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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking during a ceremony marking the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran on Saturday. (Reuters)
Last update - 19:26 22/09/2007
N.Y. Mayor: Columbia can invite Ahmadinejad to speak, I won't listen
By Reuters
Tags: speech, Ahmadinejad, Columbia 

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that the city's Columbia University was free to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak, but "personally, I wouldn't go to listen to him - I don't care about what he says."

The university said Friday that it does not plan to call off a scheduled speech by the Iranian president, despite pressure from critics, including the City Council speaker, who said the Ivy League school was providing a forum for "hate-mongering vitriol."

Ahmadinejad is traveling to New York to address the United Nations' General Assembly. He was scheduled to appear Monday at a question-and-answer session with Columbia faculty and students as part of the school's World Leaders Forum.
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In the meantime, the city of New York has mobilized security in order to protect the Iranian president from protests during his visit,

On Wednesday New York police said Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, had been denied a request to visit the World Trade Center site of the Sept. 11 attacks during his visit.

City Council speaker Christine Quinn called Thursday for the university to rescind the invitation, saying "the idea of Ahmadinejad as an honored guest anywhere in our city is offensive to all New Yorkers."

Quinn said Ahmadinejad was coming to the city for one reason - to spread his hate-mongering vitriol on the world stage.

His planned appearance at Columbia also was condemned by Jewish groups including the Jewish Defense Organization, which described Ahmadinejad as the" Hitler of Iran."

Columbia spokesman Robert Hornsby said Thursday there was no plan to cancel the appearance, though the university dropped plans for an Ahmadinejad speech last year because of security and logistical problems. The decision came after a Jewish activist group expressed outrage over the invitation.

White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said Friday that "Columbia made the decision on inviting Ahmadinejad, and I don't believe we had any play in it."

"This is a country where people can come and speak their minds," he said, adding, "it would be wonderful if some of the countries that take advantage of that here allowed it for their own citizens there."

Columbia President Lee Bollinger, in announcing Ahmadinejad's upcoming appearance, described the event as part of Columbia's long-standing tradition of serving as a major forum for robust debate. He said the Iranian president had agreed to answer questions on Israel and the Holocaust.

Senator John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, recalled U.S. charges that Iran has been supporting militants in Iraq with weapons and explosives.

"A man who is directing the maiming and killing of Americans troops should not be given an invitation to speak at an American university," McCain said on Thursday, adding that Columbia should not be "rolling out the red carpet for the leader of a terrorist-sponsoring regime."

U.S. President George W. Bush, asked to comment on the decision not to allow the visit to the World Trade Center site, told reporters in Washington: "I can understand why they would not want somebody that's running a country who's a state sponsor of terror down there at the site."

In 2002 Bush labeled Iran as part of an "axis of evil" that also included Iraq and North Korea and has accused it of backing international terrorist groups.

The United States and other Western powers also say Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran insists it wants nuclear technology only for civilian electricity generation.

Ahmadinejad, who took office in 2005, railed against U.S. aggression in his speech to the United Nations last year, and then reveled in sparring with critics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

At that event, The New York Times quoted Ahmadinejad as repeatedly questioning evidence of the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were killed by the Nazis.

