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Iran to host Holocaust conference later this year
AFP ^ | June 25, 2006

Posted on 06/27/2006 1:08:13 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Iran has said it will still go ahead with its plan to host a conference questioning the Holocaust, with the event now scheduled for later in 2006.

The controversial idea emerged after hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the systematic slaughter of an estimated six million Jews during World War II as a "myth", and the event was initially set for early this year.

"It is going to be held in (the month of) Aban," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters Sunday, referring to the Iranian month which starts on October 23.

Asefi also said there was nothing wrong with the idea, saying that the delay in the timing of the event was because "in Aban the weather in cooler".

"We do not consider it harsh to host a conference that will historically, scientifically and analytically talk about an event".

Ahmadinejad, an ultra-conservative who came to power in a surprise victory last June, has provoked international condemnation with a number of anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish remarks.

They include labelling Israel a "tumour" and calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map" or moved as far away as Alaska. On the Holocaust, he has claimed it is merely a Western invention used to legitimise Israel.

In January, British Prime Minister Tony Blair described plans for the conference as "shocking, ridiculous, stupid", and advised Ahmadinejad to "come and see the evidence of the Holocaust himself in the countries of Europe".

But Iran responded by inviting Blair to take part in the conference and "defend the Holocaust" as an historical fact.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; antisemitism; hitler; holocaust; iran; jihad; nazi; terrorism; terrorists; ww2

1 posted on 06/27/2006 1:08:19 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative
We need to put together a "conference" questioning Moe....just for a counter balance...When they start there I suggest we start ours rightchere.
2 posted on 06/27/2006 1:27:36 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: West Coast Conservative

I suppose Murtha, Gore, Kerry, Cynthia McKinney, Waters, Jesse Jackson, etc. among others will be going.


3 posted on 06/27/2006 1:32:11 AM PDT by garyhope
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To: West Coast Conservative
The IHR freaks, Buchananites and many individuals from western Europe would probably attend, dependent on conditions and accomodations. We should keep an eye on the situation as it develops. If Iran makes attendance a condition of appeasements negotiations for its nuclear weapons program, we might even see most of the leaders of the west there.
4 posted on 06/27/2006 1:53:26 AM PDT by familyop ("Either you're with us, or you're with the terrorists." --President Bush)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Ahmadinejad, an ultra-conservative

I greatly object to this slander. That dude is a fascist muslim, nothing more, nothing less. He should be referred to as such.

5 posted on 06/27/2006 2:01:01 AM PDT by Dosa26
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To: West Coast Conservative
Ahmadinejad, an ultra-conservative who came to power in a surprise victory last June

More accurately, a big government socialists in the mold of other great socialists like lenin and hitler.

6 posted on 06/27/2006 3:14:45 AM PDT by Always Right
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"I suppose Murtha, Gore, Kerry, Cynthia McKinney, Waters, Jesse Jackson, etc. among others will be going."

Along with Crimson Jihad, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP-GC, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.


7 posted on 06/27/2006 3:50:02 AM PDT by goarmy (Zarqawi's OH SH*T moment lasted 52 minutes)
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8 posted on 06/27/2006 6:48:13 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Iran to host Holocaust conference later this year

Later this year the Iran régime will be having their own conference - in Hell.

9 posted on 06/27/2006 8:05:57 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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