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| Thousands of Iranians Chant 'Death to Saddam' |
| 2002-10-22 |
| Thousands of Iranians Tuesday chanted "Death to Saddam" at a public ceremony to mark a key religious holiday, adding the Iraqi leader's name to denunciations traditionally reserved for Israel and the United States. That's certainly comforting... The chants came during an address in Tehran by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who vowed that the Islamic Republic would never adopt Western-style democracy, which he said was based on "lies and propaganda." As well all know, democracy is a Jewish plot... The supreme leader, who controls key levers of power in Iran, railed against Western-style democracy, which he said was "captivated by the power of wealth." He means we can feed our families instead of piously watching them starve to death... "Most countries have accepted this, but we will not," he said. "Buying people's vote is not democracy ... in religious democracy cheating and committing fraud to obtain votes is a crime," he said. It is in Western democracies, too. The rules a probably enforced about as often on both sides. On the other hand, we don't have mobs of bully boys running around thumping heads of people who don't vote correctly... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |