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Iran presidential hopeful, 12, wants to move Israel to Hawaii
By Haaretz Service
Tags: The Scotsman, Israel news 

A 12-year-old Iranian schoolboy who hopes to unseat hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed that, if elected, he will resettle Israelis in Hawaii, The Scotsman reported on Friday.

"I will buy Hawaii, Obama's birthplace, from the United States and lease it to the Israelis who will go to live there - so that they don't kill children in Gaza," the Scottish daily quoted presidential candidate Kourosh Mozouni as saying.

The paper said Mozouni made the comments to reporters after he turned up to register holding his father's hand and waving a written campaign manifesto.
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Mozouni also plans to ban computer games and boost the wages of Iranian fathers so that mothers do not have to work, the paper reported.

According to The Scotsman, dozens of eccentrics register to contest the presidential elections every four years, brightening the otherwise deadly serious event until they are inevitably banned from running.

Meanwhile, a reformist challenger to Ahmadinejad has criticized the hard-liner's denial of the Holocaust, saying it has served Israel's interests and pushed the country deeper into international isolation, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Moderate cleric Mahdi Karroubi is one of two reformist candidates hoping to unseat Ahmadinejad in the June 12 presidential election. The former parliament speaker has said he would pursue a foreign policy of detente with the West and wouldn't mind meeting President Barack Obama if it would help Iran's national interests.



