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Sanctions the best way to crush Ahmedinijad - for now

12 Oct 05:40am

Filed under: Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Sanctions, Nuclear Power, President Ahmedinejad, Terrorism

We have all met “truthers”. You know, the kind of conspiracy theorist who believes that every evil event was concocted at a secret military facility in the basement at Fort Dix, Georgia, or some such place.

Demented: Ahmedinejad registers as a candidate for the 2009 elections. Photo: AP

Last week Iran’s President Ahmedinejad’s appeared before the UN General assembly. He told the assembled leaders that most of the world believed that the US government was responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Centre in 2001.

So now we have the phenomenon of a national leader as a “truther”. Ahmedinijad’s bizarre speech – the latest in a long series – gives an important insight into the nature of the regime in Tehran, a regime which may soon have its finger on the bomb.

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Josephine says:

08:36pm | 08/07/12

To b : Guess he talked to Dennis Ross? My susipcion exactly though I suppose it could have been one of many others. Thank you for citing this Broder article. I think it’s especially useful for non-American readers to see what American readers are subjected to every day. And… Read more »
chop says:

12:04pm | 24/10/11

Michael Danby (author of the above article) is yet another Zionist Jew that has infiltrated our political system to sprout hate propaganda towards Iran and Islam in general and draw us into another major war that will be a friggin’ entry into WW3. These agents here and abroad that have… Read more »

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