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Iranian President wooed with U.S. media attention
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz U.S. Correspondent
Tags: Iran, nuclear 

WASHINGTON - Just how weak the international front against Iran's nuclear program is became clear during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to New York this week. Not only will he address the UN General Assembly just like any other world leader, but he has been sought after by the media, and tomorrow, he will even be hosted at a dinner by several Christian organizations that say they are seeking to promote peace.

On Tuesday, Ahmadinejad did his best to weaken the opposition still further, via an interview with America's prestigious National Public Radio: He insisted that he is not seeking a confrontation with the United States or anyone else, and that the entire problem is "the U.S. administration and its group of friends."

Asked by NPR about Iran's confrontation with the world over its nuclear program, he retorted: "Where is the world that you are speaking of? Again, 118 members of the Non-Aligned Movement are supporting us. Fifty-seven countries of the OIC [Organization of the Islamic Conference]. So the world that is concerned that you refer to, who is it? Which world? Is it really the U.S. administration and its group of friends?"
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He even said he would like to cooperate with the U.S. - but clarified that Iran has already done "whatever we could," so now, "it's time for the American government to act."

Asked about his threat to "wipe Israel off the map," he insisted that he was referring to the country's peaceful disappearance.

"Let me create an analogy here - where exactly is the Soviet Union today?" he said. "It did disappear - but exactly how? It was through the vote of its own people. So therefore in Palestine, too, we must allow the people, the Palestinians, to determine their own future.

"Let's ask ourselves, where exactly did the Zionist regime come from?" he continued. "Palestine has existed historically with people who live there for thousands of years. Then at gunpoint several million of the indigenous people there were forced out of their homes and became displaced. And it didn't stop there; others were brought from elsewhere in the world to replace them. How can you accept this regime?

"Is the problem of the U.S. government the Zionist regime?" he added. "I believe the extremity to which the U.S. government has gone to extend support to the Zionist regime has caused the U.S. government problems around the world."

Not everyone buys Ahmadinejad's excuses: Parallel to the General Assembly, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs held a well-attended conference in Washington on the possibility of indicting him for incitement to genocide.

JCPA head Dore Gold added that when the words "death to Israel" appear at military marches and on trucks carrying Shihab missiles, this is not just "political theory"; Iran is liable to carry out its threats.

