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Topic: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


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  The Mystical Menace of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - article by Daniel Pipes
Ahmadinejad appears to have in 2004 secretly instructed the city council to build a grand avenue to prepare for the Mahdi.
Ahmadinejad flummoxed his audience of world political leaders by concluding his address with a prayer for the Mahdi's appearance: "O mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence of your last repository, the Promised One, that perfect and pure human being, the one that will fill this world with justice and peace."
Ahmadinejad, the top priority is to challenge America, and specifically to create a powerful model state based on "Islamic democracy" by which to oppose it.
www.danielpipes.org /article/3258   (1521 words)

  
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Caricature of Iranian President
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described the Holocaust as "a myth" and suggested that Israel be moved to Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ahmadinejad was appointed mayor of Tehran on May 3, 2003 and was elected president on June 24, 2005.
www.funfun.ca /Iran-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad.php   (133 words)

  
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Ahmadinejad was born on October 28, 1956, in the village of Ardan, not far from the Iranian capital Tehran.
During his presidential campaign, Ahmadinejad focused on socio-economic issues, such as fighting corruption, eradicating unemployment, developing rural areas, combating poverty and demanding a more just distribution of wealth in the Iranian society, keeping true to the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
After his election in 2005, Ahmadinejad was identified by American civilians as one of the key individuals involved in the US embassy take-over in Iran during the 1979 revolution.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3385131,00.html   (524 words)

  
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Year of Living Dangerously | Current Affairs | Deutsche Welle | 03.08.2006
It was another example of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's skill at gathering the population to him and whipping them into a frenzy of support with populist rhetoric.
Ahmadinejad's comments caused an international storm of outrage, which gave the Iranian president the affirmation he needed to increase his attacks.
In the Muslim world, Ahmadinejad scored many points with his provocation, even in Arab countries which had a natural distrust of Iran but saw he was a man of conviction who was ready to take on the US and Israel.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,2116995,00.html   (1052 words)

  
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Born on October 28, 1956 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a man obsessively concerned with the sense of his inherent inferiority.
Ahmadinejad is paranoid and a through and through psychotic who has mastered the formulas that has him project an image of one who is sane, balanced and responsible.
www.pdc.co.il /ahmadinejad.htm   (1938 words)

  
 Iran: Mahmud Ahmadinejad -- Fascist, Or Man Of The People? - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the hard-line mayor of Tehran, is one of the two candidates competing in the second round of Iran’s presidential election on 24 June.
Ahmadinejad, a former governor and now the major of Tehran, claims to be one of the founders of the Islamic Society of Students.
Ahmadinejad is said to have the support of Islamic hard-liners and the religious poor.
www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/06/6d083aa8-9743-4d60-a5af-9aa3af959f0d.html   (947 words)

  
 Historic Personalities of Iran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
ahmoud Ahmadinejad was born in village of Aradan near city of Garmsar, southeast of Tehran in 1956.
In April 2003 Ahmadinejad was appointed mayor of Tehran by the capital's municipal council, which is dominated by the hard-line Islamic Iran Developers Coalition (Etelaf-e Abadgaran-e Iran-e Islami).
On 24 June 2005 Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected as Iran's sixth president.
www.iranchamber.com /history/mahmadinejad/mahmoud_ahmadinejad.php   (498 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Profile: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was elected Iran's president in June 2005, was an obscure figure when he was appointed mayor of Tehran in the spring of 2003.
Mr Ahmadinejad was born in Garmsar, near Tehran, in 1956, the son of a flsmith, and holds a PhD in traffic and transport from Tehran's University of Science and Technology, where he was a lecturer.
Mr Ahmadinejad reportedly spent no money on his presidential campaign - but he was backed by powerful conservatives who used their network of mosques to mobilise support for him.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/4107270.stm   (0 words)

  
 Ahmadinejad makes first visit to Afghanistan | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Mr Ahmadinejad led a high-ranking Iranian delegation to Kabul in a demonstration of growing Iranian influence in Afghanistan, where the US, Britain and other western powers are engaged in a bitter struggle with the Taliban.
After departing from Kabul, Mr Ahmadinejad was due to fly to Turkmenistan before going on to Kyrgyzstan to attend a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a body created by Russia and China to address regional security threats, foster economic integration and counter US influence in central Asia.
Mr Ahmadinejad is expected to meet the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Hu Jintao, the president of China, at the meeting.
www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,,2148530,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12   (0 words)

