Ali Sanaei’s Personal Blog

Full MSNBC’s Brian Williams interview with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, 28th July 2008:

Here is George Galloway savaging Sky News over its coverage of Israel’s attack on Lebanon, 2006:

Related: Chicken Yougurt’s post on this interview.

I just watched Fitna. What I can shortly say for now is that Nine/Eleven, London’s tube, and  etc were done by Wahabbi extremists which are not effectively Muslims by any possible way. If any one goes and reads about the history of them and the foundation of their idealogy, they’ll realise that it’s actually a product of West, especially the UK. All with a plan for such days, and us watching this type of films. By no means this is not Islam.
All religions have this sort of disordered groups in them, that includes Christianity and Judaism. I won’t call a Zionist thug like Saddam a Muslim, same for Bin-Laden as I won’t call Sharon a Jew, or Bush a Christian.
Islam or in general, religions, and being religious is not what you say, it is what you do and how you live in the real life.

Germany has inaugurated a museum at the site of the Nazi concentration camp where diarist Anne Frank died. this BBC’s news mentions that 50,000 Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Well this is different from what we sometimes hear from Israeli media and also what has been mentioned in Wikipedia that 6,000,000 Jews were killed at the Holocaust.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a possible myth 2 years ago and has continuously asked for reinvestigation on this event in many occasions. The logic is simple:

- Has the Holocaust really happened?
- If Yes; When, Where, Who’s responsible?
- Who did it? Germany, Austria, Romania, Hungary? (And other countries based on this site’s table).
- If so; what is Israel doing in Middle East occupying Palestine and invading Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt? Also making threats to other countries in the region. All getting supported mainly by USA and Europe.
- If West is sorry for what they’ve done in WWII and to Jews; why don’t they give a peace of their own lands to Jews instead of supporting them to occupy others’.
- Why is it illegal in France, Germany and few other countries to do researches on the Holocaust? Authors actually get arrested for denying it or even just writing their questions.

The Iranian regime does not have any problems with Jews, but with what she calls the Zionist Regime of Israel. In fact Iran had 150,000 Jews at 1948, and currently has about 40,000, still the second largest Jew community in the Middle East after Israel. Their rights are recognised by the government and they have an official representative in the Iranian Parliament. Most Jews know themselves distinctive to Israelis.

When I was writing this article, I started typing Hol… in my Google toolbar, waiting for the rest of the word (Holocaust) to appear on Google’s suggestions list. In a moment I thought maybe I’m typing it wrong, but after all I realised that Google has banned the word from its suggestions list, like what they have done for sexual words.

What’s really behind this event that West doesn’t want us to get aware of?

The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s interview in New York:

The video is six parts, about 50 minutes in total. Click on the video to watch the next parts.

I read in news that a BBC interviewer’s questions has driven Bolton mad. I just found the clip and here it is (If you’re a bit hasty, go to 7′ 30″, but it really worths listeting to all of it):

As EU Referendum says, no wonder they hated Bolton at the UN.

The highlight is:

The controversial ex-diplomat, who left the UN post in January, made the comments after fiercely defending the United States’ role in Iraq and saying that force should be used against Iran if necessary.

BBC presenter John Humphrys, the main anchor on the broadcaster’s flagship Today radio programme, raised Bolton’s hackles by asking if the US administration was not a “busted flush” after Iraq.

“You’re absolutely wrong … The people who express the point of view that you just expressed I think were largely anti-American beforehand anyway,” said the ex-ambassador.

When Humphrys suggested that billionaire philanthropist George Soros might take that view, Bolton shot back: “Are you kidding me? This is a man of the extreme left.”

“I’m sure you would find a great deal in common with him as would many others on the continent,” he added, referring to widespread anti-American sentiment in Europe.

The BBC man defended himself, saying he was impartial but just asking questions as a devil’s advocate and adding: “Maybe they don’t do it like that in the United States.”

Bolton: “I know, you’re a superior Brit, aren’t you?”

Moving on, Humphrys asked Bolton if World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz, under fierce pressure to resign amid a scandal over his girlfriend’s pay package, was “about to go.”

“I see you’re a gravedigger as well,” retorted Bolton. “I’m not at all sure I see that demise happening.”

Bolton and Wolfowitz were both widely seen as part of a neo-conservative group which pushed for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. But Bolton denied he was a neo-con Thursday, although he said the movement was still alive.

“I’m not a neocon, number one, but number two, I don’t think the neocon adventure is over,” he said.

Today I listened to Tony Blair’s speech announcing his resignation. It was an eloquent speech and it reminds why he was such an effective political campaigner. Maybe it takes courage to resign such an important position, but we shall not forget the pressure he was facing in the recent years, especially because of Iraq war. I wish American leaders learn from him and do the same!

People will point out that he is the only Labour leader to have won three consecutive general elections. This is a notable achievement. However, I wonder if good use was made of those election victories, particularly in 1997 and 2001 when there was a large majority in the Commons.

Inequality is still higher than it was for much of the 1980s. Tony Blair did not use his parliamentary majorities to make significant changes to the British economy in the way that Clement Attlee and Margaret Thatcher did.

The Iraq war will be seen as one of the most significant aspects of his time in power. He took a decision that divided the country and the Labour Party and does not seem to have made Iraq a better place at all. The Iraq Body Count figures suggest more than 60,000 civilians have died as a result of the war.

The invasion seems to have taken place without enough planning. In addition, the removal of Saddam Hussein and the old secular Ba’ath party regime created a situation where both Sunni and Shia (Shi’ite) extremists are flourishing. The rush to go to war shows that not enough thought and research was done into what the effects of the Anglo-American invasion would be. It is interesting to note that, in his resignation speech, he apologises for mistakes that were made during his time- but does not explain what those mistakes were!

Just how much hair has he lost or has made gray since 1997? Why has he seemingly aged about 30 years in the last 10? How will history judge the Scottish Anthony Charles Lynton Blair?