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  1.   Ahmadinejad Speech 20:05  |  P. J. Casey 20/09/07
  2.   Free Sppech 20:24  |  ahad aham 20/09/07
  3.   P. J. Casey 20:31  |  BOB KING 20/09/07
  4.   Yeah - Nothing to do with 9/11 20:35  |  Steve Mcgarret 20/09/07
  5.   Did Iran have some connection to 9/11? 20:36  |  GZLives 20/09/07
  6.   Mr.A`s speech last year at the UN.was a quiet dignified and 20:36  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  7.   Ahmadinejad is a catch for Columbia 20:40  |  Natallie Durson 20/09/07
  8.   Application to Columbia 20:42  |  Ben 20/09/07
  9.   #1 Even that remains to be seen 20:44  |  Chick 20/09/07
  10.   Ahmadinejad 20:50  |  baba lalou 20/09/07
  11.   NEW YORK IS ISRAEL, YOU FOOLISH AHMADINEJAD !!! 20:56  |  JACKAL 20/09/07
  12.   Such a person who calls to wipe a member state of the UN 20:57  |  David Green 20/09/07
  13.   2, P. J. Casey 21:02  |  Harry 20/09/07
  14.   A-mad-man will speak at Columbia 21:03  |  Harry 20/09/07
  15.   Let him talk. 21:06  |  Ali bin Abu ibn Abd 20/09/07
  16.   Ahmadinejad 21:11  |  Shana 20/09/07
  17.   Like CU many german academics supported Hitler 21:12  |  bernard ross 20/09/07
  18.   A clear voice.... 21:15  |  Webster 20/09/07
  19.   David Green...lets not be silly now 21:17  |  UN MAN 20/09/07
  20.   Boycott Columbia U. 21:31  |  dyinglikeflies 20/09/07
  21.   9/11 was an inside job; Rudy also shouldn`t visit ground 0 21:32  |  Dan 20/09/07
  22.   Not in the land that invented freedom of speech 21:39  |  Ivar 20/09/07
  23.   True translation 21:44  |  Said 20/09/07
  24.   be subjective 21:50  |  zizo 20/09/07
  25.   DROP DEAD AHMADINEJAD 21:54  |  GZLives 20/09/07
  26.   Columbia University= DISGRACE 22:07  |  Tim 20/09/07
  27.   How`s this for an idea? 22:11  |  Harry 20/09/07
  28.   Ahmadinejad visit golden opportunity for the New York police 22:11  |  20/09/07
  29.   # 17 WAs THe Other killings In side Job 22:12  |  Tobia 20/09/07
  30.   Let the megalomaniac speak?! 22:21  |  akiva 20/09/07
  31.   Free Speech 22:25  |  Edward H 20/09/07
  32.   Iran 22:28  |  Alex 20/09/07
  33.   There is a greater chance of assasination if he speaks! 22:31  |  Murray of Montreal 20/09/07
  34.   "Hezbollah and Hamas were created by Israel",UN MAN 22:32  |  akiva 20/09/07
  35.   Censure the moron! 22:37  |  akiva 20/09/07
  36.   Shana 22:44  |  Jasmine Murphy 20/09/07
  37.   Unman 22:46  |  Jasmine Murphy 20/09/07
  38.   Gnatty Duhson and Catching Ahmadinejad 22:51  |  Gil 20/09/07
  39.   columbia "university ?" 22:53  |  Shmuelshachor 20/09/07
  40.   he kills AMERICANS 23:01  |  Come to China MUSLIM 20/09/07
  41.   Reply to #2 23:07  |  Said 20/09/07
  42.   Harry - Paybacks are a bitch...America 23:26  |  Very Harry 20/09/07
  43.   ahmadinejad never lied,the media did. 23:35  |  dave 20/09/07
  44.   Harry Harry, Ayatolla much worse 23:44  |  Avram 20/09/07
  45.   32Very Harry,not to mention the long horrific Iran-Iraq war which 23:47  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  46.   Let Him `Appear` in the Zoo 23:48  |  Solon 20/09/07
  47.   #3 - Lakshmi - 00:01  |  Maurice 21/09/07
  48.   Re Natallie #4 00:06  |  Esther 21/09/07
  49.   Dave #40 00:33  |  judith 21/09/07
  50.   Ahmadinejad should be locked up when arriving in U.S. why???Read 00:34  |  Tim 21/09/07
  51.   Where is the Jewish Protest ? 00:45  |  Tod Zuckerman 21/09/07
  52.   No Speeches, No Tours, No Nothing! 00:48  |  MIKE 21/09/07
  53.   SAID ... you left out the rest of your fairie tale 00:52  |  GZLives 21/09/07
  54.   DAVE ... Ahmadinejad and DEATH TO AMERICA 00:56  |  GZLives 21/09/07