  
 President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born October 28, 1956) is the 6th and current president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ahmadinejad's current term will end in August, 2009, but he will be eligible to run for one more term in office in 2009 Presidential elections.
Ahmadinejad is an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and supports strengthened relations between Iran and Russia.
www.presidentofiran.com   (0 words)

  
 Iranian Leader Opens Up , Ahmadinejad Speaks Candidly With Mike Wallace About Israel, Nukes, Bush - CBS News
When Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks out candidly — as is his habit — he scares a lot of people.
He has said more than once that Israel should be wiped off the map, and that the Holocaust is an overblown fairytale.
After not hearing back from the White House about his 18-page letter three months ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a message for President Bush.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/09/60minutes/main1879867.shtml   (0 words)

  
 President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born October 28, 1956) is the 6th and current president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ahmadinejad's current term will end in August, 2009, but he will be eligible to run for one more term in office in 2009 Presidential elections.
Ahmadinejad is an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and supports strengthened relations between Iran and Russia.
www.presidentofiran.com /index.cfm?LargeImage=1&showpics=1&showall=0&nav=4   (396 words)

  
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Technorati Blog
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the feisty and foolish President of Iran, was coming back from one of his frequent addresses to students, who always agree with him 100%, when a camel walked out onto the
He is the embodiment of several million people who are "hinged" exactly like him and are willing to give their life, and take as many lives as required, in the service of their belief.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ann Coulter united in Jew-hatred World War 4 Report, NY - 28 minutes ago That's what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal Express.
blog.technorati.ro /mahmoud-ahmadinejad   (355 words)

  
 Letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President George W. Bush - Council on Foreign Relations
Letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President George W. Bush
This letter from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to U.S. president George W. Bush, obtained by cfr.org, is presumed to be the first contact from an Iranian president to a U.S. leader since the 1979 revolution in Iran.
To address the growing importance of Africa, the Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs present Beyond Humanitarianism, a collection of recent work that explains underlying trends on the continent and provides an absorbing look at Africa’s emergence as a strategic player on the world stage.
www.cfr.org /publication/10633   (302 words)

  
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fear | openDemocracy
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, has again outdone himself with his vile comments calling for Israel to be “wiped out from the map of the world”.
Ahmadinejad and his ilk surely remember those early days when the gathering was called the “million strong march” – when hundreds of thousands of Iranians did indeed willingly turn out.
Ahmadinejad beams triumphantly as he takes questions from the press about Israel and the United States, for he knows that conflict with these powers strengthens his power base as even those Iranians who oppose him are tempted to move to his camp in the face of foreign aggression.
www.opendemocracy.net /democracy-irandemocracy/ahmadinejad_2981.jsp   (872 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Profile: Iran's new president Ahmadinejad
Ahmadinejad was born into a flsmith family in 1956 in countryside to the southeast of Tehran.
Ahmadinejad was later appointed mayor of the northwestern city of Maku bordering Turkey.
Ahmadinejad was elected mayor of Tehran in 2003.
english.people.com.cn /200508/03/eng20050803_200078.html   (458 words)

  
 Press Conference: Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran.
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Some root causes of today's problems facing humanity has to do with the international system, a system that has remained with us since World War II, emanating from the concept of a group of victors emerging from a world war and ruling the world.
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): The authorities in the United States, I believe, are aware that Iran's nuclear issue is a political one with no legal background.
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): There's no such provision, especially coming from a country that not only has an immense nuclear arsenal, but is developing new nuclear bombs -- the second, third generation -- that are even more frightening than previous nuclear bombs, and that is even today supporting countries that produce nuclear bombs.
www.informationclearinghouse.info /article15055.htm   (6884 words)

