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Last update - 15:08 11/06/2008
Ahmadinejad: West failing to halt our nuclear victory
By News Agencies
Tags: U.S., Nuclear, Iran 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that U.S. President George W. Bush's era has come to an end and he has failed in his goals to attack Iran and stop its nuclear program.

Ahmadinejad, addressing thousands of people in this central Iranian city, also described the U.S. president as "wicked."

"This wicked man desires to harm the Iranian nation. [Bush] made plans, moved into Afghanistan and then Iraq, and announced that Iran was the third target," he said.
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"I tell him... your era has come to an end. With the grace of God, you won't be able to harm even one centimeter of the sacred land of Iran," he said.

On the what he said was the failure of the West to thwart Iran's nuclear ambition, Ahmadinejad said, "In the past two-three years, they employed all their might, resorted to propaganda... and sanctions. If the enemy thinks they can break the Iranian nation with pressure, they are wrong... With God's help, today we have achieved victory and the enemies cannot do a damned thing."

His comments came a day after the United States and the European Union told the Islamic Republic they were ready to impose more sanctions over its nuclear activities, which Tehran says are solely aimed at generating electricity.

Also on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the Iranian president has declared that while U.S. President George W. Bush desired to attack Iran, he will not do so now.

Ahmadinejad said Bush's term has come to a close and he will now not harm the Persian state, even after invading Iran's eastern and western neighbors: Afghanistan and Iraq.

On Monday, the Islamic Republic's official news agency reported that Iran's defense minister has warned of a "painful response" if Israel attacks it and lambasted Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz's threat of such a strike.



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      1.   PERFECT 11:46  |  indrajaya 11/06/08
      2.   Dr. A: Don`t Confuse A West Failing With A Flailing From TheWest 11:58  |  Lavi 11/06/08
      3.   Case Closed 12:04  |  Sadiq M 11/06/08
      4.   Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a flagrant Anti Semite 12:06  |  Stephen. 11/06/08
      5.   God`s help? 12:16  |  Chaim Gorenstein 11/06/08
      6.   the mind reading persian monkey seems detached from reality 12:18  |  zionist forever 11/06/08
      7.   #1 Indrajaya: All Your Enshallahs Combined Can Not Overule ... 12:18  |  Lavi 11/06/08
      8.   Iran could also punish USA and allies 12:23  |  James 11/06/08
      9.   He sees it as a battle with the west 12:27  |  x-ray 11/06/08
      10.   Time for sanctians is over : It?s time to act! 12:37  |  Jean Van Daem 11/06/08
      11.   The main difference between Israeli and Iranian nuclear programs 12:50  |  Natallie Durson 11/06/08
      12.   ONLY WHEN...... 13:01  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 11/06/08
      13.   #4 Jean 13:12  |  Ali riza 11/06/08
      14.   Perfect #1 13:18  |  Barrie 11/06/08
      15.   #10 Jan Van Daem. Ever heard of the.. 14:07  |  Maureen Ann 11/06/08
      16.   West is" celebrating" over Iranian nuclear success 14:14  |  Sal 11/06/08
      17.   #4 14:31  |  Dav 11/06/08
      18.   Crazy not to want nukes 14:38  |  W 11/06/08
      19.   German gold rush in Iran 14:42  |  Jonathan S 11/06/08
      20.   Iran is a sovereign country and has the right to its nuclear 14:43  |  lakshmi 11/06/08
      21.   Pirrus victory 14:47  |  CM 11/06/08
      22.   Let`s face it: Iran did it. 15:08  |  Kolha Cavot 11/06/08
      23.   What If? 15:22  |  Walid 11/06/08
      24.   No threat at all 15:23  |  guy 11/06/08
      25.   who cares Ahmadinejad. Go nuclear if you want and accept it`s 15:26  |  Jo 11/06/08
      26.   Ahmahitlerjad. 15:31  |  David Nigel Braham 11/06/08
      27.   Iranian dreams as always far from truth 15:42  |  Caesar 11/06/08
      28.   For CM # 21 15:51  |  Clickfool 11/06/08
      29.   Ali Riza 15:58  |  Alain 11/06/08
      30.   11 16:12  |  zionist forever 11/06/08
      31.   bashing ach... 16:21  |  tziril esther 11/06/08
      32.   #1 Imperfect Indrajaya 16:24  |  Joe Moer 11/06/08
      33.   Indrajaya 16:25  |  H 11/06/08
      34.   Indrajayah # 1 16:34  |  sabra 11/06/08
      35.   James # 8 16:37  |  Sabra 11/06/08
      36.   Natalie Durson # 11 16:41  |  Sabra 11/06/08
      37.   Ahmadinejad is a PUPPET 16:42  |  Jeff 11/06/08
      38.   Lakshmi # 20 16:45  |  Sabra 11/06/08
      39.   again a/mad/jad continues to tell the truth while mert/bush plead 17:00  |  glenna 11/06/08
      40.   WE ARE SOOOO LUCKY 17:11  |  Robert 11/06/08
      41.   # 8 James of London...Arab States agree 17:12  |  Lynn 11/06/08
      42.   CM, you are wrong 17:14  |  Uri 11/06/08
      43.   God`s plan for the region is a FINAL holocaust 17:16  |  Soothsayer 11/06/08
      44.   You are wrong, CM, Iran does have friends 17:16  |  Uri 11/06/08
      45.   magical thinking: saying it makes it so 17:30  |  frenz 11/06/08
      46.   misattributed `sovereignty` 17:35  |  frenz 11/06/08
      47.   # 23, SABRA 17:43  |  indrajaya 11/06/08
      48.   #10 Jean 17:49  |  ballistic 11/06/08
      49.   #21 CM 17:51  |  ballistic 11/06/08
      50.   "our nuclear victory" is not a verbatim quote 18:08  |  Rowan 11/06/08
      51.   get nukes OR ELSE get attacked... 18:17  |  Erol 11/06/08
      52.   Laughing at Natallie Durson 18:19  |  JP 11/06/08
      53.   #3 Sadiq: Chetoree Kalak? 18:42  |  Lavi 11/06/08
      54.   Lakshmi Which Other Genocidal Leaders Do You Want to Have Nukes? 18:54  |  JP 11/06/08
      55.   To early to declair victory 19:00  |  Jeff 11/06/08
      56.   Iran 19:04  |  ManintheMiddle 11/06/08
      57.   CM - How sad you are 19:07  |  American 11/06/08
      58.   Response to Natalie 19:24  |  PlanoStu 11/06/08
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      61.   big laugh out to Sadiq, "your Shiite leaders never lie" 19:51  |  jj 11/06/08
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      65.   advice to Amadmanejad 20:06  |  Harry 11/06/08
      66.   #20, Lakshmi, you`re right... 21:02  |  DR 11/06/08
      67.   To sadiq the shiite ! 21:19  |  Ordallie Nutcase 11/06/08
      68.   AhmadinaKalb & NasrZabra awaiting the return of the `mehdi` 21:32  |  Amin 11/06/08
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