  55.   to #37 Chinese are weak 01:14  |  Thomas Bradshaw 21/09/07
  56.   #33 01:16  |  Shana 21/09/07
  57.   #39 Very Harry 01:18  |  Soraya 21/09/07
  58.   sum of all fears 01:19  |  david 21/09/07
  59.   If Carter is allowed to speak, so should be Ahmadinejad 01:20  |  Gene 21/09/07
  60.   #3 lakshmi 01:22  |  Sarah 21/09/07
  61.   LAKSHMI AND REGIMES 01:32  |  Brant 21/09/07
  62.   9/11 Connection #2 01:40  |  Aaron 21/09/07
  63.   Columbia University Crap 01:50  |  Brod 21/09/07
  64.   Ahmadinejad and NY Congressmembers 02:06  |  Alan Jay Gerber 21/09/07
  65.   Americans boo britney spears 02:14  |  T.O.JEW. 21/09/07
  66.   To Soraya 02:16  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  67.   Tenure for Nadia Abu El Haj / Not surprised 02:19  |  Semsem 21/09/07
  68.   Canceled -- Good news 02:24  |  Gina 21/09/07
  69.   More Jews go to Columbia than any other IVY 02:33  |  Dave 21/09/07
  70.   TO GzLives 02:35  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  71.   He should speak and be challenged 02:36  |  Sensible 21/09/07
  72.   lakshmi # 3 on the Jewish Lobby..... 02:37  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  73.   #44 Avram on Carter who forced the Shah 02:40  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  74.   Let him speak!! 02:48  |  a wandering Jew 21/09/07
  75.   Columbia: Nuremberg 02:57  |  Tony Anthony 21/09/07
  76.   Columbia University urged to cancel Ahmadinejad speech over Holoc 03:00  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 21/09/07
  77.   GZLives LIES 03:00  |  Omran 21/09/07
  78.   Zionists against Free Speech? 03:04  |  dan 21/09/07
  79.   Actually its at least 11.1 million 03:18  |  a jewish reader 21/09/07
  80.   Ahmadinejad 03:23  |  Robin 21/09/07
  81.   Let him speak 03:32  |  Jake Barker 21/09/07
  82.   Dave #43 03:47  |  Franklin Bluth 21/09/07
  83.   72Lynn,Cair is not as influential as the Jewish Lobby which has 03:52  |  lakshmi 21/09/07
  84.   #7-Hitler Would Have Been An Even Bigger Catch For Columbia 04:24  |  Harry D 21/09/07
  85.   If Ariel Sharon can come 05:06  |  Harold 21/09/07
  86.   to #2 maha daha 06:20  |  Jake 21/09/07
  87.   Ahmedinejad 06:34  |  mnjam 21/09/07
  88.   Columbia University 06:35  |  Nechama 21/09/07
  89.   to #43 dave 06:36  |  Jake 21/09/07
  90.   #61 - Hear, hear Brant! 07:04  |  JES 21/09/07
  91.   A diabolical demagogue 07:07  |  Petronius 21/09/07
  92.   AGAIN, CONGRATULATION, AHMADINEJAD 08:06  |  indrajaya 21/09/07
  93.   Surely Dershowitz can prevent this. 11:07  |  Hubal 21/09/07
  94.   Is he a holocaust denier? Did he call for genocide against Israel 11:42  |  Michael 21/09/07
  95.   #43 Dave 11:46  |  Daybreak 21/09/07
  96.   lakshmi i find that people from the third world 12:01  |  emma peel 21/09/07
  97.   Let him appear PART I 12:03  |  FOX 21/09/07
  98.   columbia of edward said 12:03  |  mehmet 21/09/07
  99.   with each post lakshmi become more hysterical 12:06  |  maupassant 21/09/07
  100.   Don`t ban him. Send Bush to debate against him. 12:09  |  Michael 21/09/07
  101.   lakshmi volunteers that ahmedinejad gave a 12:10  |  harold macmillan 21/09/07
  102.   dignity ahmedinejad and lakshmi 12:12  |  harold macmillan 21/09/07
  103.   #94 Michael Wiped Off Map Speech 12:12  |  Daybreak 21/09/07
  104.   Ntalie`s surrealist Stance #7 etc. 12:19  |  FOX 21/09/07
  105.   Michael, an elephant on the table 12:27  |  FOX 21/09/07
  106.   QUINN IS A COMEDIAN 12:28  |  Robb 21/09/07
  107.   emma peel, tell me darling #96 12:30  |  FOX 21/09/07
  108.   96Emma peel,ever since the Iranian Revolution the U.S. wanted a 12:37  |  lakshmi 21/09/07
