dont think they wil ever get around to it.
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