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As you probably already know, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been invited to speak at Columbia University this coming Monday, Sept. 24th. HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO: Columbia’s Jewish organizations are holding a large demonstration on campus on campus. The details of this demonstration are as follows: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:00pm - 3:00pm across from Lerner Hall (114th Street and Broadway) All RJC Members are strongly encouraged to join!! No sign-up necessary—JUST SHOW UP! ______________________ If you would like to help further or are unable to make it to the rally, we encourage you to call, fax, or mail...

Standing before a parade of missile-bearing trucks with signs declaring "Down with the U.S." and "Down with Israel," Iran's loudmouth leader warned yesterday that his country will not be intimidated. "Those [countries] who assume that decaying methods such as psychological war, political propaganda and the so-called economic sanctions would work and prevent Iran's fast drive toward progress are mistaken," said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His words came just two days before he was to make a controversial speaking appearance at Columbia University ahead of his U.N. General Assembly address Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Iran - A day before flying to New York to speak directly to the American people, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a confrontational tone Saturday with a parade of fighter jets and missiles and tough warnings for the United States to stay out of the Mideast. Three new domestically manufactured warplanes streaked over the capital during the parade marking the 27th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Iran, which sparked a 1980-88 war that killed hundreds of thousands of people. The parade also featured the Ghadr missile, which has a range of 1,120 miles, capable of reaching Israel. Some...

With pictures worth a thousand words, here is a look at what Ahmadi-Nejad's visit means and what incompetence in our political arena and denial of reality can bring very close to home. Yours and mine. Not as far fetched as it seems at first blush. The extent of unthinkably violent "repression and suppression" depicted in this real photo of the Bassiji "police" may not reach America nor Europe tomorrow but will be a logical conclusion to the events unfolding now. All pointing in that direction as we hesitate and waffle, hoping the nightmare will go away when we awake.How stupid...