  109.   Last I heard, holocaust denial wasn`t illegal in America 12:42  |  Natallie Durson 21/09/07
  110.   DON`T WORRY AHMA, IN THE UK THE 12:43  |  Robert 21/09/07
  111.   mehmet 12:48  |  ataturk 21/09/07
  112.   Maybe Ahmandinejad would bring his Portable Holocaust Exhibit 12:50  |  Ronnie Wolman 21/09/07
  113.   What`s the context Fox and Daybreak? 12:50  |  Michael 21/09/07
  114.   Let Him Appear Part II, am I wrong? 12:52  |  FOX 21/09/07
  115.   lakshmi iraq attacked iran for its own purposes 12:53  |  emma peel 21/09/07
  116.   Alex # 32 13:04  |  ChanahS 21/09/07
  117.   lakshmi 45 13:08  |  ChanahS 21/09/07
  118.   Re wandering jew #74 13:10  |  Esther 21/09/07
  119.   Michael UK 94 13:13  |  ChanahS 21/09/07
  120.   natallie durson writes light heartedly of a jewish tragedy 13:13  |  rachel silverman 21/09/07
  121.   No denial 13:19  |  Edith 21/09/07
  122.   When I was dreaming about... 13:26  |  Edith 21/09/07
  123.   Dear Moderator 13:32  |  Edith 21/09/07
  124.   Columbia U, not a surprise really to those who live in NYC, their 13:34  |  Steve-NYC 21/09/07
  125.   here is what Ahmadinejad said. 13:40  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  126.   Bush should be kicked out of the WH 13:42  |  Yossi Mahran 21/09/07
  127.   Its Great to Be an Idealist 13:45  |  Ronnie Wolman 21/09/07
  128.   He Should Be Arrested Not Promoted 13:48  |  Jane 21/09/07
  129.   112 Ronnie Wolman. Who`s targeting whom? 13:51  |  Hubal 21/09/07
  130.   Columbia and the pro-Palestinian cadre 13:52  |  Pilly 21/09/07
  131.   Are the Zionists worry 13:53  |  Dav 21/09/07
  132.   #119 Chanah S 14:00  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  133.   No YOU must be joking ChanahS 119 14:09  |  Michael 21/09/07
  134.   Engage him on the subject 14:32  |  sh 21/09/07
  135.   112 Ronnie Wolman. Who`s targeting whom? 14:33  |  Hubal 21/09/07
  136.   the drunk irishman 14:42  |  juan cole 21/09/07
  137.   Hubal,the Intent not the Invite 14:43  |  Ronnie Wolman 21/09/07
  138.   #125labarse now claims to be an expert in farsi! 14:49  |  victor hardman 21/09/07
  139.   witness the irishman`s enthusiasm 14:50  |  david trimble 21/09/07
  140.   I withdraw 14:50  |  Jackie 21/09/07
  141.   hey irishman 14:52  |  lord rothschild 21/09/07
  142.   #128 Jane on the beach in Florida 14:53  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  143.   and irishman the town of meshad in iran 14:55  |  2.30 kemptown 21/09/07
  144.   FOX 14:57  |  Danite 21/09/07
  145.   AhmadjiniNUT & Jay Leno 15:06  |  Ron 21/09/07
  146.   # 90 JES...re:Brant...Here,hear Brant.I Endorse Brant`s response. 15:27  |  Kath` 21/09/07
  147.   lies 15:29  |  edgar 21/09/07
  148.   #125 Labhras 15:43  |  Daybreak 21/09/07
  149.   Ahmadinejad should be set up 15:45  |  Gaston 21/09/07
  150.   Brant re:Laksmi....we all know about him but thanks 15:46  |  The Equalizer 21/09/07
  151.   Columbia students` loss 15:47  |  Stacie 21/09/07
  152.   No Omran you`ve misrepresented what I said 15:50  |  GZLives 21/09/07
  153.   Dave from Beverly Hills & The Clampetts 15:51  |  FOX 21/09/07
  154.   Quotes of Ahmadinejad 15:56  |  GZLives 21/09/07
  155.   #124 Steve What Holocaust Denial. 15:56  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  156.   Jane # 128 Good Idea, But No Can Do 15:58  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  157.   Michael on Iran`s intentions 16:01  |  FOX 21/09/07
  158.   #129 Hubal 16:03  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  159.   Let Ahmadinejad Speak 16:24  |  Double Click 21/09/07