For the full transcript of the Larry King interview with President Ahmadinejad
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      1.   another day in the office 04:35  |  VIPER 24/09/08
      2.   Viper 05:15  |  DMW 24/09/08
      3.   Name One Thing Iranians Have Ever Done... 05:30  |  Yosemite 24/09/08
      4.   Name One Thing Iranians Have Ever Done... 05:31  |  Yosemite 24/09/08
      5.   Name One Thing Iranians Have Ever Done... 05:31  |  Yosemite 24/09/08
      6.   Name One Thing Iranians Have Ever Done... 05:32  |  Yosemite 24/09/08
      7.   Zionist Paranoia 05:43  |  Dovy 24/09/08
      8.   WWIII is coming 05:49  |  Ralph Levy 24/09/08
      9.   Let Me Get This Straight 05:50  |  Yosemite 24/09/08
      10.   Now we`re talking, if the global community agrees... 06:02  |  Smadar 24/09/08
      11.   The weak UN 06:05  |  Hans 24/09/08
      12.   civilised? 06:15  |  matt 24/09/08
      13.   This latest edition of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a 06:18  |  Albert 24/09/08
      14.   un necessary worries vs necessary worries 06:54  |  azinvaredonya 24/09/08
      15.   Such talk cannot be dismissed as the ravings of a madman. 07:14  |  Jean Van Daem 24/09/08
      16.   Double Standards 07:36  |  nme 24/09/08
      17.   u.s media 08:14  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/09/08
      18.   The UN?..hollow shell 08:31  |  Hans 24/09/08
      19.   Bring him to The Hague. 08:36  |  Fortuna Benmayor 24/09/08
      20.   17 Cipora - On the Contrary 10:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/09/08
      21.   How could you argue with this? 10:44  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      22.   This won`t stop the Zionist war propaganda 10:47  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      23.   What happened to so call free speech? 10:54  |  Abm Habib 24/09/08
      24.   If Haman-jihad really wanted to help the Palestinians, and peace 11:01  |  DJStahl 24/09/08
      25.   #20, Mark of Lewiston 11:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/09/08
      26.   RE 21:How could you argue with this? Rather easily 11:35  |  LuckyClick 24/09/08
      27.   Clickfool 11:41  |  Sol 24/09/08
      28.   ahmadinejad is irrelevant 12:28  |  observer 24/09/08
      29.   #21, two fools make a pair: "Palestine has existed historically" 13:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/09/08
      30.   Watched him on Larry King Last Night 13:48  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/09/08
      31.   No Cipora forget the western news,,,, 13:50  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/09/08
      32.   Here are some photos and quotes for US media syncophants 13:56  |  PETER SM 24/09/08
      33.   For Sol # 27 13:59  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      34.   No, they don`t, LuckyClick #26 14:04  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      35.   #28 Observer 14:21  |  Chris Linthwaite 24/09/08
      36.   LuckClick,"Clickfool" is a russkie,subverting GB 14:21  |  Absolute Sweden 24/09/08
      37.   Palestine a state for thousands of years? 14:31  |  Reuben 24/09/08
      38.   You`re displaying deliberate Zionist ignorance, Cipora #29 14:34  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      39.   What is Palestine 15:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/08
      40.   clickfool we love to be called zionists 15:42  |  brighton rock 24/09/08
      41.   Dear Ronnie # 30 15:53  |  North American 24/09/08
      42.   CFOOL Displaying deliberate Islamist ignorance 16:00  |  PETER SM 24/09/08
      43.   HE IS RIGHT ABOUT SOVIET 16:06  |  indrajaya 24/09/08
      44.   Clickfool # 38. 16:24  |  David Nigel Braham 24/09/08
      45.   For Peter SM, going off his trolley #42 16:30  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      46.   #31 Ronnie Wolman....in a way she is right 16:53  |  Lynn 24/09/08
      47.   #10 Smadar.....he should be charged with incitement 16:55  |  Lynn 24/09/08
      48.   25 Cipora - I Don`t Have to Agree 16:57  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/09/08
      49.   #23 Habib....he can talk all he wants 17:00  |  Lynn 24/09/08
      50.   Abm Habib 23 17:21  |  ChanahS 24/09/08
      51.   Abm Habib 23 17:23  |  ChanahS 24/09/08
      52.   Larry King- Irresponsible Journalism 17:41  |  Claudia Lane 24/09/08
      53.   Clickfool 38 17:45  |  ChanahS 24/09/08
      54.   Clickfool 38 (2) 17:48  |  ChanahS 24/09/08
      55.   Clickfool 45 17:53  |  ChanahS 24/09/08
      56.   Mark of Lewiston 18:10  |  Roo 24/09/08
      57.   North American: Larry King is a Moron 18:30  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/09/08
