[Rhodes22-list] Politics - You Solve It!

[Brad Haslett]

Boys and Girls, I've been a bit busy lately dealing with two jet-lagged
females and trying to act like I've some control over a business 300 miles
away.  Israel has had to fight their latest war without my help. They've
done OK without my help in the past.  Forgive me for spoiling an otherwise
nice day with reality.  Here's the latest from those sensitive leaders from
Iran. Welcome to the 21st Century. Have a nice day!

Brad

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 *Ahmadinejad: Destroy Israel, End Crisis*

By SEAN YOONG
The Associated Press
Thursday, August 3, 2006; 10:49 AM

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday
the solution to the Middle East crisis is to destroy Israel. In a speech
during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders, Ahmadinejad also called for
an immediate halt to fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the
Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

"Although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at
this stage an immediate cease-fire must be implemented," he said.

Ahmadinejad, who has drawn international condemnation with previous calls
for Israel to be wiped off the map, said the Middle East would be better off
"without the existence of the Zionist regime."

Israel "is an illegitimate regime, there is no legal basis for its
existence," he said.

In Jerusalem, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev responded by
noting the ties between Ahmadinejad's regime and Hezbollah.

"Our operation in Lebanon is designed to neutralize one of the long arms of
Iran _ Hezbollah," Regev said. "Hezbollah is their proxy, being used as an
instrument of Teheran to advance their extremist agenda and the blow to
Hezbollah is a blow to Iranian interests and a blow to all extremist
jihadist forces in the region."

Ahmadinejad accused the United States of using Israel to try to control the
Middle East and its oil wealth.

"Today the Americans are after the greater Middle East," he said. "The
Zionist regime is used to reach this objective. The sole existence of this
regime is for invasion and attack."

He urged Muslim states to "isolate" the United States and Britain, accusing
them of supporting Israel's military offensive and saying they should be
expelled from the U.N. Security Council.

Ahmadinejad also rejected proposals for deploying international troops along
the Israeli-Lebanese border to separate the warring parties.

"Peace and security in Lebanon and its borders has to be preserved by the
Lebanese government and people. Deployment of foreign forces is not
acceptable in any shape unless it is just, based on U.N. rules and preserves
the unity and territorial integrity of Lebanon," he said.
(c) 2006 The Associated Press
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