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Title: US walks out as Iran delivers anti-US speech Post by: Coach Hank Crisp on September 22, 2011, 09:09:34 PM http://news.yahoo.com/us-walks-iran-delivers-anti-us-speech-172115419.html
Quote UNITED NATIONS (AP) — American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as "arrogant powers" ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism. The two U.S. diplomats, who specialize in the Middle East, were followed out of the chamber by diplomats from more than 30 countries. They included the 27 European Union members, Australia, New Zealand, Somalia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and Macedonia, a U.N. diplomat said. Israel boycotted the speech. Ahmadenijad's fiery anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli rhetoric has been a staple of the General Assembly's ministerial meetings. Last year, Ahmadinejad provoked a walkout by the U.S., EU, and others when he said a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American government staged the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in an attempt to assure Israel's survival. The provocative comments prompted the U.S. delegation to walk out of Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech, where he also blamed the U.S. as the power behind U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a technology that can be used as fuel for electricity generation or to build nuclear weapons. Title: Re: US walks out as Iran delivers anti-US speech Post by: SUPERCOACH on September 22, 2011, 09:16:13 PM That place is such a joke.
Title: Re: US walks out as Iran delivers anti-US speech Post by: Coach Hank Crisp on September 22, 2011, 09:25:32 PM That place is such a joke. El Rushbo - "U.N. is like the bar room scene out of Star Wars"! Title: Re: US walks out as Iran delivers anti-US speech Post by: cbbama99 on September 26, 2011, 04:13:55 PM The time of the U.N.'s useful passed about 65 years ago.
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