Ahmadinejad Proud of Holocaust Denial

(AP)  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday he was proud his denial of the Holocaust had enraged the West, as the controversial leader geared up for a United Nations trip to stress what he said would be a message of "peace and friendship."

Ahmadinejad's latest comes as Iran is locked in a bitter dispute with the U.S. and other Western nations over its nuclear program. Even as that fight continues, his remarks were sure to earn the Iranian president an even more frigid reception when he heads to New York on Tuesday to attend the U.N. General Assembly.

"The anger of the world's professional killers is (a source of) pride for us," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

He was responding to a question about criticism from the European Union following a speech on Friday in which he questioned whether the Holocaust was a "real event." The "killers" reference appeared to be directed primarily at Israel and the U.S.

"It's a sad day for the Iranian people," French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Christine Fages said in an online briefing Monday in reference to Ahmadinejad's latest Holocaust statements. She said "they unfortunately add to the long list of hateful statements" by Ahmadinejad.

Ahmadinejad has repeatedly raised questions about the Holocaust. He has said it has been used as a pretext for Israel's formation, and that Israel and Jewish groups are actively muzzling any attempt to link shame over the Nazi atrocities with the what many in the Muslim Middle East believe is the West's bias for the Jewish state at their expense.

The comments have done little to bolster sympathy for Iran's conservative government, which the U.S. and others believe is looking to enrich uranium with an eye to nuclear weapons production. Iranian officials deny the charge, saying the program is for purely peaceful purposes.

The Iranian president is slated to address the U.N. on Wednesday, said IRNA.

"The most important message of this year's visit by president to New York is peace and friendship for all nations, fighting suppression and interaction with all nations in the framework of justice and mutual respect," Mohammad Jafar Mohammadzadeh, a spokesman for Ahmadinejad's office told IRNA.

Ahmadinejad's last trips to the U.N. have been marked by sharp protests. In 2007, before a planned speech at New York's Columbia University, he sat through a scathing criticism by the elite university's president.

Mohammadzadeh said Ahmadinejad was planning to meet extensively with the media while in the U.S., and that the "Zionist lobby," despite its efforts, will be unable to "stop the publication of the justice-seeking message of Iranians by their president."

Ahmadinejad is sure to face a drubbing over the nuclear issue and questions about whether Iran will negotiate or face the threat of even deeper sanctions.

The U.S. administration has invited Iran to start a dialogue on its nuclear program and gave a vague September deadline for Tehran to take up the offer. The U.S. and five other world powers accepted an offer from Iran earlier this month to hold "comprehensive, all-encompassing and constructive" talks on a range of security issues, including global nuclear disarmament.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Oct. 1 for talks on the nuclear issue.

[Morningtide]

Holocausts are stains on humanity. Denying them is reprehensible and politically incorrect. Speaking of ?Holocaust Denying? and political correctness: Is it politically correct to deny the ugly head of Semitism which is a well documented history of ordered massacres, systematic killings, the destruction of hundreds of villages, the ethnic cleansing of a pacific people, and the in your face robbery of an entire country? More simply put is it politically correct to deny that a religious/ gangster cult sits fat and righteous on stolen property. For anyone whom disagrees with the assertions in these comments just keep denying and worry not: be it said that nowhere in the world is it against the law to deny the long term rancid holocaust perpetrated and being perpetrated by ?God?s (ahem) chosen people?? Ok?now back to bashing Ahmadinejad. Bad guy, bad guy yah yah yah.Holocausts are stains on humanity. Denying them is reprehensible and politically incorrect. Speaking of ?Holocaust Denying? and political correctness: Is it politically correct to deny the ugly head of Semitism which is a well documented history of ordered massacres, systematic killings, the destruction of hundreds of villages, the ethnic cleansing of a pacific people, and the in your face robbery of an entire country? More simply put is it politically correct to deny that a religious/ gangster cult sits fat and righteous on stolen property. For anyone whom disagrees with the assertions in these comments just keep denying and worry not: be it said that nowhere in the world is it against the law to deny the long term rancid holocaust perpetrated and being perpetrated by ?God?s (ahem) chosen people?? Ok?now back to bashing Ahmadinejad. Bad guy, bad guy yah yah yah.

[rickyg2]

he is not any worst than some leaders we gave wmd to kill incent people.

[Morningtide]

Speaking of Holocaust Denying consider:To be politically correct do we deny the ugly head of Semitism which is a well documented history of ordered massacres, systematic killings, the destruction of hundreds of villages, the ethnic cleansing of a pacific people, and the in your face robbery of an entire country. Simply put: A religious/ gangster cult sits fat and righteous on stolen property. For anyone whom disagrees with this comment just keep denying and worry not: be it said that nowhere in the world is it against the law to deny the long term rancid holocaust perpetrated and being perpetrated by ?God?s (ahem) chosen people?. L'Chaim.

[lawyertom1]

Just like the Republicans, Ahmadinejad is proud of his stupidity.

[hungry1968-16]

This is what happens when politicians are picked based on "ideological leanings".

Bush is another example of how disastrous ideology is when mixed with politics.

Gave me an atheist ANY DAY over a religion fueled nut job / sociopath.

[ianlou]

So he's not humble of the truth; He's loud and proud of a Lie.

[saturn05]

I normally wouldn't say something like this, but...Of all of the politicians and others who have been assisinated, why could he be one of them?

[koko98-2009]

I know a lot of tea party people who are equally proud of being just as much of an idiot as this guy.

[XE31]

to watercam:
He is a Persian not Arab, you idiot.

[prometheus21]

"The anger of the world's professional killers is (a source of) pride for us," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

That's interesting. The American Propagandist (AP) translates the admonishment of crimes against peace and war criminals like the Bush Administration and those responsible for war crimes by the state of Israel and the apparent arrogant and unchecked hubris behind this, as actually being in reference to some statement about the holocaust taken out of context and said something like half a decade ago, and how the anger of these professional killers in light of that, is actually contempt for something else entirely and not even close to relevant.

But the fabricating power of a propagandist in denial of the truth and it's cancerous role in our democracy and "free press" is without measure, at least to those who read a headline and then get lost in about 10 seconds during the process.