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From: Erooth Mohamed=20
To: [email protected]=20
Sent: 08 March, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: Holocaust: Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust


Iran: Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6085=20
Mon. 06 Mar 2006

Tehran, Iran, Mar. 06 =96 Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reportedly t=
old Iranian businessmen in Germany that he agreed with statements by Irania=
n President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Holocaust was a " myth", the semi-=
official Jomhouri Islami reported on Monday.=20

The government-owned daily wrote that at a dinner gala with Iranian hotelie=
rs and entrepreneurs, Kohl said that he "heartily agreed" with Ahmadinejad'=
s remarks about the Holocaust.=20

"What Ahmadinejad said about the Holocaust was in our bosoms", the former G=
erman chancellor was quoted as saying. "For years we wanted to say this, bu=
t we did not have the courage to speak out".=20

Ahmadinejad caused an international furore last year when he publicly decla=
red that the Holocaust was a "myth" and threatened that Israel must be "wip=
ed off the map".=20

His comments were supported by senior Iranian officials, including Supreme =
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hash=
emi Rafsanjani.=20

The country's state-run media have systematically defended the position of =
the Iranian president and given extensive coverage to historians and "exper=
ts" who deny the Holocaust took place.
+++++

Iran's conference on Holocaust denial begins on Tuesday=20
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6081=20

 Tehran, Iran, Mar. 05 =96 Iran will host a conference on the Holocaust in =
Tehran on Tuesday, the state-run news agency Mehr reported on Sunday.

The seminar, dubbed "The Holocaust: myth or reality?", has been organised b=
y the Bassij, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the repor=
t said.=20

Several "anti-Zionist Jewish rabbis are in Tehran to take part in the confe=
rence", the news agency added.

Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused an international furo=
re last year when he publicly declared that the Holocaust was a "myth" and =
threatened that Israel must be "wiped off the map".=20

His comments were supported by senior Iranian officials, including Supreme =
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hash=
emi Rafsanjani.

Ahmadinejad has been making a series of speeches, describing the Israeli-Pa=
lestinian conflict as "the central front in the war of Islam and Global Arr=
ogance", a reference to the West.=20

The radical president has been calling on Islamic nations and Muslims to un=
ite to defeat the West in a jihad, or holy war.

The country's state-run media have given extensive coverage to historians a=
nd "experts" who deny the Holocaust took place.=20

In its Wednesday edition, the hard-line daily Kayhan, which reflects the vi=
ews of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah, gave prominence to a new book, the =
latest in some 300 anti-Semitic books in Persian that adorn Tehran's booksh=
ops.=20

In addition to daily articles and commentaries in the government-owned pres=
s denying the Holocaust, the chairman of Iran's cartoonists association, Ma=
soud Shojai, set up a website, www.irancartoon.com, to put on display drawi=
ngs and cartoons ridiculing the Holocaust.


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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
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[email protected] href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Erooth Mohamed<=
/A>=20
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A [email protected]=20
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> 08 March, 2006 11:44 AM</DIV>
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Holocaust</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 size=3D5><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><STRONG>Iran: H=
elmut Kohl=20
agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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ttp://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6085</A></SPAN>=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20
class=3DitemPostDate>Mon. 06 Mar 2006</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20
class=3DitemPostDate></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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class=3DitemPostDate><IMG alt=3D""=20
src=3D"http://www.iranfocus.com/uploads/img440b5b4d704f0.jpg" align=3Dright=
>Tehran,=20
Iran, Mar. 06 =96 Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reportedly told Iran=
ian=20
businessmen in Germany that he agreed with statements by Iranian President=
=20
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Holocaust was a " <FONT color=3D#ff0000>myth</=
FONT>",=20
the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Monday. <BR><BR>The=20
government-owned daily wrote that at a dinner gala with Iranian hoteliers a=
nd=20
entrepreneurs, Kohl said that he "heartily agreed" with Ahmadinejad's remar=
ks=20
about the Holocaust. <BR><BR><FONT color=3D#ff0000>"What Ahmadinejad said a=
bout=20
the Holocaust was in our bosoms",</FONT> the former German chancellor was q=
uoted=20
as saying. <FONT color=3D#ff0000>"For years we wanted to say this, but we d=
id not=20
have the courage to speak out". </FONT><BR><BR>Ahmadinejad caused an=20
international furore last year when he publicly declared that the Holocaust=
 was=20
a "<FONT color=3D#ff0000>myth</FONT>" and threatened that Israel must be "w=
iped=20
off the map". <BR><BR>His comments were supported by senior Iranian officia=
ls,=20
including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former president Ayatol=
lah=20
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. <BR><BR>The country's state-run media have=20
systematically defended the position of the Iranian president and given=20
extensive coverage to historians and "experts" who deny the Holocaust took=
=20
place.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3DitemPostDate>+++++</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3DitemPostDate></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#ff0000 size=3D5><SPAN class=3DitemTitle>=
<SPAN=20
class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><STRONG>Iran's conference on H=
olocaust=20
denial begins on Tuesday</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><S=
PAN=20
class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><A=20
href=3D"http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6081">h=
ttp://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6081=20
</A></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN=20
class=3DitemTitle></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><FONT size=3D2><IMG alt=3D""=20
src=3D"http://www.iranfocus.com/uploads/img436194150a634.jpg" align=3Dright=
></FONT>=20
<FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Tehran, Iran, Mar. 05 =96 Iran will host a c=
onference=20
on the Holocaust in Tehran on Tuesday, the state-run news agency Mehr repor=
ted=20
on Sunday.<BR><BR>The seminar, dubbed "The Holocaust: myth or reality?", ha=
s=20
been organised by the Bassij, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards=
=20
Corps, the report said. <BR><BR>Several "anti-Zionist Jewish rabbis are in=
=20
Tehran to take part in the conference", the news agency added.<BR><BR>Iran'=
s=20
hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused an international furore last=
 year=20
when he publicly declared that the Holocaust was a "myth" and threatened th=
at=20
Israel must be "wiped off the map". <BR><BR>His comments were supported by=
=20
senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a=
nd=20
former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.<BR><BR>Ahmadinejad=
 has=20
been making a series of speeches, describing the Israeli-Palestinian confli=
ct as=20
"the central front in the war of Islam and Global Arrogance", a reference t=
o the=20
West. <BR><BR>The radical president has been calling on Islamic nations and=
=20
Muslims to unite to defeat the West in a jihad, or holy war.<BR><BR>The=20
country's state-run media have given extensive coverage to historians and=20
"experts" who deny the Holocaust took place. <BR><BR>In its Wednesday editi=
on,=20
the hard-line daily Kayhan, which reflects the views of Iran's Supreme Lead=
er=20
Ayatollah, gave prominence to a new book, the latest in some 300 anti-Semit=
ic=20
books in Persian that adorn Tehran's bookshops. <BR><BR>In addition to dail=
y=20
articles and commentaries in the government-owned press denying the Holocau=
st,=20
the chairman of Iran's cartoonists association, Masoud Shojai, set up a web=
site,=20
</FONT><A href=3D"http://www.irancartoon.com/" target=3D_blank><FONT color=
=3D#085aaf=20
size=3D2>www.irancartoon.com</FONT></A><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>, to =
put on=20
display drawings and cartoons ridiculing the=20
Holocaust.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN=20
class=3DitemTitle></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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