Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 9/11 claims cause UN walkout

http://www.timesofearth.com/Worldnews/?NT=0&nid=27689 - The US and other Western delegations at the 65th UN General Assembly have walked out in protest at the speech of the Iranian president. The American delegation was joined in its walk-out by representatives from 32 other nations - including all the EU countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Costa Rica.

UNITED NATIONS — US diplomats and other Western delegations have walked out of a United Nations summit as the Iranian president said some believe the 9/11 attacks on the US was the work of Americans to save Israel.

Two US officials led the walkout as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the General Assemly in New York on Thursday. They were quickly followed by the British and other Western delegations.

Ahmadinejad said there was a theory that "some segments within the US government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order also to save the Zionist regime.

"The majority of the American people as well as other nations and politicians agree with this view," he said.

PJ Crowley, the US assistant secretary of state, told AFP news agency the statement was "totally outrageous".

"[Those killed in the attacks] were people of all faiths, all nationalities. They were killed by 19 people, a plot perpetrated by al-Qaeda," he said.

"We know who did it and they have admitted who did it. This idea that nine years later there is still some debate about who did it and why is outrageous."

About 3,000 people died when hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and a fourth aircraft plummeted into a Pennsylvania field in 2001.

Ahmadinejad also briefly touched on the four sets of UN sanctions imposed on his country over Tehran's refusal stop enriching uranium and to prove Iran is not trying to build an atomic bomb.
Some members of the Security Council have "equated nuclear energy with nuclear bombs," Ahmadinejad said.

He accused the US of building up its nuclear arsenal instead of dismantling it and reiterated his call for a nuclear-free world.

The UN Security Council in June imposed a fourth set of sanctions against Iran and the European Union and the US have added even more extensive sanctions targeting its foreign trade.

Iran insists that its nuclear programme has only peaceful intentions.

About 800 people including many of Iranian origin protested outside the UN headquarters as Ahmadinejad was attending the General Assembly.

They chanted "Ahmadinejad is a terrorist" and staged a street performance depicting people stained with fake blood and scenes of hanging and stoning.

"It is time for the international community to stop dealing with Ahmadinejad and finally recognise and empower the opposition, so that the Iranian people can finally get the democratic change it deserves," Ali Safavi, a demonstrator, said.

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[hablerz]

A man who speaks the truth has no place in modern politics, they still need an excuse to attack Iran though so watch out for 'another pearl harbour' .

[nbvca1]

He's telling the truth. The U.S. is owned by the Zionist Rothschild Banking Family. 9/11 was a joint operation between the CIA and the Isreali Mossad.

[IslamISsick1]

@hablerz You are sick... They caught the 911 attackers on tape! Cellphone calls from loved ones explained everything! You are sick!

[mikeymodelle]

this man is a nazi, imagine your leader of your country talking such hurtful things? he's obviously mentally retarded that's all I can say, even his Iranian mp's have been chanting death to my Britain!! lol what lowlife Iranian scum they are.

[macmarkey]

please wake up - Ahmadinejad is trying to stoke internal dissent within America - he is trying to use the far end of free speech which has amounted to stupidity against the west - the Jihadist's themselves are upset that their credit is trying to be stolen away - this is real serious

[609jaybird]

@b4reels yes, they have completely lost their shit. They live in caves, what do you expect.

[609jaybird]

Just double tap this terrorist like we did Bin Ladin. Scumbag!!!!!!

[b4reels]

Are you people nut jobs? Just curious..? I'm pretty sure the 9/11 jihadist's implicated themselves when they flew planes into buildings. After all, Ahmadinejad is a man who said gay's did not exist in Iran. He is obviously eating the same crazy crackers you folks are.

[carlsencam]

Just because they orchestrated 9/11 doesn't mean that ahmadinejad isn't a complete scumbag dictator, that should be ousted, iranian propaganda is ten times worse in Iran than the America propaganda.

[hathigmonorow]

Ahmadinejad has more credibility than the United States and their propaganda machine.