      58.   To Matt from CA 18:45  |  Persian Kitty 24/09/08
      59.   Roo - That Depends 19:15  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/09/08
      60.   Dear Ronnie # 51 19:19  |  North American 24/09/08
      61.   Iranian President wooed with U.S. media attention 19:29  |  Gary Goldstein 24/09/08
      62.   Cultures of Death 20:03  |  FulghumInk 24/09/08
      63.   Why They`re Afraid of Him...it`s the Truth 20:03  |  Gray 24/09/08
      64.   what`s it got to do with Ahmadinejad? 20:20  |  Victoria 24/09/08
      65.   Dear Gary # 60 20:51  |  North American 24/09/08
      66.   Dear North American 20:59  |  Victoria 24/09/08
      67.   Bizarre logic from Chanah S # 55 21:23  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      68.   For Ronnie Wolman # 57 21:28  |  Clickfool 24/09/08
      69.   #65 "We did not have a revolution to have democracy" 21:46  |  Lynn 24/09/08
      70.   Gray, North American, et al 21:54  |  ChanahS 24/09/08
      71.   Media coverage and Iran`s president 22:03  |  American 24/09/08
      72.   Observe The Photo 22:11  |  Yosemite 24/09/08
      73.   Amidinijad...the emperor is naked 22:12  |  Glenn Harbison 24/09/08
      74.   #60 North american...the Pals and Israelis have decided 22:13  |  Lynn 24/09/08
      75.   #63 Gray....he does speak openly and often 22:17  |  Lynn 24/09/08
      76.   Nuclear War.. 22:25  |  Ernie P. 24/09/08
      77.   Israel`s real threats vs Fraudulent Iranian "threats 22:27  |  Gray 24/09/08
      78.   gray speaks from poplar springs hospital steps 22:43  |  victor hardman 24/09/08
      79.   Lynn `our embassy personnel` 22:43  |  Rafa 24/09/08
      80.   Dear Victoria # 66 22:43  |  North American 24/09/08
      81.   Dear Lynn # 74 22:46  |  North American 24/09/08
      82.   #74 More Lynn delusions 22:46  |  Roo 24/09/08
      83.   #48, Mark of Lewiston 23:24  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/09/08
      84.   the usa owes roo a living 23:36  |  yair 24/09/08
      85.   Ronnie Wolman 23:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/09/08
      86.   North American (espec. re Ronnie): you`re not very well informed 23:53  |  ivo 24/09/08
      87.   He spoke about reverence to Moses 23:54  |  In a nutshell 24/09/08
      88.   North American: Mantras 23:55  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/09/08
      89.   #46, Lynn 23:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/09/08
      90.   #85, ivo 00:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/09/08
      91.   he should never`ve been allowed to use all those platforms to - 00:14  |  ivo 25/09/08
      92.   Lynn # 74 re: North America, a clue for you 00:16  |  American in NY 25/09/08
      93.   bad history 00:25  |  don muntean 25/09/08
      94.   bad history 2 00:27  |  don untean 25/09/08
      95.   bad history 3 00:28  |  don muntean 25/09/08
      96.   Cipora: Same Old Songs 00:38  |  Ronnie Wolman 25/09/08
      97.   In A Nutshell 00:38  |  Persian Kitty 25/09/08
      98.   To Lynn re embassy takeover 00:54  |  Persian Kitty 25/09/08
      99.   Holy Cipora Julianna Kohn-can this be true!!! #88 00:56  |  Roo 25/09/08
      100.   north american "well worn jewish tactic of insulting everyone" 00:59  |  harzion 25/09/08
      101.   so why the north? american 01:01  |  harzion 25/09/08
      102.   north american arab 01:03  |  harzion 25/09/08
      103.   north american arab "you raise a tantrum" 01:04  |  harzion 25/09/08
      104.   north american arab what is the arabic for cliche 01:06  |  harzion 25/09/08
      105.   north american arab would you please write in arabic 01:10  |  harzion 25/09/08
      106.   roo woeful analysis 01:16  |  harzion 25/09/08
      107.   roo on the 10000 soldiers on the border with lebanon 01:20  |  harzion 25/09/08
      108.   Of course he adresses the UN assemby 01:22  |  Edith 25/09/08
      109.   roo "you lack basic reading and comprehension" 01:23  |  harzion 25/09/08
      110.   #98, roo, learn some french 01:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/09/08
      111.   yair-harzion of the two words a post org. #84 01:36  |  Roo 25/09/08
      112.   Wasn`t Sadaam "Hitler"...? What "threat"? 01:43  |  Gray 25/09/08
      113.   Edith #108: yeah, he can address the assembly, but at least all - 01:50  |  ivo 25/09/08
      114.   Wooed? 01:51  |  Thundercloud65 25/09/08
      115.   Dear Ronnie #88 - Part # 1 02:02  |  North American 25/09/08
      116.   har yair zion #106 02:11  |  Roo 25/09/08
      117.   Dear Ronnie #88 - Part # 2 02:11  |  North American 25/09/08
      118.   Everything he says in the article happens to be true 02:25  |  Colin Wright 25/09/08
      119.   roo "politicised =strings attached" 02:38  |  harzion 25/09/08
