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To: LindyBill who wrote (144705)	10/27/2005 1:19:55 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793858

Wow, they really did step in it. Better than smelling salts. A mullah piled on with this gem: One top Iranian religious leader, Ayatollah Nori Hamadani, said in a written statement it is incumbent upon Muslims to wrest Palestine from the Israelis. Derek

To: LindyBill who wrote (144705)	10/27/2005 4:36:26 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793858

The Iranians had the Euros properly dhimmied. Then Ahmadinejad had to open his big mouth. Even the BBC can't spike this one. One can argue that Ahmadinejad just did Israel a favor, by making his wishes so obvious that even the BBC and the NYT can't spike it, as they almost always do to Muslim/Arab displays of anti-Semitism. Now, my question is this: Did Ahmadinejad speak out of turn, or were the Mullahs so cocky that they okayed the speech, confident that the supine Western press would not dare to make a fuss?