Mass walkout at UNGA as Ahmadinejad takes center stage
A US diplomat who was in the assembly hall to monitor the speech left halfway through, while the 27 European Union nations then followed in a coordinated protest move.
The Iranian leader again cast doubt on the origins of the Holocaust and the September 11, 2001 attacks and criticised the United States for killing Osama bin Laden rather than bringing him to trial.
Ahmadinejad has in the past drawn international condemnation for his use of major speeches to call for the destruction of Israel and indicate that the US government may have been involved in 9/11.
Ahmadinejad told the UN summit that the United States and its allies use the Western media to "threaten anyone who questions the Holocaust and the September 11 event with sanctions and military action."
The Iranian leader said he had been threatened by the US government after he last year alleged American government involvement in the attacks and called for an independent investigation.
Moving to the US operation to kill bin Laden, Ahmadinejad said "would it not have been reasonable to bring to justice and openly bring to trial the main perpetrator of the incident in order to identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Center towers?"
In a general blast at the West, Ahmadinejad said "hypocrisy and deceit are allowed in order to secure their interests and imperialistic goal."
"Drug trafficking and killing of innocent human beings are also allowed in pursuit of such diabolic goals," he added.
"They weaken countries through military intervention and destroy their infrastructures, in order to plunder their resources by making them all the more dependent."
"Ahmadinejad had a chance to address his own people's aspirations for freedom and dignity, but instead he again turned to abhorrent anti-Semitic slurs and despicable conspiracy theories," said US mission spokesman Mark Kornblau.
A French spokesman called Ahmadinejad's attacks "unacceptable," while the German delegation said it had left the assembly because of the "crude, anti-American, anti-Israeli and anti-West tirade by the Iranian president."
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Please see the following link. Now is this the diplomacy or biased behavior or unjust or favorism or punish to freedom of expression in your words.
When Muslim students walk out from an address of Israeli Ambassador (just an Ambassador) and they are convicted of being mean. But when Ahmadinejad starts his address at UNGA and representatives of 26 or 28 countries just walk out of the hall to show up there protest then its freedom of expression in a respectable and polite way.
What A DIPLOMACY? Hats off to you
http://gawker.com/5843400/muslim-students-convicted-of-being-mean-to-israeli-ambassador
@Bangladeshi: Please read the official translation of texts of his speeches rather than listening to Iranian YouTube propaganda.
He had an excellent opportunity to polish his position in the various interviews he gave, but every year he is going south in those interviews. Amidst all protests, Columbia university gave him an academic forum to articulate his position outside of the political settings last year, and he royally screwed up the opportunity.
When Ms Butto and Gen Musharaff gave interviews and speeches they used that opportunity to make case for PAK rather than screaming everyone is conspiring against us.
Diplomacy is personal relations and chemistry. That is why Nehru was well received in UN than Mr. Bhutto, to give the sub continent context of the era. Nehru was scholarly, articulative, and his speeches created philosophical arguments on conscience while Mr.Bhutto was confrontational even though he was intelligent and a scholar on world politics.
he is not diplomatic, which is essential to survive in this nasty geo-political world !
"Ahmadinejad has in the past drawn international condemnation for his use of major speeches to call for the destruction of Israel and indicate that the US government may have been involved in 9/11."---- this is what FOX news & US media translated of Ahmadinejad's speech by taking it out of context. He actually said the zionist regime (israeli GOV) should cease to exist. I thought ET was a pakistani newspaper but I guess I was wrong, If you wanted to post from AFP you should have atleast added "he is alleged to have called for the destruction of Israel" . Where is the journalistic integrity & credibility if you copy everything from western sources without any critical & logical thinking.
A brave leader who is not afraid to call it as it is ! Go Ahmadinejad!!
If US and its closest allies specially European countries call themselves Liberal and talk about freedom of speech and say and publish all kind of rubbish against the Islamic countries which do not obey what US wants. Then can any one explain that why cant they hear what we want to say. It shows that they do not have any answer to those concerns and comments.
Ahmadinejad is the right ... the truth is bitter and its hard to confront this truth right in the face. At least there is some one who speaks about the actually issues. Europe has its union though Muslims have there Unions too but I never understood that what Muslim Islamic Summits and conferences do, I think they just organize a get together no body ever took a solid stance against these western evils. Qaddafi cried alot against all of these so called super powers but nothing happen instead his own regime becomes the victim of his downfall. If there will be few more Islamic countries leader join hands together and raise the voice with people like Ahmadinejad and Qaddafi against US terrorism I can bet that US and its allies will be unable to use there VITO Power cards. But these evils keeps us engage in our issue and its resolutions so that we wont have any time to think against them.
What a waste of opportunity for him and Iran. After listening to him for awhile one will begin to think that he is loosing it.
Does he not want to take the opportunity to lay out a case for Iran rather than calling every one a liar?
Ahmedinejad - YOU da man!
No freedom of litsening mr ahmedinejad.
The UN is a failure.
What's the point of having it if everyone walks out when faced with some criticism? The smaller nations are getting the picture that the UN was intended to have America dictate what their governments should do, but will not tolerate any criticism or debate about its own foreign policy.
Too bad he decides to get into the Holocaust, people shut their brain off when you mention anything regarding revision. I wish he'd just leave that part out for now so some discussion can be had because he raises some interesting points.
Close the UN down and restore sovereignty and nationalism worldwide. Trade with all nations and close down all military bases worldwide. Problem solved.