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Unhappy love affair explains Rice stance on Iran: MP
Reuters ^ | 6/29/05 | Reuters

Posted on 06/29/2005 2:45:47 PM PDT by freedom44

TEHRAN (AFP) - Perplexed by the vitriol of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's attacks on Iran, one lawmaker believes he has uncovered the secret of her enmity -- that she was spurned by an Iranian boyfriend at college.

"The reason that the US secretary of state attacks Iran is because she had her heart broken by a young man from Qazvin while they were students," a confident Shokrollah Attarzadeh was quoted by the ISNA agency as saying.

Somewhat mysteriously, he added: "This is the result of an investigation by a woman MP, who cannot be named."

Qazvin is an unremarkable city 150 kilometers (90 miles) from Tehran, hitherto not known for playing a major role Iran-US relations, which have been frozen for a quarter of a century.

Attarzadeh did not offer any other details on the alleged affair or, for that matter, any interesting new proposal on how ties between the two arch-enemies could be warmed up.

Surprising as it may be, amorous explanations for diplomatic machinations are nothing new here.

It was rumoured last year that German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer hardened his tone towards Iran after acquiring a girlfriend who supports the exiled opposition.

The alleged leniency of International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohammad ElBaradei towards Iran's nuclear programme has also been explained by ... him having an Iranian wife.


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1 posted on 06/29/2005 2:45:48 PM PDT by freedom44
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To: freedom44

Liberal nonsense at its finest.


2 posted on 06/29/2005 2:47:16 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: freedom44

Reuters is reporting this kind of garbage? I thought surely it was the National Intruder.


3 posted on 06/29/2005 2:47:50 PM PDT by Peach
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To: freedom44

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


4 posted on 06/29/2005 2:48:02 PM PDT by My2Cents ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: freedom44

Can you imagine Reuters peddling this kind of absurd gossip about Hillary or some other liberal fave?


5 posted on 06/29/2005 2:48:25 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: freedom44

Good grief. Reuters will print anything.


6 posted on 06/29/2005 2:48:49 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: freedom44

Haha!

NEVER cross a Scorpio!


7 posted on 06/29/2005 2:49:15 PM PDT by Hoodlum91 (Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.)
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To: freedom44

And didn't Kim Jong Il claim that Rice was obsessed with North Korea because she has the hots for him? Good grief...these aren't simply megalomaniacs...they're just plain maniacs.


8 posted on 06/29/2005 2:49:23 PM PDT by My2Cents ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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"The reason that the US secretary of state attacks Iran is because she had her heart broken by a young man from Qazvin while they were students," a confident Shokrollah Attarzadeh was quoted by the ISNA agency as saying.'

Well, I guess that explains it. Shokrollah Attarzadeh knows all about relationships since he is still in the stable, loving marriage to the same sheep he loved as a teenager.


9 posted on 06/29/2005 2:49:30 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Try permaculture and get back to the Founders intent. Mr. Jefferson lives!)
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To: freedom44

Maybe Ann Coulter hates liberals so much because as a child one broke her heart as well...
and maybe a young terrorist chick broke Bush's heart...
/sarcasm


10 posted on 06/29/2005 2:50:00 PM PDT by Right_at_RiceU (You don't need a gun to kill hippies, just soap or work.)
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To: freedom44

What explains Clintons dislike of Lickenstein?


11 posted on 06/29/2005 2:50:02 PM PDT by woofie ("Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!!")
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No kidding. Our entire policy towards Iran is based on Rice getting her heart broken by a former boyfriend. Can't get anymore absurd than that.


12 posted on 06/29/2005 2:50:04 PM PDT by freedom44
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To: freedom44

too funny!

let's send em a phaillic nuclear bomb or two


13 posted on 06/29/2005 2:50:28 PM PDT by rang1995 (They will love us when we win)
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To: freedom44

"Somewhat mysteriously, he added: "This is the result of an investigation by a woman MP, who cannot be named."

Alrighty then, this MUST be true!


14 posted on 06/29/2005 2:50:52 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (As long as Dean's the head of the D-N-C, it just looks better for the G-O-P!!)
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To: freedom44

I saw something about this earlier. LoL.


15 posted on 06/29/2005 2:51:01 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: woofie

Stamps.


16 posted on 06/29/2005 2:51:04 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Try permaculture and get back to the Founders intent. Mr. Jefferson lives!)
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To: freedom44

What a sexist bastard!


17 posted on 06/29/2005 2:51:35 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find.)
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Somewhat mysteriously, he added: "This is the result of an investigation by a woman MP, who cannot be named."

Because...?

18 posted on 06/29/2005 2:51:59 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-G-d, PRO-LIFE..." -- FR founder Jim Robinson)
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Coming from a bunch of intellectual giants who argue that GWB started a war to finish what hi father started, I fully expect this to become part of their talking points in the very near future!


19 posted on 06/29/2005 2:52:06 PM PDT by riri
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It was rumoured last year that German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer hardened his tone towards Iran after acquiring a girlfriend who supports the exiled opposition.

AP should write an article about how the attacks on 911 were made possible in part because Bob Torricelli led the charge to outlaw communication between the FBI and the CIA, as part of his quest to get into Bianca Jaggers pants.

The story even has a happy ending. For Bob anyway.

20 posted on 06/29/2005 2:52:14 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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