I get a lot of emails from people asking me why I don't link to websites other then US and European ones and instead try to see things from the side of the Arab world.
Well, I have found a perfect example of why I don't:
Iran's Khamenei labels Bush 'mad'
Iran's supreme leader has reaffirmed his country's commitment to a peaceful nuclear programme, while attacking George Bush, the US president as "mentally ill".
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a ceremony honouring the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, that Tehran had no interest in building nuclear weapons.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a ceremony honouring the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, that Tehran had no interest in building nuclear weapons.
"Look at behaviour of the US president and members of his team, their words are like those of the mentally ill," he said on Tuesday.
"Sometimes they threaten … and sometimes they ask for help - it's like mad people staggering to and fro."
Khamenei said that the erratic behaviour of Bush is rooted in the failures in Afghanistan and Iraq and urged countries to resist bullying.
With regards to accusations by the US and its allies that Iran is attempting to manufacture a nuclear weapon, Khamenei said that possessing such arsenal would be "useless".
"No wise nation is interested in making a nuclear weapon," since it is not
logical and cannot be used.
"Iran is after the peaceful use of nuclear energy and we will strongly pursue and reach it despite the envy of our enemies."
Could you kiss Iranian ass a little more? What about the truth of thier nuclear program? Oh yeah, BURIED at the very bottom of the page:
Mohammed El Baradei, the UN atomic watchdog chief, on Monday asked for greater clarity from Tehran concerning their nuclear programme.
Iran has not provided access to documents and individuals as requested by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
So someone who's just skimming the article, like pretty much everyone does, wouldn't read about the Iranians secrecy about their nuclear weapons program.
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