  160.   #114 - And don`t forget... 16:29  |  JES 21/09/07
  161.   #125 - Great Lab 16:32  |  JES 21/09/07
  162.   move the pointless UN headquarters to Iran please 16:33  |  TAZ 21/09/07
  163.   Madman is antisemitic 16:36  |  Ethel 21/09/07
  164.   #132 - Sure Labhras 16:37  |  JES 21/09/07
  165.   #133 - Michael 16:38  |  JES 21/09/07
  166.   FOX.#104 You are posing a false dilemma. Part1 16:40  |  Hubal 21/09/07
  167.   dave from beverly hills, that`s a complete lie 16:42  |  Jake 21/09/07
  168.   FOX -2 16:42  |  Hubal 21/09/07
  169.   Persian Jews 16:43  |  JES 21/09/07
  170.   #135 "Daybreak" 16:46  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  171.   I think you`re bing a bit selective there Fox 145 16:49  |  Michael 21/09/07
  172.   Let him speak? sure when Bush speaks in Tehran 16:56  |  petras 21/09/07
  173.   Expectation: Columbia will cancel 16:59  |  Tosefta 21/09/07
  174.   Jasmine Murphy 16:59  |  UN MAN 21/09/07
  175.   Turkey and the EU and Iran 17:03  |  Ethel 21/09/07
  176.   Let him speak, Murray of Montreal 17:04  |  Petra 21/09/07
  177.   More on the ball than any Israeli leader 17:04  |  Tim 21/09/07
  178.   Iran, Bush, 9-11-01 .... 17:06  |  Deborah 21/09/07
  179.   His holocaust denial is as real as the Protocols of Zion 17:06  |  Tim 21/09/07
  180.   I bet Dershowitz is having a hissy fit right now 17:09  |  Tim 21/09/07
  181.   ban all holocaust deniers, inc your president and ADL 17:11  |  Fliss 21/09/07
  182.   Columbia University? Ha ha... 17:13  |  L. Gomberoff 21/09/07
  183.   Genocide 17:14  |  Ethel 21/09/07
  184.   # 98 mehmet 17:16  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  185.   Said from Houston, nice try 17:17  |  Jake 21/09/07
  186.   Move the UN to Geneva or Vienna 17:18  |  Simba 21/09/07
  187.   # 127 Ronnie Wolman on idealism 17:22  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  188.   JES 158 Fair point but we live in a world of risk 17:22  |  Michael 21/09/07
  189.   Iran is up for vote to gain a seat on the UN Security Council 17:26  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  190.   # 59 Gene on Carter 17:28  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  191.   Fliss, what planet are you on? 17:39  |  Jake 21/09/07
  192.   #s136/ 138/139/141/143 17:41  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  193.   Michael UK incredible logic 17:42  |  peter 21/09/07
  194.   Labarse # 170 17:44  |  ChanahS 21/09/07
  195.   no. 118 Esther 17:49  |  a wandering Jew 21/09/07
  196.   To Deborah 17:50  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  197.   How to End the UN 17:52  |  Chick 21/09/07
  198.   To Persian Kitty, correction 17:53  |  Jake 21/09/07
  199.   # 173 TOSEFTA and expectations 17:58  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  200.   Yet War Criminals are Welcomed to USA 17:58  |  Fed Up 21/09/07
  201.   Permit him to speak but also question aggresively 18:11  |  Noam 21/09/07
  202.   Israel just denied the Armenian... 18:11  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/09/07
  203.   To Ronnie Wolman 18:14  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  204.   #188 - Fair enough, but... 18:15  |  JES 21/09/07
  205.   190 Glad you agree Peter! 18:19  |  Michael 21/09/07
  206.   To Danite & Chanah 18:22  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  207.   Here`s a suggestion for those who don`t want to hear Ahmadinejad 18:23  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/09/07
  208.   To Jake 18:31  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  209.   May be decided today (Lynn #199) 18:35  |  Tosefta 21/09/07
