• Iran,  Terrorists

    Iran Watch: Khatami Condemns Osama Bin Laden at Harvard Speech

    September 11, 2006 /

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    Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, right, is escorted by security as he departs the Media Laboratory on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Sept. 11, 2006. In a speech at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, Khatami condemned Osama bin Laden for committing crimes in the name of Islam.

    AP: At Harvard, Khatami condemns bin Laden

    Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, in a speech at Harvard University, condemned
    Osama bin Laden for committing crimes in the name of Islam and said Jews have the right to live peacefully, but he skirted the issue of whether they have the right to do so in their state of
    Israel.

    Speaking on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khatami said he had two problems with the al-Qaida leader behind the attacks.

    “First, because of the crimes he conducts,” he said, “and second because he conducts them in the name of Islam, the religion which is a harbinger of peace and justice.”

    Khatami, whose speech in Farsi was relayed through a translator, said he was one of the first world leaders to condemn “the barbarous acts” of Sept. 11.

    In response to a question about the notion of suicide bombers gaining entry to heaven as reward for their martyrdom, Khatami said, “Those who put others through hell will never go to heaven.”

    Khatami took a softer tone on Israel than current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when asked whether he favored the elimination of the state of Israel. He said he opposes the systematic elimination of any people. “The Jews have a right to live in peace and control their destinies,” he said, but he didn’t say whether they have a right to do so in an Israeli state in the Middle East.

    Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, is widely believed to have received weapons and other support from its backers Syria and Iran. Khatami denied that Iran helps fund the group and defended the organization’s right to exist.

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    Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 10, 2006. Khatami said on Sunday Hizbollah was a symbol of Arab resistance and that groups or nations fighting oppression could not be equated with terrorists.

    But what did the supposed moderate terrorist Iranian President Khatami NOT say?

    Israel has a RIGHT to exist.

    And……Khatami outright lied about Hezbollah receiving Iranian aid in order to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.

    Read about Khatami’s “moderation” here.

    Protests?

    You bet……

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    A group of people gather to protest against the speech by former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 10, 2006.

    So, should have the President allowed a visa for this Mullah propagandist?

    Why?

    Khatami is a LIAR and a THUG who supports terror. Why give him a platform and standing in the United States?

    Stay tuned……

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  • Iran Nuclear Watch

    Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Agrees to 8 Week Delay in Uranium Enrichment

    September 11, 2006 /

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    Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (L) meets European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel’s office in Vienna September 9, 2006.

    The Guardian: Iran offers to freeze uranium enrichment for eight weeks

    Iran offered to freeze its uranium enrichment programme yesterday for eight weeks in what looked like a successful tactic aimed at delaying consideration of international sanctions.

    In talks at the weekend in Vienna between Iran’s national security chief, Ali Larijani, and the European Union’s foreign policy supremo, Javier Solana, Tehran appeared to concede enough to prevent a quick move to sanctions by the UN security council.

    Washington is pressing for a swift decision on sanctions after Tehran failed to meet the terms of a security council resolution requiring it to freeze its uranium enrichment activities in order to resume negotiations with the west, Russia and China. The weekend talks in Vienna were seen as a final chance to avert a bigger confrontation. But EU officials said yesterday that there would be further talks as a result of the weekend session.

    No surprise – the Iranians are the MASTER of the STALL.

    And what kind of inspections will the IAEA and the EU/P-5-Plus-1 impose on Iran to insure they are NOT cheating?

    Probably NONE.

    What is Iran REALLY saying?

    In Tehran, the Foreign Ministry repeated on Sunday that Iran would accept no preconditions for negotiations and again dismissed the idea that it would agree to shelve enrichment.

    “Suspension is an issue that is in the past. We cannot return to the past. We want talks without any precondition,” spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference.

    Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency quoted a diplomatic source in Vienna as saying: “Iran’s will is to be flexible enough for resolving the issue through the channel of talks. Meanwhile Iran wants to obtain its right to nuclear technology.”

    Same ol’ Same ol’
    The IAEA is hearing reports today on Iran’s nuclear program but no action is anticipated.

    Next stop is the United Nations Security Council for debate on MEANINGLESS SANCTIONS.

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    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammed ElBaradei briefs the media before a board of governors meeting at Vienna’s U.N. headquarters September 11, 2006. The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday welcomed progress in talks between the European Union and Iran over Tehran’s disputed uranium enrichment programme.

    Such progress?

    Thes United Nations folks are quite feckless, are they not?

    Captain Ed has Ahmadinejad As Monty Hall

    If we thought the Iranians made this offer in good faith, we’d celebrate this as a breakthrough. However, the narrow window of cessation shows that the Iranian offer is nothing more than a stunt. An eight-week pause means little for their enrichment program. Iran will use it as a Sword of Damocles against the West, a clock ticking while the Europeans rush to give Iran everything and the kitchen sink before the clock runs out.

    If I’m wrong, I’d be happy to admit it. If Iran really gives up enrichment, then we’ll all be better off. I think there’s more chance that the Democratic Party will advertise on tonight’s installment of “The Path to 9/11”.

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    The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

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