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ASSOCIATED PRESSMahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.By Kara Rowland
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UNITED NATIONS | American and European diplomats walked out of the room in protest Thursday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested before the U.N. General Assembly that the U.S. government may have orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in an effort to somehow bolster Israel.
The incendiary remarks upstaged President Obama, who hours earlier touted the latest round of sanctions against the rogue nation, yet said the "door remains open to diplomacy" if Iran decides to meet its international obligations by allowing U.N. inspectors access to its nuclear facilities.
Mr. Ahmadinejad discussed the 9/11 conspiracy theory in a characteristic rambling tirade that hit the U.S. for its "occupation" of Iraq and Afghanistan, and predicted an end to the current world order.
He said one possible explanation for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is "that some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East, in order to save the Zionist regime."
The incendiary statement drew a sharp and immediate response from the Obama administration.
"Rather than representing the aspirations and good will of the Iranian people, Mr. Ahmadinejad has yet again chosen to spout vile conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic slurs that are as abhorrent and delusional as they are predictable," said Mark Kornblau, spokesman for the U.S. mission to the U.N.
Indeed, the diminutive leader has made a habit of provoking the West in his annual speech to world leaders, describing "Zionists" as "murderers" in his 2008 address, for example. His anti-Semitic comments last year prompted a similar walkout.
Fariborz Ghadar, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Mr. Ahmadinejad's comments are clearly outrageous, but "the question is, why is he saying it?"
"This is basically for consumption in the Middle East. It certainly doesn't play well in New York, and I don't necessarily think it plays well in Tehran," said Mr. Ghadar, drawing a distinction between the "average Iranian" and hard-liners like Mr. Ahmadinejad. "He wants to make some gestures to the West, but whenever he makes them, he gets a fair amount of pushback from the factions within conservative groups in Iran, so he then has to say all sorts of outrageous things."
In an interview with reporters earlier in the week, Mr. Ahmadinejad gave the impression that he is open to relaunching nuclear talks with the West, saying there "is a good chance" that negotiations would resume "in the near future," according to Politico.
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Ahmadinejad can hold up TWO books while chewing gum and lying about most everything...all at the same time!
Meanwhile, obamma can only lie and do nothing else because he is too untalented and feeble minded. At the U.N., Ahmadinejad runs circles around oDUMBo. But we should give obamma a few kudos for his gullibility, ignorance and naivete.
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Hey onumbNUTS!! Getting tired of 'holding the door open' for the sociopath Ahmadinejad yet?? Or are you just too damn STUPID and NAIVE and IGNORANT and GILLIBLE to open up those coal black fogged eyes of yours?
.
Either wake up or give up the office and let someone with a brain run the country. You disgust Americans!!!
LRV says:
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When will President Barak Hussein Obama get convinced that it is not possible to dialog or negotiate with fanatic terrorists and communists?
Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez and Fidel & Raul Castro are all the same.
Their aim is at destroying the United States of America at any cost.
We must not forget the statement of Fidel Castro in May of 2001 in Teheran, when he said: " TOGETHER WE WILL BRING THE EMPIRE TO ITS KNEES, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE POISONED LAMB INSIDE THEM".
Five months later, the TWIN TOWERS CAME TUMBLING DOWN AND THREE THOUSAND AMERICANS DIED WITH THEM>
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Words trigger walkout during speech at U.N.
ASSOCIATED PRESSMahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.By Kara Rowland-
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8:32 p.m., Thursday, September 23, 2010
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UNITED NATIONS | American and European diplomats walked out of the room in protest Thursday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested before the U.N. General Assembly that the U.S. government may have orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in an effort to somehow bolster Israel.
The incendiary remarks upstaged President Obama, who hours earlier touted the latest round of sanctions against the rogue nation, yet said the "door remains open to diplomacy" if Iran decides to meet its international obligations by allowing U.N. inspectors access to its nuclear facilities.
Mr. Ahmadinejad discussed the 9/11 conspiracy theory in a characteristic rambling tirade that hit the U.S. for its "occupation" of Iraq and Afghanistan, and predicted an end to the current world order.
He said one possible explanation for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is "that some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East, in order to save the Zionist regime."
The incendiary statement drew a sharp and immediate response from the Obama administration.
"Rather than representing the aspirations and good will of the Iranian people, Mr. Ahmadinejad has yet again chosen to spout vile conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic slurs that are as abhorrent and delusional as they are predictable," said Mark Kornblau, spokesman for the U.S. mission to the U.N.
Indeed, the diminutive leader has made a habit of provoking the West in his annual speech to world leaders, describing "Zionists" as "murderers" in his 2008 address, for example. His anti-Semitic comments last year prompted a similar walkout.
Fariborz Ghadar, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Mr. Ahmadinejad's comments are clearly outrageous, but "the question is, why is he saying it?"
"This is basically for consumption in the Middle East. It certainly doesn't play well in New York, and I don't necessarily think it plays well in Tehran," said Mr. Ghadar, drawing a distinction between the "average Iranian" and hard-liners like Mr. Ahmadinejad. "He wants to make some gestures to the West, but whenever he makes them, he gets a fair amount of pushback from the factions within conservative groups in Iran, so he then has to say all sorts of outrageous things."
In an interview with reporters earlier in the week, Mr. Ahmadinejad gave the impression that he is open to relaunching nuclear talks with the West, saying there "is a good chance" that negotiations would resume "in the near future," according to Politico.
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ight says:
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Ahmadinejad can hold up TWO books while chewing gum and lying about most everything...all at the same time!
Meanwhile, obamma can only lie and do nothing else because he is too untalented and feeble minded. At the U.N., Ahmadinejad runs circles around oDUMBo. But we should give obamma a few kudos for his gullibility, ignorance and naivete.
allRight says:
3 hours, 26 minutes ago
Mark as offensive
Hey onumbNUTS!! Getting tired of 'holding the door open' for the sociopath Ahmadinejad yet?? Or are you just too damn STUPID and NAIVE and IGNORANT and GILLIBLE to open up those coal black fogged eyes of yours?
.
Either wake up or give up the office and let someone with a brain run the country. You disgust Americans!!!
LRV says:
3 hours, 52 minutes ago
Mark as offensive
When will President Barak Hussein Obama get convinced that it is not possible to dialog or negotiate with fanatic terrorists and communists?
Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez and Fidel & Raul Castro are all the same.
Their aim is at destroying the United States of America at any cost.
We must not forget the statement of Fidel Castro in May of 2001 in Teheran, when he said: " TOGETHER WE WILL BRING THE EMPIRE TO ITS KNEES, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE POISONED LAMB INSIDE THEM".
Five months later, the TWIN TOWERS CAME TUMBLING DOWN AND THREE THOUSAND AMERICANS DIED WITH THEM>
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