  210.   what would ireland have been without the handouts 18:35  |  armagh 21/09/07
  211.   War Crimials Welcomed in USA 18:39  |  Fed Up 21/09/07
  212.   Deborah # 178 Nukes 18:39  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  213.   Poor little lakshmi 18:41  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  214.   #193 peter 18:41  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  215.   COLUMBIA likes STRIFE 18:43  |  JOJO 21/09/07
  216.   Kudos to Christine Quinn as well 18:43  |  KUTW 21/09/07
  217.   Michael`s Logic and abduction of sailors 18:45  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  218.   1. P. J. Casey 18:49  |  KUTW 21/09/07
  219.   2 ahad aham: Free Sppech 18:50  |  KUTW 21/09/07
  220.   # 178 Deborah, YES 18:53  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  221.   # 178 Deborah 18:54  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  222.   #198. Jake, may I add... 18:56  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/09/07
  223.   #210 Hidden hardman-dates 18:57  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  224.   GESTON TO SMART 19:00  |  TOBIA 21/09/07
  225.   Labhras,thanks for the actual quotes from MEMRI,in your post 132, 19:11  |  lakshmi 21/09/07
  226.   what did the irish terrorists hope to achieve 19:16  |  armagh 21/09/07
  227.   #213 Lynn talks about hoodwinking from the US 19:16  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  228.   Chick- the US doesn`t even pay its dues on time 19:25  |  UN MAN 21/09/07
  229.   Free speech? 19:33  |  Rick 21/09/07
  230.   Noam # 201 I Agree 19:40  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  231.   FORGET ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST TALK .... LISTEN UP NOW !! 19:48  |  ATİLLA OF İSRAEL 21/09/07
  232.   contemplating hunger 19:58  |  yossi sarid 21/09/07
  233.   You need light even from the grimories !! 20:20  |  Columbia 21/09/07
  234.   The More He Speaks The Better 20:23  |  Yoram 21/09/07
  235.   iran pres at columbia 20:31  |  shmuel 21/09/07
  236.   To Jeff Northridge 20:36  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  237.   re #100 `Don`t ban him. Send Bush to debate against him.` 20:37  |  Colin Wright 21/09/07
  238.   what`s really going on 20:38  |  Harry 21/09/07
  239.   dave, here`s your proof 20:40  |  a voice of reason 21/09/07
  240.   To P.J Casey 20:44  |  Avi (from Poland) 21/09/07
  241.   # 213 Labrhas, I don`t count myself as a nitwit nor an evangel 20:45  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  242.   # 228 UN and US, 20:47  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  243.   Man in the Middle, Ahmedinejad called the Holocaust a "MYTH" 20:50  |  Jake 21/09/07
  244.   # 232 yossi sarid...contemplating hunger.And..... 20:50  |  Judge Judy. 21/09/07
  245.   columbia speach 20:53  |  ari 21/09/07
  246.   # 236 Persian Kitty 20:53  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  247.   Columbia, I agree it is within the 20:56  |  Lynn 21/09/07
  248.   Let him speak 20:59  |  David 21/09/07
  249.   #214 - But Labhras... 21:00  |  JES 21/09/07
  250.   To Man in the Middle, more excuses 21:05  |  Jake 21/09/07
  251.   Persian Kitty: The Strut of the Dictators 21:06  |  Ronnie Wolman 21/09/07
  252.   #225. Efendi, you don`t get it. 21:12  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/09/07
  253.   Churchill wisdom for Kath` 21:25  |  Judge Judy 21/09/07
  254.   #243. Thaks for the spin. 21:25  |  ManInTheMiddle 21/09/07
  255.   LET AMADINHEJAD SPEAK. He has a right to be heard! 21:28  |  Murray of Montreal 21/09/07
