[SwF] Fw: Holocaust: Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust
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------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C642B9.48552380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="WINDOWS-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 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. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C642B9.48552380 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-125= 2"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 [email protected] href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Erooth Mohamed<= /A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A [email protected]=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> 08 March, 2006 11:44 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Holocaust: Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on=20 Holocaust</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#000080 size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle>= <A=20 href=3D"http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6085">h= ttp://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D6085</A></SPAN>= =20 </FONT></DIV> <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> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20 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> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20 class=3DitemPostDate>+++++</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20 class=3DitemPostDate></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </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> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#000080 size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle>= <SPAN=20 class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN=20 class=3DitemTitle></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#000080><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20 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> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20 class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN=20 class=3DitemTitle></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><SPAN class=3DitemTitle><SPAN=20 class=3DitemPostDate><SPAN=20 class=3DitemTitle></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> =20=20 <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <div style=3D"text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;"> <hr style=3D"border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;"> <tt>YAHOO! 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