      120.   roo is great at giving away other peoples money 02:41  |  harzion 25/09/08
      121.   roo "did i say corrupt" 02:42  |  harzion 25/09/08
      122.   roo "i am not reading your two million posts" 02:47  |  harzion 25/09/08
      123.   Say Cipora #110 02:49  |  Roo 25/09/08
      124.   roo and personal abuse 02:51  |  harzion 25/09/08
      125.   roo and "major news" 02:56  |  harzion 25/09/08
      126.   #39 Margie of Tel Aviv, you take my breath away 03:56  |  Ben Alofs 25/09/08
      127.   North American: Who is Native? 04:02  |  Ronnie Wolman 25/09/08
      128.   #95 Don Muntean, you make yourself ridiculous 04:12  |  Ben Alofs 25/09/08
      129.   Dear Ivo # 86 05:04  |  North American 25/09/08
      130.   #125 Ben Alofs But at the same token, region is Jewish home 05:44  |  Smadar 25/09/08
      131.   TO HANS #18 05:56  |  Steve Beikirch 25/09/08
      132.   #92 american in NY...I am being neutral. 06:30  |  Lynn 25/09/08
      133.   If Larry King Did Not Make You Ashamed, Something Is Wrong 06:55  |  Tod Zuckerman 25/09/08
      134.   Iran a Peaceful Nation or a Cause of War and Terror? 08:22  |  Baruch Gold 25/09/08
      135.   WRIGHT Everything true except for human rights under Iranian rule 08:35  |  PETER SM 25/09/08
      136.   CFOOL@45 Israelite is synonimous with Hebrew !! 08:40  |  PETER SM 25/09/08
      137.   Peter SM, still off his trolley # 136 10:00  |  Clickfool 25/09/08
      138.   #136PeterSM. What about being synonimous... 10:09  |  Maureen Ann 25/09/08
      139.   CFOOL Hebrews is what they were called&their language was Hebrew 10:38  |  PETER SM 25/09/08
      140.   North American, really 11:15  |  Victoria 25/09/08
      141.   A Litte Help for Edith 11:21  |  Uri 25/09/08
      142.   Sorry, it was meant "A Little help for Maureen Ann" 11:22  |  Uri 25/09/08
      143.   Easily defeated arguement with the truth 11:59  |  Gregor 25/09/08
      144.   Dear Victoria #140 13:12  |  North American 25/09/08
      145.   North American #129: that was a very poor reply - 13:14  |  ivo 25/09/08
      146.   Dear Ronnie # 127 - Part # 1 13:24  |  North American 25/09/08
      147.   Dear Ronnie # 127 - Part # 1 13:32  |  North American 25/09/08
      148.   Gregor # 143 - Not so easy 13:37  |  North America 25/09/08
      149.   Dear Ronnie # 127 - Part # 2 13:39  |  North American 25/09/08
      150.   ivo # 86, freedom of speech & the freedom to hear that speech 16:17  |  American in NY 25/09/08
      151.   Lynn # 132 you are hardly neutral 16:21  |  American in NY 25/09/08
      152.   #115 Anyone who begins addressing a responder with "dear" Should 23:48  |  Benny 25/09/08
      153.   #129 Anyone who begins to address a poster with "dear" is Suspect 23:52  |  Benny 25/09/08
      154.   #127 Ronnie Walman On N.A and his delusions. 00:00  |  Israeli 26/09/08
      155.   #102 harzion north american is an arab.full stop. 01:05  |  Israeli 26/09/08
      156.   #104 harzion..north amarcan will know exactly what "habibi"means 01:08  |  Israeli 26/09/08
      157.   #105 harzion..north amercan arab should know most israelis can 01:11  |  israeli 26/09/08
      158.   #144 N.A your disgusting dearing..no one wants or needs it. 01:15  |  israeli 26/09/08
      159.   Someone! Please! We pictures of Dinner Atendees 01:24  |  Yuri 26/09/08
      160.   #144 Anyone Who Begins with Dear should be ignored because .. 03:37  |  Benny 26/09/08
      161.   #144 Anyone Who Begins with Dear,Should be concidered Suspect. 04:16  |  Benny 26/09/08
      162.   Dear Yuri # 159 15:24  |  North American 26/09/08
      163.   #162 NA of nowhere.Your memory is flawed.. 17:19  |  israeli 27/09/08
      164.   Dear Israeli # 162 19:29  |  North American 27/09/08
      165.   Am. in NY #150: a belated answer to you - 1 20:01  |  ivo 27/09/08
      166.   Dear Ivo # 165 Part # 1 02:07  |  North American 28/09/08
      167.   Dear Ivo # 165 Part # 2 02:08  |  North American 28/09/08
      168.   Dear IVO # 165 Part 3 02:09  |  North American 28/09/08
      169.   #166 NA still pestering Ivo with his nonsense. 03:17  |  israeli 28/09/08
      170.   Dear Israeli # 169 03:50  |  North American 28/09/08
      171.   Ivo # 165 thought police and free speeech 15:14  |  American in NY 28/09/08
      172.   Am. in NY & N. American: the 2 sequels to my #165 were left out - 20:59  |  ivo 28/09/08
      173.   Dear Ivo # 172 23:39  |  North American 29/09/08
      174.   A. in NY #61: a reply covering all your posts in this regard - 2 17:11  |  ivo 30/09/08
      175.   A. in NY #61: a reply covering all your posts in this regard - 3 17:25  |  ivo 30/09/08
      176.   ivo you do not understand freedom of speech 21:12  |  American in NY 01/10/08
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