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      1.   for a moment 18:25  |  Amir 17/05/09
      2.   OBAMAIS GOING TO LET IRAN GO NUCLEAR? 18:29  |  david 17/05/09
      3.   Take Hawaii and 18:53  |  Robert 17/05/09
      4.   Funny but not funny 19:03  |  Arnold 17/05/09
      5.   Holocaust=75 million dead. Shoah=6 million dead. 19:07  |  Lou Medel 17/05/09
      6.   Hilarious. Ask any Iranian where he really wants to live. 19:12  |  Dan 17/05/09
      7.   If this were to happen 19:14  |  American in NY 17/05/09
      8.   Hawaii 19:19  |  DB 17/05/09
      9.   Hitler`s original plan was to relocate Jews to Madagascar,,, 19:20  |  Spitzer 17/05/09
      10.   Some Day Maybe Iranians Will Learn 19:23  |  Yaakov Noach 17/05/09
      11.   Bad idea? 19:25  |  Evan Smith 17/05/09
      12.   Tough choice? 19:27  |  Simon 17/05/09
      13.   I would prefer if they move Hawaii to Israel 19:39  |  Dan 17/05/09
      14.   The young guy is smart and Hawaisrael is nice to live in 19:47  |  Objective Observer 17/05/09
      15.   Aloha!! Give him a map.... 19:49  |  Onesimus 17/05/09
      16.   Excellent idea but... 19:50  |  Had enough 17/05/09
      17.   One question 19:57  |  JW 17/05/09
      18.   American in NY 19:58  |  Thinker 17/05/09
      19.   POOR BOY!!! 20:17  |  Ian 17/05/09
      20.   fine with me but leave the charideem here 20:21  |  SJ 17/05/09
      21.   Simon Not at All 20:24  |  Gil 17/05/09
      22.   Simon Not at All 20:25  |  Gil 17/05/09
      23.   Hitler`s original plan 20:47  |  Firebird 17/05/09
      24.   Hawaii?! 20:48  |  Firebird 17/05/09
      25.   thinker? 3 18 who is the victim? 20:49  |  American in NY 17/05/09
      26.   Cool! 20:54  |  Yukulele 17/05/09
      27.   Aloha OY! 20:54  |  Tzfonit 17/05/09
      28.   FDR & Japan - Jewish Settlement 21:08  |  Harold F 17/05/09
      29.   "Thinker" in NY 21:21  |  Persian Kitty 17/05/09
      30.   Tehran wud be fine too! 21:23  |  Gal Riper 17/05/09
      31.   Actually it is quite refreshing 21:23  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/05/09
      32.   #18 Thinker 21:24  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/05/09
      33.   A Palestinian state in Hawaii? 21:46  |  Realist 17/05/09
      34.   sorry kiddo but 21:50  |  dave 17/05/09
      35.   Alaska? 21:53  |  Israeli Born Yid 17/05/09
      36.   ancient historic ties to the land of Israel will mean everything 21:54  |  JO 17/05/09
      37.   Its ironic but 21:56  |  Forrest Schmidt 17/05/09
      38.   Re:If this were to happen 21:56  |  Yid in NYC 17/05/09
      39.   Coconut wars continued from # 7 21:59  |  American in NY 17/05/09
      40.   12 yr old delustional 22:27  |  D.C.Tapley 17/05/09
      41.   Many Hills in Hawaii. Perfect for Settlers. 22:29  |  JustMe 17/05/09
      42.   little hilter ? 22:30  |  vik 17/05/09
      43.   Re: "Thinker" to "American in NY" 22:40  |  Kol Hakovod 17/05/09
      44.   Medel 22:43  |  See through Medel 17/05/09
      45.   to "Thinker": I agree with American NY 22:45  |  Objective reader 17/05/09
      46.   i bet 22:59  |  scallywag 17/05/09
      47.   why hawaii? 23:24  |  Yakov 17/05/09
      48.   Re: "Thinker" and "American in NY" 23:39  |  IbnEzra 17/05/09
      49.   If only children ruled the world. 23:46  |  Maureen Ann 17/05/09
      50.   To Gil 00:00  |  Simon 18/05/09
      51.   Re: "Thinker" vs "American in NY" 00:10  |  Yodea Ta`alumot 18/05/09
      52.   Gil #21 00:54  |  Mike 18/05/09
      53.   A 12-Year-Old Persian Wants To Buy Hawaii? 00:55  |  Jeff Northridge 18/05/09
      54.   I Hope He Gets Elected 01:26  |  MIKE 18/05/09
      55.   response to American in NY 01:49  |  Arnaud 18/05/09
      56.   Lets set up a playdate 01:57  |  MIKE 18/05/09
      57.   PRECOCIOUS CHILD 02:20  |  Lynn 18/05/09
      58.   MAHMOUD ETHNIC cleanser wannabee If Jews wont leave their country 02:35  |  PETER SM 18/05/09
      59.   put Palestinians in Hawaii 02:59  |  Joey 18/05/09
      60.   Amerikan NY 03:01  |  Michelle 18/05/09
      61.   to all of you that think Hawaii is a good idea 03:39  |  Isaac Moddel 18/05/09
      62.   surf"sUp 04:30  |  Yaacob 18/05/09
      63.   Why don`t the Iranians move to Hawaii themselves? 06:08  |  Raphael 18/05/09
      64.   Shut up you little rugrat 06:37  |  Conroy 18/05/09
      65.   It is so obvious who is the mastermind... 06:46  |  Lasmarch 18/05/09
      66.   #6 Dan - Even MORE hilarious... 07:17  |  PADDY 18/05/09
      67.   dont care abt Hawaiians 08:46  |  Jim 18/05/09
      68.   48, yes you are right 09:01  |  Emily 18/05/09
      69.   48, Raphael 09:21  |  MK 18/05/09
      70.   Nuclear Iran 09:44  |  Oatmeal99 18/05/09
      71.   Am in NY Dream about converting the White house into a Mosque 12:08  |  PETER SM 18/05/09
      72.   Wherever it maybe! 14:15  |  John 18/05/09
      73.   Israel Should Relocate Arabs To Paraguay 15:15  |  Shlomo 18/05/09
      74.   From the mouths of babes. 15:44  |  NadePauKucinicGracv 18/05/09
      75.   Yaaghoob Noach in NY 17:49  |  Persian Kitty 18/05/09
      76.   Dan from London,Not true! 01:49  |  Nima 22/05/09
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