Ahmadinejad Calls for US Leaders to Be 'Buried'

Sunday, 03 Oct 2010 07:02 AM

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's president Sunday called for U.S. leaders to be "buried" in response to what he says are American threats of military attack against Tehran's nuclear program.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known for brash rhetoric in addressing the West, but in a speech Sunday he went a step further using a deeply offensive insult in response to U.S. statements that the military option against Iran is still on the table.

"May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," he said using language in Iran reserved for hated enemies.

Several top U.S. officials including Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have said in recent months that the military option remains on the table and there is a plan to attack Iran, although a military strike has been described as a bad idea.

The crowd of military men and clerics in the town of Hashtgerd just west of the capital chuckled at the president's insult and applauded.

The speech was broadcast by both state television and the official English-language Press TV, but the latter glossed over the insult in the simultaneous translation.

Ahmadinejad's remarks come in sharp contrast to ones he made to Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel in August in which he offered the U.S. Iran's friendship.

In Sunday's speech, Ahmadinejad also questioned once more who was behind the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. and said they gave Washington a pretext for seeking to dominate the region and plunder its oil wealth.

During his speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he said a majority of people in the U.S. and around the world believe the American government staged the attacks, drawing a strong rebuke from President Barack Obama.

Ahmadinejad often resorts to provocative statements to lash out enemies. He has already compared the power of Iran's enemies to a "mosquito," saying Iran deals with the West over its nuclear activities from a position of power and he has likened the United States to a "farm animal trapped in a quagmire" in Afghanistan.

Iran also condemned the latest U.S. sanctions slapped on eight Iranian officials Wednesday, saying they show American interference in Tehran's domestic affairs.

Washington this week imposed travel and financial sanctions on the eight Iranians, accusing them of taking part in human rights abuses during the turmoil following Iran's June 2009 presidential election.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press

In related news, Americans still apparently giving a f*ck what a powerless crazy **** on the other side of the planet says and thinks.

Maybe Columbia University will invite him to speak again and give him a chance to explain.

Well...For once I agree with him...just not about the reason why.

This pretty much gives the US an opening to launch an attack and for the Iranian people to blame their leader for provoking it.

(10-04-2010 03:16 PM)I45owl Wrote:  This pretty much gives the US an opening to launch an attack and for the Iranian people to blame their leader for provoking it.

Cheney?

CHENEY IS THAT YOU??

I'm not a quail!

Ahmadinejad is a death threat machine. He should be assassinated.

(10-04-2010 03:40 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ahmadinejad is a death threat machine. He should be assassinated.

He's not a US citizen!

(10-04-2010 04:23 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(10-04-2010 03:40 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ahmadinejad is a death threat machine. He should be assassinated.

He's not a US citizen!

I was implying that the Iranians should take the initiative for the deed.

(10-03-2010 09:43 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Maybe Columbia University will invite him to speak again and give him a chance to explain.

He also met with various US NGO groups including one that I worked for during that trip. The people from my office that met him could only describe him as insane.

Two very related stories......

Afghan Police Seize 22 Tons of Explosives from Iran
(Weird, they were marked "Food, Toys, and Kitchenware")

And

Green Beret who died saving comrades awarded Medal of Honor


Iran is really pissing me off...but I'm sure their nuclear program is peaceful....everything else they do involves trying to destroy heroes like Sgt. Miller and our country's allies.

When can we unleash other Special Forces to start assassinating Iranian leaders?