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Iran's Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term (Roundup)
Aug 5, 2009, 7:48 GMT
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes an address after being sworn-in for a second four-year presidential term at parliament on 5 August 2009 in Tehran , Iran. In his inaugural address, Ahmadinejad referred to the Western states that have so far declined to congratulate him on his re-election. Nobody in Iran is waiting for any congratulations from your side, Ahmadinejad said. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Tehran - Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in on Wednesday for a second four-year presidential term.
The swearing-in ceremony, held in the Iranian parliament, was overshadowed by continued allegations of fraud in the June 12 presidential election.
A large number of police and voluntary Basij militia forces formed a tight security cordon in the streets around the parliament in central Tehran in anticipation of protests against the president.
In his inaugural address, Ahmadinejad referred to the Western states that have so far declined to congratulate him on his re-election.
'Nobody in Iran is waiting for any congratulations from your side,' Ahmadinejad said.
The leaders of several Western countries - including Britain, France and Germany - have refused to congratulate Ahmadinejad because of the charges of fraud by the opposition, which have prompted protests, in which more than 20 people have been killed. More than 1,000 critics were arrested, and more than 100 of them are still in jail.
'We neither care about your grumpy approach nor about your smiles and congratulations,' the president said.
Ahmadinejad said that some Western powers gambled away their credibility by their interference in the election process.
While ignoring the continuing protests against his person, the president said that the huge popular turnout in the election was a acknowledgement of the 1979 Islamic revolution and 'the political course of the last four years.'
'It is not important who voted for whom but important is now keeping the national sentiment and take, hand in hand, a huge step forward towards new horizons and major changes,' he said.
He added that in his second term, the country would stand more decisive against the West and not surrender to any pressure.
Ahmadinejad said earlier that Iran would limit negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and no longer hold talks with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany over its controversial nuclear programmes.
'We will stand against the world arrogance and will try to have an effective role for changing the world order and remove global oppression, occupation and discrimination,' the president said.
'Iran is a country with logic and readiness for communicating with the world but the nation will neither accept impoliteness nor insults,' he added.
Ahmadinejad has two weeks to introduce his new cabinet to parliament for approval.
According to witnesses at Baharestan square where parliament is located, there have been sporadic protests outside the parliament building with demonstrators shouting 'Death to the dictator' and accusing the president of election fraud.
Police apparently used pepper gas, dispersed the crowd and tightened security just before Ahmadinejad was due to leave the building, witnesses said.
The protestors fled into nearby alleys, they added.
For the first time since the June 12 election, the foreign press was invited by the government to cover an event related to the elections.
Foreign media are still prohibited to directly cover the protests, but due to their presence in the parliament, they could also witness parts of the protests outside.
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Even when I agree with you SP4 your english makes me wonder if you actually attended any school?
...Monkey boy...I do not draw wide conclusions from little or no information..
No you just make things up. Facts mean nothing to you. It is because you are so uneducated you have no clue on how to find the truth so you just push your idea of the truth which more often than not ends up being a lie. Yes you are a liar and we know it. Yes you are an idiot and we know it.
Maybe Chairman Kin can help us with the truth?
Idiots should not pretend to be people they are not, its like saying my brother is bigger than yours, purile at best and loses you the arguement before you start.
The real sp4 is correct however, most countries in the Mid East are based on Min Kampf, it was crap when he wrote it and dull. So now you idiots call it Jihad (which means struggle as did Min Kampf). You still believe that The protocals of Zion was written by the Jews and not by the anti Jewish Russians (which it was). BTW Im not Jewsih (Yawn) cause thats where you pee brains always go. All Islamasists are gonna die sooner or later cause you are chimps (just look at Iminajihad), all they did was shave his paws.
Everytime one of you has the balls to admit what he is we should kill him and bury him upside down in the earth wrapped in a pig.
The case for regime change in the USA
A president and respected physicist of a Californian technologies company
dips into journalism to make his case for a more transparent United States
of America.
'Strange times are those in which we live when old and young are taught in
falsehoods school. And the one man that dares to tell the truth is called
at once a lunatic and a fool' - Plato
'And those who perform jihad for us, we shall certainly guide them in our
ways, and God is surely with the doers of good.' (Quran XXXIX; 69)
'You have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad.' (Hadith)
To all who read and understand: it is time to take the next step in
understanding. After careful and meticulous research, including access to
files and data guarded by the United States Government, I have uncovered
information that has been written about, talked about, read about, and in
many cases silenced to protect and to confuse those who wish to uncover its
not so guarded secrets.
