Iran's Ahmadinejad doubts Sept 11 attack toll - Polidicks

[QUOTE] (Reuters) - [URL="http://www.reuters.com/places/iran"]Iran[/URL]ian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the September 11, 2001 attacks were exaggerated in a fresh broadside at the United States just days after President Barack Obama voiced willingness to talk to Iran. Well-known for his anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric, the hardline populist Ahmadinejad also repeated his denial of the Holocaust, on which the consensus of historians is that six million Jews were exterminated by Nazi Germany. Ahmadinejad said the September 11 attacks with hijacked airliners on New York and Washington D.C. had been trumped up as an excuse for the United States to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. Speaking at a Tehran conference, Ahmadinejad said there was no evidence that the death toll at New York's World Trade Center, destroyed in the attacks, was as high as reported and said "Zionists" had been tipped off in advance. "What was the story of September 11? During five to six days, and with the aid of the media, they created and prepared public opinion so that everyone considered an attack on Afghanistan and Iraq as (their) right," he said in a televised speech. No "Zionists" were killed in the World Trade Center, according to Ahmadinejad, because "one day earlier they were told not go to their workplace." "They announced that 3,000 people were killed in this incident, but there were no reports that reveal their names. Maybe you saw that, but I did not," he told a gathering of the Iranian news media. There is a published list of September 11 dead from more than 90 countries available online. A total of 2,995 people were killed in the attacks, including 19 hijackers and all passengers and crew aboard four commandeered airliners, according to official U.S. figures. The United States blamed the assaults on al Qaeda, led by Saudi-born Sunni Muslim fundamentalist Osama Bin Laden. Ahmadinejad accused the U.S. government of exercising more media censorship than anywhere in the world. He had previously said the "9-11" attacks were a "big fabrication" and has rejected the historical record of the Holocaust. On Saturday, Ahmadinejad repeated his belief that the Holocaust had been invented to justify the creation of Israel. "They made up an event, the so-called Holocaust which was later laid as the basis for the innocence of a group," he said. Ahmadinejad last week challenged Obama to a televised debate on global issues during his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September. Two years ago he asked to visit the site of the World Trade Center "to pay his respects" but New York police refused. Washington succeeded in June in getting a fourth round of U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on Iran to pressure it to suspend its disputed nuclear program. Tougher U.S. and European measures have further tightened restrictions on doing business with the major OPEC country. Obama signaled on Thursday he was open to talks with the Islamic Republic and was seeking "a clear set of steps that we would consider sufficient to show that they are not pursuing nuclear weapons." Ahmadinejad has said he is prepared to return to international talks, which were last held in October, but insists that Iran has the sovereign right to enrich uranium. Western powers fear the Islamic Republic aims to stockpile the material for possible use, when more highly enriched, in nuclear weapons, and U.N. nuclear inspectors cite indications that is researching how to build a nuclear-tipped missile. Tehran says it is refining uranium only for electricity and medical treatments. Israel considers the combination of Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial and his pursuit of nuclear technology a potential threat to its existence and has said it does not rule out military action to prevent developing atomic bombs. A Washington-based think-tank with access to intelligence said on Friday had begun using recently installed equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently, a step it said could be justified nominally on civilian grounds but in fact made more sense in the context of learning how to make bomb-grade uranium. [/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6711EA20100807[/URL] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, allways searching for new ways to piss off the world.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World's number 2 IRL troll.

:colbert: What does it even matter to him?

[quote]No "Zionists" were killed in the World Trade Center, according to Ahmadinejad, because "one day earlier they were told not go to their workplace."[/quote] Oh you.

I remember this: [quote] Two years ago he asked to visit the site of the World Trade Center to pay his respects but New York police refused.[/quote]The refusal was stupid.

[QUOTE] Ahmadinejad has said he is prepared to return to international talks [/QUOTE] Well, so much for that

[QUOTE=ohadje;23896622]Oh you.[/QUOTE] i do believe something like this happened, after all, the Rothschild's knew all about it

[QUOTE]Ahmadinejad said the September 11 attacks with hijacked airliners on New York and Washington D.C. had been trumped up as an excuse for the United States to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.[/QUOTE] Well yes, it is our [B]reason[/B] for invading those places, but its not been trumped up [I]for[/I] those invasions. I'd like to see you not shed a tear if the largest building in Tehran was destroyed by a plane purposely crashing into it.

