Iran's President Lashes Out at Bush

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In a speech to thousands of supporters Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the United States and vowed to resist the pressures of "bully countries" to constrain Tehran's nuclear program, a day before the U.N. nuclear agency is likely to vote to haul the country before the Security Council. Speaking hours after President Bush's State of the Union address, the Iranian leader derided the United States as a "hollow superpower" that is "tainted with the blood of nations" and said Tehran would continue its nuclear program.

"Nuclear energy is our right, and we will resist until this right is fully realized," Ahmadinejad told the crowd in the southern Irancity of Bushehr, the site of Iran's only nuclear power plant. "Our nation can't give in to the coercion of some bully countries who imagine they are the whole world and see themselves equal to the entire globe,"
he added. The crowd responded with chants of "Nuclear energy is our right!"

Referring to Bush directly and the U.S.-led Iraqwar, Ahmadinejad said: "Those whose hands are tainted with blood of nations and are involved in wars and oppression in any part of the world ... we, hopefully, in the near future will put you on trial in courts that will be set up by nations." Iran's defense minister also warned all countries Wednesday against considering an attack on Iran's nuclear installations. "Any attack against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities will meet a swift and crushing response from the armed forces," Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

The comments came after Bush increased the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, saying in his address Tuesday night that "the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons." He said the United States "will continue to rally the world to confront these threats."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

[raccoon]

1. Some of the things he said about the US I have to agree with. nt

[cliss]

2. Here's one that stood out above all the rest:

the U.S. as a "hollow superpower".

An interesting comment, loaded with implications.

[maddezmom]

3. kick

[lovuian]

4. Iran's leader hits back at US for 'bloody hands'

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article342658.ece

The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has angrily rounded on George Bush, saying his arms "are smeared up to the elbow in the blood of other nations".

Mr Bush referred to Iran in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night as "a nation now held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people". Mr Ahmadinejad responded by saying that Mr Bush had become President only by "spending billions of dollars and resorting to the court verdict".

At an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency governing board today, Iran expects to learn that it will face the UN Security Council in March, and possible sanctions over its decision to restart uranium enrichment activities.

Iran says it has complied fully with the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and claims it is being bullied by Western countries who want to deny it the benefits of atomic energy. The country's head nuclear negotiator said Iran's main enrichment plant was ready for full operation in case of a referral to the Security Council. "We only need notify the IAEA that we are resuming enrichment. When we do that is our call," Ali Larijani said. "If they , we will do it quickly." The Defence Minister, Mostafa Mohammed Najar, warned: "Any aggression against Iran's nuclear facilities will trigger a very immediate and crushing response from the armed forces."
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why do I feel like we have two men at the helm that are such fanatics!!!

[pinniped]

5. At least this dude knows the POS stole the office.

The truth is out there.

--Mr Asshole had become presidunce only by "spending billions of dollars and resorting to the court verdict".--

[lovuian]

6. Ya Know Pin that sentence just stood out at me and it was so

true... its like America we went to war with this coup ... and now we are heading for another one...

[xxqqqzme]

7. "...smeared up to the elbow

in the blood of other nations".

He got that one right!