Tuesday, August 15, 2006

IRNA: "Iranian nation favors new Middle East without US, Zionist regime"

More gloating from Ahmadinejad. Remember Juan Cole's "debunking" of the idea that Ahmadeinejad referred to wiping Israel "off the map"?
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iranian nation favors the new Middle East to come true in absence of the United States and the occupying Zionist regime.

"The arrogant powers aim to create a new Middle East to grant free hand to the US, Britain and the Zionist regime. Those who advocate the new Middle East are against freedom and independence of the nations in the region examples of which are Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon," President Ahmadinejad said.

"Those, who think they can violate the rights of nations through propaganda campaign and conspiracy from the overseas, should know that they are making a serious mistake, because, nations in the Middle East are awakened and are making headway to victory through reliance on God," President Ahmadinejad said.

He said that Israeli aggression on Lebanon was a prelude to the plan of the new Middle East.

"They thought that they can eliminate Hezbollah through aggression on Lebanon but to no avail," he added.

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