Iranian President Ahmadinejad announced he plans on visiting the US Sept. 19 to take on President Bush in a debate at the UN over Iran's right to become a nuclear power. As reported by the Islamic Republic News Agency, Ahmadinejad said, "We are ready for a debate with the Americans at the U.N. General Assembly" and that "the American side can even take part in the debate side by side with his advisors, and as a full team, if they wish so."
Diplomats at the United Nations were sent into disarray yesterday when President Ahmadinejad of Iran declared that he intended to attend the General Assembly of the world body on September 19 and to debate his country's nuclear program with President Bush, who is due to address the Assembly that day.
Mr. Ahmadinejad last visited the United Nations last year.The speculation, however, was enough to prompt sharp questions from reporters to the press spokesman of Secretary-General Annan about whether a precedent existed for America denying a visa to a president visiting the General Assembly. The spokesman replied that he knew of no such precedent.The prospect of Mr. Ahmadinejad striding the world stage and voicing his well-known anti-Semitic views and his belief that Israel should be destroyed in the General Assembly was enough to cause a member of the Israeli parliament, M.K. Dan Naveh, to ask the Israeli government to demand that Mr. Ahmadinejad be prevented from attending the Assembly.
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Anti semitism and anti-israel shouldnt be merged into one idea! the Iran President has a right to express what is occouring in the middle east, and a right to speak in the U.S., as it the u.s that is fueling the war in the middle east, with its billions of dollars that are poured into the Israeli war machine, and with precious little money going to the women and children of the victims of war in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
not allowing someone to speak comes from fear that they may have something to say. If the citizens of america have minds of their own, let them decide. picketing columbian universities to protect israeli interests by connecting iran to Nazi german is more dangerous than what he might say about the middle east.
arm yourself with knowledge against this shock doctrine militia you call a government!
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