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To: F14 Pilot
SHIRZAD BOZORGMEHR, CNNI CORRESPONDENT
Also referred to as Freelance

Has done interviews (via phone) with JUDY WOODRUFF,
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD
37 posted on 07/28/2003 2:05:22 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert
In this 60 Minutes transcript, he's referred to as an Iranian newspaper editor.

Transcript: Saddam's bonanza
February 16, 2003

INTRODUCTION
TARA BROWN: The war may or may not be all about oil but it's oil that finances Saddam Hussein's regime. If he still has weapons of mass destruction, you can be sure oil paid for them. And that's despite international sanctions against Iraqi oil exports. Last year, Richard Carleton revealed how Saddam was raking in a bonanza, blatantly flaunting that embargo. Well, Richard's just been back to northern Iraq and he found that, even now, the huge illegal trade is still going strong. On the way there, though, he stopped off in neighbouring Iran, a country still trying to decide who is the greater Satan — America or Saddam Hussein.

STORY
RICHARD CARLETON: Distrust for America is nothing new in the Islamic world but right now, it's epidemic. This is Iran, part of the "axis of evil" where, according to the ruling clerics, the US is still the great Satan. It's quite safe here but, of course, I wasn't silly enough to dispute the sentiment behind the chant. "Down with America". "Down with America," yes, but how do you resolve this conundrum — these people, this country, Iran, is, for this moment, allied with America in opposing Saddam Hussein in Iraq, next door. Hard to follow? Well, yes it is. And do you remember 20 years ago here at the embassy of the United States of America, America was humiliated when 52 of their diplomats were held hostage here for 444 days? "Down with America", yes, but after America has disarmed Saddam Hussein.

SHIRZAD BOZORGMEHR: There is no love lost between the ... most of Iran, most Iranians, on the clerical side and the radical side, and the US but, at the same time, it is expedient to see that Saddam is removed now. If he's going to be removed by the great Satan, the US, so be it.

RICHARD CARLETON: Given that 500,000 Iranians died in Saddam's Iran-Iraq war, expediency may be understandable, but that doesn't mean newspaper editor Shirzad Bozorgmehr trusts America.

SHIRZAD BOZORGMEHR: The priority is to establish and deploy their army there so they can dictate to Iraqis, have their oil and also put pressure on Iran and keep an eye on others for the sake of Israel, basically.

RICHARD CARLETON: Is that what it boils down to in your view?
(excert)
http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2003_02_16/story_764.asp

38 posted on 07/28/2003 2:13:53 PM PDT by nuconvert
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