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US calls Iran meeting on Holocaust 'disgraceful'
Dec 9, 2006, 1:18 GMT
Washington - The United States Friday objected to Iran's plans to host a Holocaust conference in Tehran next week, calling it 'disgraceful.'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the Holocaust - in which six million European Jews were murdered - is a myth. He has also called for the destruction of Israel.
The Tehran conference, due to be attended by researchers from about 30 countries, claims it wants to assess the magnitude of the Holocaust and whether the Nazis really used gas chambers to kill Jews.
'This meeting is really focused on highlighting those people who deny that there was, in fact, a Holocaust,' US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. 'So in that regard, it's just yet another disgraceful act on this particular subject by the regime in Tehran.'
'It is just flabbergasting that they continue, that the leadership of that regime continues to deny that 6 million plus people were killed in the Holocaust,' McCormack added.
The German government has also raised concerns about the conference and on Friday summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires in Berlin to raise its objections.
'The German government condemns as unacceptable all comments which put Israel's right to exist into question or raise doubts about the Holocaust,' Jens Ploetner, a spokesman at the German Foreign Ministry, said.
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Live Ahmadinejad ...may Allah The Almighty bless you.
we are all behind you.
No matter what they do ...but Allah promise will be fulfilled.
I know that Israels and westren are scared to death ...and live in horrer ..and they must know for sure that their time is up...
What's the problem? Are you afraid they may discover something you don't like?
If this is Allah's wishes, we're going to shove a pipe in his heiney.
Bring it.
i can't believe that we still force people to believe in something just because someone else says so. so what, many people don't believe that the holocast ever happened. this is a manupulation of world population by the zionists. they are mentally weak. they only uderstand brute force, just like animals. either you believe in their say, or you are not 'civilized' LOL.
these zionsts are clowns
Next week, the mullahs will be hosting a conference on 'The Moon and Green Cheese: Fact or Fiction?' I hear they also have a future conference in the works on fairies and leprechauns.
Any sensible person knows this Holocaust conference is for political effect. The scary thing is the mullahs are dead-serious -- and I emphasize the 'dead' part. It is almost like they want to wish away the Nazi Holocaust so they can replace it with their own version.
I guess that's ok, we all know Islam is the religion of peace and only a tiny minority are Islamofascists. Right?
What do you expect from people that believe in some sheep herder that wears a towel on his head and goes by the name 'Muhammad'...we all know that the violence all started back when someone tried to steal Muhammads sheep..his prize 'women'
We all should know that this MORON starts this because he knows it will draw attention to his sorry (_|_). someone will mention 'Allah' or 'Muhammad' and Pigs and the whole friggin Islamic Countries will start Whining and this meeting will be backseat history.
The population of China is about to take over the world economy.
The muslim pop. is approx 1.8 billion. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the Elected president of Iran, more importantly he is the leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran. Look this up! The leader of Iran is not this guy rather, he is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Now re-read the first sentence and then the next para. Think about it!!!
It's easy to be cheeky and smutty, to be historically correct about the future is something else.
Iran is attmpting to knit together the muslim community, and G.W. Bush has given the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran the opportunity on a silver platter. Thank you G.W. the world owes you one!!!
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A Telling ArticleDec 9th, 2006 - 01:53:58
Now and then, you get a golden glimpse of what this former executioner in charge of Iran, really thinks.
It sounds a lot like Nazi's.
Then again, let's compare:
Both hate...well..everyone
Both persecute...well..everyone
Both rule by decree
Both are hellbent on world domination
Now, you can quibble, but in the end, we must take a tip from old 'wheels' Roosevelt himself:
Eventually, we will have a war. Better to be proactive.
SP4
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