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Iran a friend of Israelis, says Ahmadinejad's deputy
Jul 19, 2008, 20:50 GMT
Tehran - The deputy to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran was a friend of Israelis, Iranian news agencies reported.
'Iran wants no war with any country, and today Iran is friend of the United States and even Israel. ... Our achievements belong to the whole world and should be used for expanding love and peace,' said Iranian Vice-President Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, who is also head of the Cultural Heritage Organization.
The Cultural Heritage Organization news agency quoted him as saying that even during the eight-year war against Iraq (1980-88), Iran just defended itself against the military invasion by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The remarks by the vice-president followed last week's warnings by some Iranian officials that Tehran's long-range missiles could target the Jewish state if the US and Israel realized their threats to attack Iran's nuclear sites.
Ahmadinejad himself caused international uproar with his anti- Israeli tirades, voicing hope for eradication of Israel from the Middle East, demanding its relocation to Europe or Alaska and doubting the historic dimension of the Holocaust during World War II.
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'and today Iran is friend of the United States and even Israel. ...'
I've just got to wonder what that means.
What would it mean if the U.S. said:
'and today the United States is friend of Iraq'
... after going to war, killing their leader and occupying them. What does friend mean anymore? Heck, Iran is making out better being the U.S.'s enemy, at least for now.
Got to love these wars. It shows how primitive and double-standard politics really is. What is the meaning of the hissy fit between Iran and the U.S.? It seems to be just a bunch of boys throwing tantrums in an endless game of meaningless power mongering.
with friends like the Israelis and the US, who needs enemas? You're gonna get ridden like SP4's eating orifice. Remember this one of yours, SP: 'Intercourse me up the anal orifice and call it dinner.'
It's the job of Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei to present a better face to the world, and to bring foreign investment into Iran. This is the kind of progressive that Iran needs, rather than the bellicose rhetoric we're used to seeing in reaction to Bush's constant hectoring.
This is where Obama as President can make gains - change the discussion to include people like this, and the other moderates in Iraq. They have economic problems right now, and foreign investment would be part of the cure.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=38567§ionid=351020102
Gov't to promote foreign investment
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:54:10
Head of Iran's National Center for Research on Globalization has unveiled the Iranian government's investment promotion plans. Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei noted that further boosting of support for the country's private sector is one of the measures being considered by the government to promote investment.
He further noted that it would not be possible to attract investments without providing the necessary support to the private sector. 'The Iranian government is trying to pave the way for investment, foreign investments in particular, through strengthening of political stability and security in the country,' he added.
Rahim-Mashaei pointed out that the government is making efforts to eliminate obstacles impeding foreign investment in the country's development projects and productive activities. 'The new investment law is aimed at providing banking facilities and improving the administrative procedures to promote foreign investments,' he added.
...never mind US diplomats held 444 days, as hostages, against their will.
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It's retards like this who represent the Neocon mindset, and accompanying incompetence, that have left us mired in Iraq, and left Afghanistan to become a narco state; while the primary al Qaeda leadership runs things in Pakistan.
All OK with SP4, because in those decayed grey cells, we're 'winning'. Like a walking plea for mental health funding.
www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/world/asia/19pstan.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slog in
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban have taken dozens of hostages, including police officers, paramilitary fighters and even state bank officials, and threatened on Friday to begin killing them unless the government released four of their comrades captured last week.
The standoff has grown into one of the most serious recent challenges to the government’s resolve to curb the militants’ rapid expansion. The threat comes just 10 days before Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani is scheduled to meet with President Bush at the White House.
So far, the government has held firm, sending hundreds of soldiers to the area, Hangu, in North-West Frontier Province, to engage in the first real fighting with the militants since the two sides agreed to a new series of peace deals this year.
The fighting has resumed as the government faces mounting pressure from the United States to take stronger action against Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas, which the militants use as launching pads for attacks against NATO and American troops in southern Afghanistan.
The news media in Pakistan have been abuzz about suggestions in Washington that the United States might act directly in the tribal areas to stop the flow of Taliban fighters into Afghanistan. Most Pakistanis would strongly oppose such a move as a violation of sovereignty.
We should forget now that US provided chemical weapon to saddam to prevent iranian win in war, we should also forget that US shoot down iran passenger jet that kill 300 iranians also we should forget that US support saddam to attack iran that cause many problem for iranians we also should forget 1953 cia coup against mossadegh and also all these years of sanctiona and properties blocked. OK It seem we should all forget these becuase we simply do not want to go for another war. OK now it make sense that why should really people care about country, politics and idealogy.
With messages of hatred and friendship, who needs diplomacy?
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SP4: Why yes, Minister...Jul 19th, 2008 - 21:23:33
...never mind 25 years of funding Hibolla, who has killed...how many??...innocent civilians in Israel?
...never mind US diplomats held 444 days, as hostages, against their will.
Send a message to your scumbag leaders:
Tick Tock...
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