[quote=starpluck;23896656]i remember this: The refusal was stupid.[/quote] lol

[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;23896614]Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World's number 2 IRL troll.[/QUOTE] Who would be number one?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;23896676]Well yes, it is our [B]reason[/B] for invading those places, but its not been trumped up [I]for[/I] those invasions.[/QUOTE] the reason for invading iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 the bush administration claimed that saddam had WMDs still and was a threat. obviously it was all a lie to justify the invasion.

[QUOTE=Rombishead;23896703]Who would be number one?[/QUOTE] Israel.

[quote] Ahmadinejad said the September 11 attacks with hijacked airliners on New York and Washington D.C. had been trumped up as an excuse for the United States to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.[/quote]Aren't there lists? And there really isn't a reason to trump it up.

Why did they invade Iraq then?

[QUOTE=Rombishead;23896703]Who would be number one?[/QUOTE] That'd be good ol' Kimmy Jong. [img]http://www.topnews.in/files/Kim-Jong-il4.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=ohadje;23896721]Why did they invade Iraq then?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=JDK721;23896705]the reason for invading iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 the bush administration claimed that saddam had WMDs still and was a threat. obviously it was all a lie to justify the invasion.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=JDK721;23896705]the reason for invading iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 the bush administration claimed that saddam had WMDs still and was a threat. obviously it was all a lie to justify the invasion.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=starpluck;22597407] [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550366.stm[/URL] [URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4587368/[/URL][/QUOTE]

al qaeda and taliban =/= iraq

[QUOTE=JDK721;23896733][/QUOTE] Why did they invade Iraq in your opinion?

The United States should shut its doors to the entire middle east except for Iraq and Afghanistan, and only then to protect the work we've done. Israel and Iran can talk to us when they both elect new leaders.

[QUOTE=JDK721;23896705]the reason for invading iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 the bush administration claimed that saddam had WMDs still and was a threat. obviously it was all a lie to justify the invasion.[/QUOTE] Oh durr me :doh: I knew that, I just had a blank moment in my head when I posted. Also, I can't tell if that last sentence is sarcasm or not.

[QUOTE=Sega Saturn;23896756]The United States should shut its doors to the entire middle east except for Iraq and Afghanistan, and only then to protect the work we've done. Israel and Iran can talk to us when they both elect new leaders.[/QUOTE] Iran can't elect its' supreme leader. It isn't a democracy.

[QUOTE=Rombishead;23896703]Who would be number one?[/QUOTE]Kim jong Il

[QUOTE=Sega Saturn;23896756]The United States should shut its doors to the entire middle east except for Iraq and Afghanistan, and only then to protect the work we've done. Israel and Iran can talk to us when they both elect new leaders.[/QUOTE] huh

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;23896776]Also, I can't tell if that last sentence is sarcasm or not.[/QUOTE] it's not. it's the truth. the WMDs they were looking for and the ones that they justified invading the country on were NEVER found. the chemical weapons that they did find were non usable and manufactured pre early 90's.

[QUOTE=ohadje;23896777]Iran can't elect its' supreme leader. It isn't a democracy.[/QUOTE] I mean the election for Ahmadinejad's position. I know that the last election was fixed, but sooner or later they're going to have to hold another one, and when they do, Ahmadinejad is either going to have to step down or eat a bullet.

[QUOTE=Sega Saturn;23896756]The United States should shut its doors to the entire middle east except for Iraq and Afghanistan, and only then to protect the work we've done. Israel and Iran can talk to us when they both elect new leaders.[/QUOTE] Won't happen. And that would end up with us blocking allies we have there, like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Israel, Iran and Syria are the "trouble makers", so to speak, and not even Syria that much these days. And even on the topic of Iraq and Afghanistan, you want us to "protect the work we've done"? What exactly do you mean?

[QUOTE=Sega Saturn;23896832]I mean the election for Ahmadinejad's position. I know that the last election was fixed, but sooner or later they're going to have to hold another one, and when they do, Ahmadinejad is either going to have to step down or eat a bullet.[/QUOTE] But it isn't very relevant. The one that really matters is the Grand Aytollah.

[QUOTE=Rombishead;23896703]Who would be number one?[/QUOTE] Ohadje.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;23896840]Won't happen. And that would end up with us blocking allies we have there, like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Israel, Iran and Syria are the "trouble makers", so to speak, and not even Syria that much these days. And even on the topic of Iraq and Afghanistan, you want us to "protect the work we've done"? What exactly do you mean?[/QUOTE] Even if the troops aren't actively fighting the war in Iraq, we're still going to be stationed there to ensure the stability of the new government. Also, there's no way we're going to let Afghanistan get overrun by the extremists after we're gone, especially after they just found all those mineral resources.