  256.   UN MAN # 228 End The UN? 21:31  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  257.   225 lakshmi: here you have from Memri 21:36  |  KUTW 21/09/07
  258.   mehmet don`t be ridiculus 21:44  |  David Israel 21/09/07
  259.   TO NO 9. 21:45  |  DANNY. 21/09/07
  260.   Mehmet - one more thing 21:47  |  David Israel 21/09/07
  261.   HAMAS IS A BULKWARK AGAINST IDEAS 21:49  |  Jorge 21/09/07
  262.   Hello Persian Kitty 21:49  |  Danite 21/09/07
  263.   Labhras 21:55  |  Danite 21/09/07
  264.   Ahmadinejad should be allowed to speak 21:59  |  Geoff 21/09/07
  265.   TO NO 28. 22:02  |  DANNY 21/09/07
  266.   #240 Avi (from Poland), who is killing soldiers? 22:04  |  hala 21/09/07
  267.   for the infantile at #245 22:15  |  scanadu 21/09/07
  268.   #248 ManIntheMiddle to Efendi on Holocaust 22:27  |  hala 21/09/07
  269.   To Jake 22:28  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  270.   251KUTW & Man in the Middle, please check my post 225 illustratin 22:28  |  lakshmi 21/09/07
  271.   # 247 Judge Judy Churchill wisdom to Tosefta...From 22:31  |  Judge Judy Num`one 21/09/07
  272.   Persian Kitty # 236 Thank You 22:39  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  273.   Pro Israeli Jews do not like to listen to other peoples opinions 22:46  |  Petteri 21/09/07
  274.   Ahmadinejad really believes that the Holocaust is a myth: 22:49  |  Mimi 21/09/07
  275.   200 Fed Up 22:54  |  ChanahS 21/09/07
  276.   # 253 Winny Churchill wisdom for Tosefta. 22:55  |  Judge Judy Num` two 21/09/07
  277.   Let my Ahmadinejad GO! 22:57  |  :) 21/09/07
  278.   To Danite 22:58  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  279.   270. lakshmi, take it easy 23:01  |  KUTW 21/09/07
  280.   To Lynn 23:01  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/07
  281.   hala 23:07  |  Gina 21/09/07
  282.   WOW......Popular Ahmedinejad 23:13  |  sajjad 21/09/07
  283.   ISRAEL CANNOT EXIST 23:17  |  Words of G-D 21/09/07
  284.   # 237 Colin Wright...Don`t ban him.Send Bush to debate againsthim 23:19  |  Kath` 21/09/07
  285.   The "Wipe Israel off the map" HOAX 23:21  |  Nidnt 21/09/07
  286.   # 260 David Israel re:Mehmet. This is Not The First,Nor The Last 23:27  |  Kath` 21/09/07
  287.   Why doesn`t the Mayor ask to let Bush speak at Teheran U? 23:30  |  B`galil 21/09/07
  288.   Jews should isolate and boycott Columbia 23:37  |  Chaim Gorenstein 21/09/07
  289.   # 148 Daybreak.re;Labhras. Close Minds Are Like That.. 23:40  |  Kath` 21/09/07
  290.   Thanks # 97 (& 114, 160) 23:44  |  Keith 21/09/07
  291.   Make 10-40 questions a priority 23:51  |  David Anderson 21/09/07
  292.   MR. ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 23:52  |  MR. ABU OLMERT :) 21/09/07
  293.   #27 harry 23:53  |  wh 21/09/07
  294.   Freedom of Speech is completely irrelevant here. 23:58  |  sk 21/09/07
  295.   Ahmadinejad believes that Israel will be wiped away... 23:59  |  Mimi 21/09/07
  296.   Al Aqsa TV 00:02  |  Av 22/09/07
  297.   # 287 B`galil. Why doesn`t the Mayor ask to let Bush speak at ,,, 00:03  |  Kath` 22/09/07
  298.   To speak or not to speak 00:05  |  stork 22/09/07
  299.   To speak or not to speak 00:05  |  stork 22/09/07
  300.   Idiot Muslim Nidnt 00:06  |  Av 22/09/07
  301.   To Jeff Northridge 00:16  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/07
  302.   I have no problem with Ahmadinejad speaking or dancing ... 00:20  |  Brad 22/09/07
  303.   Columbia University should be isolated. 00:21  |  stork 22/09/07
  304.   Columbia should require 40 questions. 00:22  |  David Anderson 22/09/07
