The following are excerpts from a rally with Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on the Iranian
News Channel (IRINN) on August 1, 2006.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "Look, they are destroying
homes with the people inside. They are burning fields.
Neither children nor adults are safe from them. With
laser-guided bombs, they attack shelters of defenseless
women and children, leaving them in a pool of their blood."
Crowd: "Death to Israel."
"Death to Israel."
"Death to Israel."
"Death to Israel."
"Death to Israel."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "They have no boundaries,
limits, or taboos when it comes to killing human beings. Who
are they? Where did they come from? Are they human beings?
'They are like cattle, nay, more misguided.' A bunch of
bloodthirsty barbarians. Next to them, all the criminals of
the world seem righteous."
"They are a bunch of Zionists. Where have they come from?
As you know, the rule of hegemony and the web of colonialism
strived to establish a base in the heart of the Middle East.
A hundred years ago, they began to devise conspiracies on
the basis of a diabolical plan. Bit by bit they arrived, and
backed by the devious, deceiving England, they sneaked
people in, and placed them in control over the people of
Palestine. Sixty years ago, by means of a highly complex
plan involving psychology, politics, and propaganda, and by
means of weapons, they managed to establish a false regime
in the heart of the Middle East. At first they claimed:
'Since some of those [Jews] lost their families in World War
II, and were killed by the German government, we must give
them a land.' They established a regime, and placed them
here. Afterwards, we saw that they did not make do with [the
Jews] who presumably were harmed in the war. They gathered
people from all over the world, brought them here, and
turned them into the landlords. They expelled more than five
million Palestinians from their homes with weapons and with
oppression. They gathered people from all over the world,
and imposed them here. Our question was: 'If these people
were harmed in Europe, why do you want to compensate them
out of the pockets of the people of Palestine, and with
their honor and their land?' Then they claimed that these
are people whose forefathers had lived in this land 2,500
years ago, and that they should therefore be the rulers of
this land. We say to them that if we were to accept this
principle, and were to apply it throughout the world, all
the political borders in today's world would change.
"We ask you: Who lived on the land of America 250 or 300
years ago? Don't the rulers of America today rule because of
the massacre of the native Americans? If we accept the
principle that anybody whose forefathers ever lived on any
land 2,000 or 3,000 years ago should rule today, then
America should be ruled by the native Americans who are
there today. There is proof that they existed. There are
films, photos, documents, maps, and their descendants."
Crowd: "Death to America
"Death to America"
"Death to America"
"Death to America"
"Death to America"
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "They established a regime,
aimed at threatening, trespassing, murdering, and pillaging.
They established this regime so that the peoples of the
region would never be tranquil. They threaten everybody.
Even if a country wants to make scientific progress, they
have the nerve to prevent its scientific progress under the
pretext that the safety of the regime that occupied
Jerusalem would be threatened by this scientific progress."
"They established that regime so that it would constitute
a constant threat, and would prepare the ground for the
control of the rule of hegemony, and so that they would be
able to impose agreements on the people. As you know, some
of the countries in our region made armament deals worth
more than 150 billion dollars with America and England,
under the pretext of the regime that occupied Jerusalem.
Since they are under America's control, they never used
these weapons against the regime that occupied Jerusalem."
"It is totally obvious from what is going on that this
plan was made a long time ago. The Americans failed to
implement their Greater Middle East policy. They thought
that by attacking and occupying Lebanon, they would be able
to revive the dead plan to establish a Greater Middle East.
That is why they attacked. As you can see, their crimes know
no limits.
"I hereby declare: The world must know that America and
England are accomplices to each and every one of the crimes
of the regime that has occupied Jerusalem. They must be held
accountable."
"Look at the international organizations. We used to say
that these organizations are a tool in the hands of some of
the great powers, and we were told we were being
pessimistic. Look at the Security Council. It was
established to bring about security. But as you can see,
whenever the proposal for a ceasefire is raised, the
Security Council - which is responsible for security, and
which should welcome the cease-fire proposal - is,
unfortunately, opposed to the cease-fire proposal and to
preventing the killing of women and children. I hereby
declare: This behavior of the Security Council is a mark of
eternal shame on the forehead of the U.N. and those who
control it."
"Everybody knows that this regime [Israel] can do nothing
without the orders and backing of America and its intimate
friend, England. That's why we have declared these two
regimes are responsible for all the crimes of the
insubordinate Zionist regime."
"It is inconceivable that they allow themselves to make
decisions to attack and totally destroy a certain country,
and then, on the basis of a few agreements, they bring
groups from the countries supporting this corrupt regime
[Israel], and deploy them along the borders, in order to
oppress the people of the region even more. They must know
that those days are over. The peoples have awoken.
"The Lebanese scene is like a mirror. It displays the
criminal essence of the rule of hegemony and the false
claims of the great powers to support human rights, freedom,
and democracy. At the same time, it exhibits the oppression
of the Lebanese people.
"Today, Hizbullah in Lebanon is the standard-bearer of
the resistance of all the monotheistic peoples, of the
seekers of justice, and of the free people. Hassan Nasrallah
is shouting the loud cry of the vigilant human consciences.
Today, Hizbullah stands tall as the representative of all
the peoples, all the vigilant consciences, all the
monotheistic people, all the seekers of justice, and all
free people of the world, against the rule of hegemony.
Until now, with the help of Allah, [Hizbullah] is winning,
and, Allah willing, it will reach the ultimate victory in
the near future."
"I hereby demand that all the peoples declare their
position regarding these crimes. It is inconceivable for
people to play a double game in the Middle East and Lebanon.
On the one hand, they maintain cooperation and economic and
political ties with the Zionist criminals, and on the other
hand, they wish to appear as supporters of human rights, of
the oppressed, and of peace. They all must declare their
position. I call upon all the governments to remove the
restrictions upon their peoples. The peoples have become
vigilant today, and are studying the scene with precision
and awareness. The peoples are keeping record of the
behavior of all the governments, the officials, and the
groups. All these crimes are engraved on the hearts of the
peoples. Soon, the people will begin to move, and, Allah
willing, they will drag these criminals to the defendant's
bench."
"I declare, before all the dear people of Bojnourd, that
in light of America and England's behavior, it has become
clear that they don't have what it takes to participate in
international forums. They don't have what it takes to sit
in the Security Council, and to have a right of veto. They
themselves are guilty and criminal, and they must be placed
on trial."
"When I see the behavior of America, England, and their
other accomplices in recent days, I get the impression that
they are preparing even greater crimes. I warn them: Know
that the fire of the wrath of the peoples is about to erupt
and overflow. If you do not put an end to your crimes, know
that the ocean of the peoples will soon rage. When the
peoples begin to move, they will drag everybody to the
defendant's bench, and will remove them from the throne of
power."
"Today, the Iranian people is the owner of nuclear
technology. Those who want to talk with our people should
know what people they are talking to. If some believe they
can keep talking to the Iranian people in the language of
threats and aggressiveness, they should know that they are
making a bitter mistake. If they have not realized this by
now, they soon will, but then it will be too late. Then they
will realize that they are facing a vigilant, proud people."