Ahmadinejad: US, ‘big prison’

(cross posted from my blog) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slams Washington's domestic policy saying the US has turned into a big prison for the American nation. He made the remarks at a meeting with the leaders of US Muslim community on Tuesday. Ahmadinejad criticized the offensive remarks made by Columbia University's President Lee Bollinger adding, "They insult the guest they've invited and echoed statements of a terrorist group in their remarks. They knew their words would not affect me and...

Do you or your government seek the destruction of the state of Israel as a Jewish state?

(cross-posted from my blog) Excerpt of the exchange between President Ahmadinejad and Mr Coatsworth at Columbia University: MR. COATSWORTH: Mr. President, your statements here today and in the past have provoked many questions which I would like to pose to you on behalf of the students and faculty who have submitted them to me. Let me begin with the question to which you just -- PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD: (In English.) It is one by one, one by one. MR. COATSWORTH: One by one, it is, yes....

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Guys, if you missed this listen to Goyette skewering Ledeen

Micheal Ledeen, ‘Freedom Scholar’ at AEI explains why America ought to help the people of Iran overthrow our government, falsely claims he was opposed to the war in Iraq, argues that Bush will not attack Iran, denies any connection to the Niger uranium forgeries, and falsely denies advocating war against Iraq again. MP3 here. (24:27) Michael Ledeen writes at the National Review Online and advocates regime change from the American Enterprise Institute. (Scott - next time you talk to Charles,...

Did a non-member of the IAEA really attack an IAEA member?

(cross posted from my blog) The Times Online has published an interesting story which claims that the Israeli Air Force overflight of Syria in early September was part of a complex military operating aimed at seizing and destroying nuclear materials shipped from the DPRK to Syria: Israeli commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit — almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms — made their way stealthily towards a secret military compound near Dayr az-Zawr in northern Syria. They were looking...

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