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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Rejects Derision of Leader's Remarks
2005-10-30
Yeah, baby, keep it on the front page. Thanx!
Iran hit back at the U.N. Security Council on Saturday after the world body condemned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be destroyed. The Security Council issued a statement Friday reminding Iran that, according to the U.N. charter, member states must refrain from threatening to use force against each other.
"Article XIV, Paragraph 42, Subsection vii clearly states 'No Hitting'. You could look it up."
"The statement by the president of the U.N. Security Council was proposed by the Zionist regime to close the eyes to its crimes and to change the facts, therefore it is not acceptable," Iran's Foreign Ministry said. "Iran is loyal to its commitments based on the U.N. charter and it has never used or threatened to use force against any country," the ministry added.

On Wednesday, Ahmadinejad demanded the Jewish state be "wiped off the map" and defended the call Friday during nationwide protests. His comments drew international criticism from Russia to Chile. The United States said Ahmadinejad's hostile remarks underscored Washington's concern over Iran's nuclear program, while Israel said the Persian state should be suspended from the United Nations. U.N. chief Kofi Annan expressed "dismay" in a rare rebuke of a U.N. member state.

Russia, a key ally of Iran, summoned the Iranian ambassador seeking an explanation for Ahmadinejad's remarks. Chile joined in the criticism Friday, saying "this kind of statements seriously damages efforts to achieve a lasting peace in the middle East."

The Foreign Ministry said the international community was treating Tehran unfairly, accusing it of failing to come to Iran's defense when it comes under attack from the United States or Israel over claims it is developing nuclear weapons or supporting Islamic militants. "How many sessions were held by the Security Council over the U.S. and Israeli threats against Iran?" the Foreign Ministry statement read. Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's supreme national security council, said the West's intense opposition to Ahmadinejad's comments stems from the campaign against its nuclear program.
Larijani's nobody's fool.
Iran announced earlier this year that it had fully developed solid fuel technology for missiles, a major breakthrough that increases their accuracy. The Shahab-3, with a range of 810 miles to more than 1,200 miles, is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East. Hundreds of demonstrators, meanwhile, marched through Berlin on Saturday calling for freedom for the Palestinian territories as part of Iranian-inspired protests against Israel around the world.
Berlin?
The annual al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day protest drew over 300 demonstrators, including many women and children, who marched peacefully through the German capital's Charlottenburg district.
Berlin celebrates 'Al-Quds Day?
Scores of city police escorted the marchers and shielded them from a group of noisy counter-protesters. Authorities had banned the marchers from burning flags or carrying banners promoting violence in a bid to lower tensions after the Iranian president's call for Israel's destruction. About 150 people answered a call from opposition politicians and Jewish community leaders to stage a counter protest. Riot police stopped a small number of them from crossing barriers keeping them away from the route of the march. Others chanted "Long live Israel" as the marchers went by. Police said they made no arrests. The protest, instigated by Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, has been held in Berlin every year since 1995. Some 800 people attended in 2004.
Wave your arms, jump up and down, roll your eyes and holler a lot... yeah - that's the ticket.
In Berlin. *Boggle*
Posted by:.com

#5  Mmmmmmm.... Berliners!
Posted by: JF Homer   2005-10-30 10:36  

#4  Elder,

He's a jelly doughnut?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2005-10-30 09:57  

#3  Now Achmadinajad can justifiably declare:
"Ich bin Eine Berliner !"
Do small Islamic children get to play with SAMTEX
and dynamite sticks on Al Kuds day ?
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2005-10-30 05:28  

#2  I reject your rejection of my rejection, Ahmad. Plus, you're ugly and your mother dresses you funny.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-10-30 01:41  

#1  The Security Council issued a statement Friday reminding Iran that, according to the U.N. charter, member states must refrain from threatening to use force against each other.

Yeah, and all those demands that Israel surrender its fence sovereignty to their Arab enemies don't count.

[spit]

Posted by: Zenster   2005-10-30 01:48  

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