Posted on 06/11/2006 7:12:35 PM PDT by Atlantic Bridge
Just hours before Iran's first World Cup match in Nuremberg, prominent German politicians and Jewish leaders marched to protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad, who denies the Holocaust and questions Israel's right to exist. The protesters want to keep him from visiting Germany if Iran's team advances.
"Israel is on the Map to Stay!" A boy participates in a major demonstration against the policies of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Participants in the demonstration against anti-Semitism carry signs, with the one on the left reading "red card for Ahmadinedschad," which uses a soccer term signifying dismissal from a match, to allude to recent inflammatory remarks made by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian president has said he may visit Germany if the Tehran team advances.
German Jewish community leader Michel Friedman: "We have learned that you must resist from the very beginning, but Ahmadinejad has already gone far beyond that. We cannot greet the Hitler of the 21st century with a diplomatic line of least resistance."
Israel flags and red cards for Ahmadinejad: "In the same way that we welcome Iranian visitors and their national team, we must also express the degree of our contempt for Ahmadinejad."
The protests weren't isolated to the streets. Some funs unfurled maps of Israel during the Iran-Mexico match, which is being broadcast to hundreds of millions around the world. The message? Germany and the western world are unflinching in their support of Israel and its right to exist.
(Excerpt) Read more at service.spiegel.de ...
"We're clearly showing that Bavaria, Germany and the entire Western world stand firmly on the side of the state of Israel and its Jewish citizens,"
With statements he has made denying the Holocaust and the threats he has made against Israel, Ahmadinejad has demonstrated that he is not a part of the civilized world, the politician said. But he also stated that the protest was aimed directly at the Iranian president for his "intolerable verbal attacks" and not against the Iranian people.
I think there is nothing more to say.
Mexico 3 - Iran 1.
When I read this headline, I thought it was a Kos or DU link about Bush!
Man, they are going to be really upset over there. Der Spiegel is stealing their shtick!
Gee that almost looks like Freep underway.
Ah-Mah-NutJob gets the "redcard"...I also love that kids sign!!
Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.
budda-bing
New Freep Lexicon from old TV sitcoms, lol.
He'll open his mouth one time too many one of these days.
LOL, 'glad to oblige' some might say.
Jews “Keeping Me from World Cup,” says Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his plans to attend the World Cup soccer tournament in Germany have been put on hold. The Iranian president had previously stated his intention to travel to Germany for the World Cup games that will take place there this summer. Iran is one of the 32 nations participating in the event.
“It was my understanding that Germany had rid itself of Jews during the 1940s,” said Ahmadinejad. “Now, I hear that there were some survivors. If I go there is a chance that I will breathe air that has previously been inside a Jew. This is unacceptable. Unless Germany can assure me of pure air to breathe I will be forced to boycott the match.”
Some German officials have been pressing to prevent Ahmadinejad's visit. “Soccer matches have potential for violence under normal circumstances,” said an editorial in Der Spiegel. “We don’t need another lunatic in the grandstands.”
read more satire at...
http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
Thankyou!
THank you Mr. Gunther!
LOL... I also thought the same!
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