Did Iran Prez Really Say 'Wipe Israel off the Map'?

02-19-2007, 04:12 PM

Debunking Iran War Propaganda
Now that the Benador-created Big Lie about Iran requiring Jews to wear Nazi-styled yellow stripes has been thoroughly debunked, it's time to debunk more anti-Iranian war propaganda.
Throughout the English-speaking world, it is taken as an absolutely proven fact that Ahmadinejad said he wants to "wipe Israel off the map." But did he?
Ahmadinejad speaks Farsi, not English, so his words have to be translated for us to understand them. And good translations paint a different picture:
Juan Cole, a University of Michigan Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, translates the Farsi phrase as:
The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods) must [vanish from] the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad).

The Middle East Media Research Institute translates the phrase similarly:
[T]his regime that is occupying Qods [Jerusalem] must be eliminated from the pages of history.

On 20 February 2006, Iran’s foreign minister denied that Tehran wanted to see Israel “wiped off the map,” saying Ahmadinejad had been misunderstood. "Nobody can remove a country from the map. This is a misunderstanding in Europe of what our president mentioned," Manouchehr Mottaki told a news conference, speaking in English, after addressing the European Parliament. "How is it possible to remove a country from the map? He is talking about the regime. We do not recognise legally this regime," he said.
http://www.democrats.com/node/9027

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02-20-2007, 04:23 AM

--- In hinducivilization (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Vrndavan Parker"
wrote:

What you label as a battleground between Jews and middle east is
actually an effort to engulf my country, the US in a war against
Iran. Iran is a rival of India's number one enemy Saudi Arabia. So if
the US does attack Iran it will be beneficial to Saudi Arabia.
Anything beneficial to Saudi Arabia is detrimental to Bharat for they
are behind a majority of Islamic terror against India.

Israel happens to be a staucnh ally of India's defense against
Pakistan. Saudi Arabia is a Staunch overlord of Pakistan. So as an
American and a Hindu this message is being posted on the
hinducivilization forum in order to expose the calumny of the warcry
against Iran.

Delinking Pakistan from Saudi Arabia is innacurate and actually a
favorite method of the media. This is done to denigrate India's
defense efforts and present them as some sort of Third World squable
based on cultural immaturity.

The fact is the House of Saud agreed to allow the formation of Israel
in exchange for a Muslim India. The only real source of revenue
before the oil revenue was Indian hajjis. Fearing a Hindu India, the
Saudis explicitly demanded the formation of Pakistan. Much of past US
support of Pakistan is based on its committments to Saudi Arabia. So
Isreal and the Middle East are an integral part of the Indian
struggle against Jihad. Delinking them serves the cause of Jihad.

This is specifically true regarding Saudi Arabia...a Kingdom
dedicated to the reconquest of all former regions of the Umma that
have been overrun by Kafirs, Israel, India, Iberian Peninsula and the
Balkans. Saudi Arabia is in the Middle East and its actions are a
very relevant topic in regards to the onslaught against HINDU
CIVILIZATION.
V
--- In hinducivilization (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, EagleSM23
wrote:
>
> Sir,
> I request that you don't make this yahoogroup as a
> battleground between Jews and Muslims of Mideast.
> What Ahmadnejad said about Holocaust and Jews is
> recorded by news media, you need to write to CNN.
> -Eagle
>
> --- Vrndavan Parker wrote:
>
> Debunking Iran War Propaganda
> Now that the Benador-created Big Lie about Iran
> requiring Jews to wear Nazi-styled yellow stripes has
> been thoroughly debunked, it's time to debunk more
> anti-Iranian war propaganda.
> Throughout the English-speaking world, it is taken as
> an absolutely proven fact that Ahmadinejad said he
> wants to "wipe Israel off the map." But did he?
>
>
>
>
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