Careful and planned exposure of this information seems to be the only way to
begin the process of enlightenment of not just the American people but all
peoples of this planet who are considered common men and women.
We cannot blame the 'United States Government' for our woes, but ourselves
for allowing our own Constitution to manipulate and control not just us but
others in its path towards imperial rule, which by the way was why some
people left England to come to the Americas to rid themselves of that
tyranny.
True democracy does not impede growth or dominate others. It was established
to be a beacon for those who wish to call on its existence and only that. We
do not have the right to impose democracy on nations or peoples who do not
truly ask for it.
The United States in its own right is a terrorist country imposing
pseudo-democratic policies through crafty methods - controlling without
regard to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! Regime change within
the United States should be seriously considered.
Fact: the United States has in its possession weapons of mass destruction,
so why does not the United Nations impose restrictions against the United
States?
Fear is the reason why no nation or individual will want to go up against
this Goliath! Well I have a small stone, I know where to throw it, and if I
have to by myself so be it.
The fact that Thomas Jefferson who co-authored the now infamous doctrine of
democracy himself was an advocate of slaves.
Hypocrisy runs through the veins of the elite American people who control
the destinies and lives of so many people.
What we all must learn is that the power in change is in the people that
make up the majority of the civilized and so-called uncivilized world.
What gives this small group of people their control over us is the fact that
they know we all will not collectively give up our lives to get back control
of the government and rid ourselves of the self-serving politicians and
business executives that control what we eat, where we sleep, who to like
and not like, what to read, what to write, how to dress, how and who to
love, who to hate, what race is superior, who gets education, who not, where
to travel, who lives, who dies, who eats, who does not eat, who gets elected
in office, who does not get elected, who is popular and who is not, who is
'in' who is not, what clothes to wear, what not, what movie or music star is
in, which one is not, who to disrespect who to not, who to be prejudice to
and who to not, what freedoms we have and have not, who gets destroyed, who
not, who must accept the 'way' and who not, who goes to prison, and who not,
and the list goes on into infinity.
Remember that in the Constitution it does allow for bloodless regime change
within the government as long as we stand together and collectively vote for
our freedoms back.
Rid ourselves of the electoral college and other manipulative organizations
that are self-serving their own agendas at the expense, hard work and lives
of so many innocent and misguided people that are here within the borders of
despair.
The French Government should formally request that the Statue of Liberty be
returned to France. We all know what it was for.
The United States has over many years systematically infiltrated other
nations to 'weed' out the non-conformers to the so-called Democratic process
and replace those with the showroom dummies of democracy.
Granted, the United States has some freedom of movement for its people but
not the way it was originally intended. Look at Africa, South America, and
parts of Europe, Asia and other nations that are sucking the teat of the cow
and its sour milk.
Collectively, we the people of the world should stand up and be counted on
to rid ourselves of individuals who are ignorant of their own ignorance and
replace this Constitution with one that includes all religions, all peoples,
all races, all nations and all who feel left out and want to be what they
want to be without the constraints of prejudice and restrictive law. Not to
run lawless but have the right to be an individual and collectively correct
this turmoil we are in.
The Earth is trying to warn us that we are spinning out of control and that
we need to correct ourselves soon or the earth will rid itself of this
infection and parasite called mankind that is slowly destroying its primary
intent to allow its inhabitants the freedom to live be fruitful and multiply
to the extent of finding a way to leave this planet and journey to others
and spread some sort of reason rather than an infectious spore.
I am a physicist and a patriot who, through years of being silent, had
almost forgotten my obligations. It is high time I and others like me use
our intellect and technology to stand up against an oppressor and rid
ourselves of this infection. We are a legion that wants to live a life of
peace and respect for all living things and have considerations for those
who are different and look for ways to truly accommodate those who are slow
in understanding.
We do not need your help just your patience and understanding of what we are
about.
We are America's best-kept secret that just got out of the 'keep'.
Judah Ben-Hur
Physicist
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SP4: ever wonderAug 5th, 2009 - 17:13:51
..what he actually swears to?
'I swear to uphold...well..whatever the nazi-Islamists tell me to..to murder the dissenters...torture..well...anyone the nazi-Islamists want me to....tell any lie the nazi Islamists want me to...to be the bitch I was falsely elected to be!'
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