  
 Iran: President Says Light Surrounded Him During UN Speech - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says that when he delivered his speech at the UN General Assembly in September, he felt there was a light around him and that the attention of the world leaders in the audience was unblinkingly focused upon him.
Ahmadinejad said that someone present at the UN told him that a light surrounded him while he was delivering his speech to the General Assembly.
In mid-November, during a speech to Friday prayers leaders from across Iran, Ahmadinejad said that the main mission of the revolution is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam.
www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/11/184cb9fb-887c-4696-8f54-0799df747a4a.html   (1013 words)

  
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Associated Content
Ahmadinejad was born in 1956, in Garmsar, southeast of Tehran.
It was June 24th, 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swept and won the election for President of Iran with an awesome 17,046,441 votes out of a possible 27,536,069.
Ahmadinejad was 39 at the time of the election, a former Revolutionary Guard, novice on the national precipice, and a conservative-at-core despised (feared?) by much of the Iran reformist movement.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/56653/mahmoud_ahmadinejad.html   (462 words)

  
 Wanted: Exorcist for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ahmadinejad’s circle of light may have been coming for a long time, but it real time it fortutiously coincided with his international debut, or on the very day when he made his premier speech to the UN.
From Ahmadinejad, the world had been waiting with bated breath for what it expected was a conciliatory proposal to defuse the nuclear crisis after Teheran had rebooted another part of its nuclear program in August.
Ahmadinejad, the man who likely views Michael the Archangel as just another infidel could hardly be expected to present himself in Rome to have his demons cast out.
www.canadafreepress.com /2006/cover083006.htm   (746 words)

  
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As a student during the Iranian Revolution, Ahmadinejad became very politicised, this is mainly due to the fierce political and social issues introduced through the study of bridge construction and irrigation in his civil engineering undergraduacy.
Bush believes that Ahmadinejad and Iran should have to listen to the UN and be forced to stop their actions, just like Bush was with the Iraq War...err...and if the UN demands are not met, then Ahmadinejad and his regime should be punished, just like Bush was after the Iraq War...err...
Ahmadinejad is also directly connected with the arming and funding of the insurgency, with the leader appearing on al-Jazeera Jihadding people's rides, whether these rides are used in the 'hoods of Iraq is uncertain.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad   (1559 words)

  
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — Infoplease.com
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 2006 People in the News - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian president, taunted the U.S. throughout the year with the pursuit of a...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 2005 People in the News - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former mayor of Teheran and a hard-line conservative, was elected president of...
Iran behind the veil: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is being falsely cast as conciliatory and cooperative by U.S. elites,......
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0932911.html   (373 words)

  
 Secular professors under fire in Iran - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets with Iranian students and scientists in Tehran on Tuesday, where he called for the removal of liberal and secular teachers in the country's universities.
Ahmadinejad complained that changes in the country's universities were difficult to accomplish and that the country's educational system had been affected by secularism for the last 150 years, but said "such a change has begun."
Ahmadinejad's aim appears to be to install a new generation of rulers who will revive the fundamentalist goals pursued in the 1980s under the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, father of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14676069   (459 words)

  
 Al Jazeera English - Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ahmadinejad on Saturday broke off from the pack to capture second place and a spot in next week's runoff race for president.
As a young student, Ahmadinejad joined an ultraconservative faction of the Office for Strengthening Unity, the radical student group spawned by the 1979 Islamic Revolution and staged the capture of the US Embassy.
After just two years as Tehran mayor, Ahmadinejad was nominated for World Mayor 2005, a UK-based site aimed at raising the profile of mayors worldwide "as well as to honour those who have served their communities", according to the site.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/91109A0C-83F4-438F-9CC1-52DF6936CC6B.htm   (578 words)

  
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The nuclear prophet - Independent Online Edition > Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The major powers, Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech last week, were "a group of bullies" trying to deprive Iran and other nations of their "legal and natural rights".
More worrying for some is that Ahmadinejad is closely identified with the cult of the "hidden imam", the 12th and last of the line of imams revered by Shia Muslims.
Ahmadinejad is speaking about his defiant address to the UN General Assembly last autumn, in which he refused to back down on Iran's nuclear programme.
news.independent.co.uk /people/profiles/article338625.ece   (1187 words)

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