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Iranian President Stands by Call to Wipe Israel Off Map
NYT ^ | Oct. 29, 2005 | NAZILA FATHI

Posted on 10/28/2005 7:25:18 PM PDT by FairOpinion

The president of Iran stood by his earlier call to "wipe Israel off the map" on Friday, while other Iranian officials played it down and some commentators here suggested it was a sign of what they considered his amateurism.

The president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was cheered by thousands of supporters during an anti-Israel rally in Tehran on Friday. "My words are the Iranian nation's words," he said of his statement, which was widely condemned around the world, the Iranian news agency IRNA quoted him as saying. "Westerners are free to comment, but their reaction is invalid."

State media reported that hundreds of thousands took part in the annual demonstrations across the country. Protesters chanted "death to America" and "death to Israel" and set fire to American and Israeli flags.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; gwot; iran; israel; nuclear; terrorism; waronterror; wot
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It's either letting them do it, or use the Bush Doctrine or pre-emption.
1 posted on 10/28/2005 7:25:19 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

Bush doctrine OF pre-emption (typo in earlier post)


2 posted on 10/28/2005 7:25:55 PM PDT by FairOpinion (CA Props: Vote for Reform: YES on 73-78, NO on 79 & 80, NO on Y)
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To: FairOpinion

Looks like Ahmadinejad has a death wish.

We and the Isrealis will be glad to help him with that!


3 posted on 10/28/2005 7:27:10 PM PDT by Skywarner (The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
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To: FairOpinion

This guy has a bullseye on his back. And so do any of those Iranian "students" who back him up.


4 posted on 10/28/2005 7:27:26 PM PDT by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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To: FairOpinion

5 posted on 10/28/2005 7:28:15 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (The search for someone to blame is always successful. - Robert Half)
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To: FairOpinion

The New York Times would prefer to wring their hands and write an Editorial.

Then, after Israel has been wiped off the map, they can write another Editorial.


6 posted on 10/28/2005 7:28:46 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: sinkspur

"Westerners are free to comment, but their reaction is invalid


Thank You Mr. President for allowing me the opportunity to say Kiss My .ss


7 posted on 10/28/2005 7:30:33 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: FairOpinion

They also laughed when Hitler wrote Mein Kampf, and he wasn't president, and wasn't about to have nuclear missiles.


8 posted on 10/28/2005 7:31:38 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: FairOpinion

Well this is going to restart the hullabaloo........

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1510524/posts


9 posted on 10/28/2005 7:31:51 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: FairOpinion

Message to Mahoumad:

You are next Peter Pan.


10 posted on 10/28/2005 7:32:01 PM PDT by Shaka
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To: FairOpinion

Israel won't let it happen. Ever. Say goodbye to your nuclear facilities, Iran.


11 posted on 10/28/2005 7:32:16 PM PDT by Bird Jenkins
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To: JohnD9207

"Come", they say, "let us destroy them as a nation,
that the name of Israel be remembered no more." (Psalm 83.4)

Sorry, Iran, that's been tried before.

And you're in for a big surprise if you try it, also (learning nothing from history. . .)


12 posted on 10/28/2005 7:33:36 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: FairOpinion

Oh, our nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Yea right. I wish someone would waste this sand rodent.


13 posted on 10/28/2005 7:35:59 PM PDT by Lancer_N3502A
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To: Bird Jenkins
You got that right.  They have no choice.  The leader of a country is all but coming out and declaring war on them.  If they get nukes it's bye-bye Israel.
14 posted on 10/28/2005 7:36:04 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: CondorFlight
Sorry, Iran, that's been tried before.

Oh, please let them try it.

I am so disgusted with Iran. I would love to see Israel kick them back into the stone age.

15 posted on 10/28/2005 7:36:32 PM PDT by Jorge (Q)
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To: Paul_Denton

Ping


16 posted on 10/28/2005 7:38:55 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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17 posted on 10/28/2005 7:39:56 PM PDT by markedmannerf (I BELIEVE IN CONGRESSMAN WELDON!)
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To: FairOpinion

They should have no problem then if they were wiped off the map???? Turn it into glass beads factory.


18 posted on 10/28/2005 7:42:25 PM PDT by cynicom
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To: markedmannerf

Thanks for all those links!


19 posted on 10/28/2005 7:42:43 PM PDT by FairOpinion (CA Props: Vote for Reform: YES on 73-78, NO on 79 & 80, NO on Y)
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To: Travis McGee

right on, times have changed the world is so much smaller now


20 posted on 10/28/2005 7:43:08 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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