  305.   274Mimi,disappointing!here`s why:1.I went to the site and found 00:23  |  lakshmi 22/09/07
  306.   Millions listen to terroist/war criminal... 00:25  |  Maureen Ann 22/09/07
  307.   Mimi(contd.) to the Palestinians,who paid the price for europe`s 00:26  |  lakshmi 22/09/07
  308.   To Brad from Canada #300 00:40  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/07
  309.   WHAT NOT INVITE BIN LADEN TOO 00:45  |  Commomsense 22/09/07
  310.   # 225 lakshmi and her tortuous references to memri.. 00:49  |  Kath` 22/09/07
  311.   President Ahmadinejad-Mimi #294 00:55  |  Oleg 22/09/07
  312.   A-nejad and Columbia`s sin 00:55  |  EZ 22/09/07
  313.   # 300 Brad. Ahmed and Dancing.Chuckle,chuckle.. 01:02  |  Kath` 22/09/07
  314.   # 292 sk...Freedom of Speech irrelevant here. I am going to be... 01:13  |  Kath` 22/09/07
  315.   # To all lakshmis responses.Here is Mine... 01:16  |  Kath` 22/09/07
  316.   Ben #8 01:21  |  Albert 22/09/07
  317.   Persian Kitty 01:23  |  Danite 22/09/07
  318.   to UN MAN 01:25  |  Albert 22/09/07
  319.   Bloomerg 01:32  |  Australian 22/09/07
  320.   # 270 lakshmi.re:KUTW. ETC,,(third try haaretz) 01:32  |  Kath` 22/09/07
  321.   #85 Harold 01:35  |  Albert 22/09/07
  322.   to Indrajaya (shit jaya?) 01:37  |  Albert 22/09/07
  323.   lakshmi # 305 01:38  |  Lynn 22/09/07
  324.   #211 Fed Up 01:42  |  Albert 22/09/07
  325.   Freedom of expression for Ahmadinejad 01:51  |  Harold 22/09/07
  326.   natalie durson 01:57  |  Connie 22/09/07
  327.   Jackal 02:01  |  Connie 22/09/07
  328.   Kath - about Mehmet 02:03  |  David Israel 22/09/07
  329.   #281 No excuse, just cause and effect 02:07  |  hala 22/09/07
  330.   # 279 KUTW. re: lakshmi. You do understand dont you?Haaretz Slow. 02:07  |  KATH` 22/09/07
  331.   Finally True Indrajaya Post 02:13  |  Yosemite 22/09/07
  332.   279KUTW,a lot of hysteria is being whipped up,most of which is 02:19  |  lakshmi 22/09/07
  333.   who give s a toss about this Mayor 02:30  |  Sam (UK) 22/09/07
  334.   Kath 02:36  |  sweis Melbourne 22/09/07
  335.   If you don`t want to attend - DON`T ATTEND 02:54  |  Pablo B 22/09/07
  336.   GZLies 02:57  |  Omran 22/09/07
  337.   Columbia, only Ahmadinejad??? Why not Osama Bin Laden also??? 03:10  |  Mr. Ami Goldman 22/09/07
  338.   #319 to Australian 03:30  |  Albert 22/09/07
  339.   To Lakshmi 03:41  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/07
  340.   To Danite 03:43  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/07
  341.   GZLives and the Mossad in New York 03:53  |  Omran 22/09/07
  342.   If Dr. Ahmadinejad`s Phd. Thesis on Traffic & Transportation ... 04:00  |  Lavi 22/09/07
  343.   FOR KATH`: EXPOSE THEM EVERY TIME 04:02  |  Brant 22/09/07
  344.   David israel -mehmet is dana 04:16  |  Danite 22/09/07
  345.   YES Tosefta, he will speak 04:18  |  Lynn 22/09/07
  346.   GZLives, The Evidence Shows 04:35  |  Bernie 22/09/07
  347.   is ahmadinejad the anti-christ? 04:42  |  maria 22/09/07
  348.   My sympathy (Persian Kitty; yesterday) 04:46  |  Tosefta 22/09/07
  349.   Columbia University 04:51  |  Barney Panofsky 22/09/07
  350.   EYEranians 04:55  |  Iranian Ajax 22/09/07
  351.   Kick the UN out of US and solve the problem 04:56  |  Voice of Reason 22/09/07
  352.   #270 Oh Chanah, really! 04:56  |  ballistic 22/09/07
  353.   #263 Danite 05:00  |  Labhras 22/09/07
  354.   #98 mehmet 05:00  |  Lynn 22/09/07
  355.   lakshmi #108 05:03  |  Lynn 22/09/07
  356.   No problem with Ahmadinejad speaking (Lynn #345) 05:07  |  Tosefta 22/09/07
  357.   #306, Well said Maureen! 05:08  |  Silvienne 22/09/07
  358.