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Chilling Visions Of Things To Come
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Morphine replied on Wed Dec 14, 2005 @ 12:41pm |
 Coolness: 51105 | FACTBOX-Iranian president's controversial statements
Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:12 AM ET (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Holocaust was a myth, reiterating a view that has caused international uproar and drawn a rebuke from the United Nations Security Council. Following are some of his controversial statements on key policy issues: ISRAEL AND THE HOLOCAUST "They have fabricated a legend under the name 'Massacre of the Jews', and they hold it higher than God himself, religion itself and the prophets themselves" (Addressing a rally in the southeastern city of Zahedan on December 14.) "Israel must be wiped off the map ... The Islamic world will not let its historic enemy live in its heartland." (Addressing a conference on "The World without Zionism", in Tehran on October 26.) "Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces ... Although we don't accept this claim...If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe -- like in Germany, Austria or other countries -- to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe." (Addressing a news conference in Mecca on December 8.) TIES WITH UNITED STATES "Relations with the United States are not a cure for our ills." (During the presidential election campaign in June). "Our nation ... has no significant need for (relations with) the United States." (At a news conference in Tehran on June 26, after winning the presidential election.) EUROPE "I'm surprised that the Europeans cannot tolerate others' opinions. They are used to talking and want others to listen to them." (At the Mecca news conference, December 8.) IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME "(They) are not only refusing to remedy their past deeds but in clear breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, are trying to prevent other countries from acquiring the technology to produce peaceful nuclear energy." (In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly on September 17.) "You are telling us we can't produce nuclear fuel, that we will give it to you. You who imposed medical embargoes on nations that caused the death of countless numbers of people, what guarantees are there that you will give us nuclear fuel?" (At the Mecca news conference, December 8) SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS "We did not have a revolution in order to have a democracy ... People think a return to revolutionary values is only a matter of wearing the headscarf ... The country's true problem is employment and housing, not what to wear." (During the presidential campaign in June) THE ECONOMY "I will cut the hands off the mafias of powers and factions who have a grasp on our oil, I stake my life on this ... People must see their share of oil money in their daily lives." (Quoted telling parliamentarians in Iran's Kayhan newspaper.) © Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Thu Dec 15, 2005 @ 4:03am |
 Coolness: 201360 | It's too bad he said the holocaust stuff, because everything else he said makes a lot of sense. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Thu Dec 15, 2005 @ 4:16am |
 Coolness: 92400 | yeah cause all those old concentration camps and execution records therein aren't really there, they are just illusions. |
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