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Crossposted at Eye On The World.
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US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice on the UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk From the State Department's press release: Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Richard Falk Susan E. Rice U.S....
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Iran's hypocrisy knows no limits
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran, whose president has vowed to wipe Israel off the map, complained to the United Nations on Wednesday that the Jewish state was repeatedly threatening to bomb it.
The threats were "matters of extreme gravity" and the U.N. Security Council should condemn them and demand that Israel "cease and desist immediately from the threat of the use of force against members of the United Nations," Iranian U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif said.
His comments, which came in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan dated November 10 and circulated at the United Nations on Wednesday, prompted a quick rejoinder from John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"I would say this is perhaps an example of the Iranians trying to learn 'chutzpah,'" Bolton told reporters, using a Yiddish word for unmitigated gall or outrageously arrogant behavior. [...]
The threats were "matters of extreme gravity" and the U.N. Security Council should condemn them and demand that Israel "cease and desist immediately from the threat of the use of force against members of the United Nations," Iranian U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif said.
His comments, which came in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan dated November 10 and circulated at the United Nations on Wednesday, prompted a quick rejoinder from John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"I would say this is perhaps an example of the Iranians trying to learn 'chutzpah,'" Bolton told reporters, using a Yiddish word for unmitigated gall or outrageously arrogant behavior. [...]
Crossposted at Eye On The World.
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US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice on the UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk From the State Department's press release: Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Richard Falk Susan E. Rice U.S....
- Bolton, Gold, Target Ahmadinejad
This just came across the Reuters wire: NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and former diplomats from Israel and Canada called on the United Nations on Thursday to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with inciting...
- Bolton Backs Calls To Charge Iran With Inciting Genocide
(IsraelNN.com) The outgoing American ambassador to the United Nations has backed calls to charge Iran for inciting genocide by calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map." John Bolton is to appear Wednesday at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents...
- Bolton Lets Loose On The Un
In what is being termed "an extraordinary outburst" John Bolton tells it like it is about the United Nations (thanks to Atlas Shrugs for the link): The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, launched a scathing attack on the United Nations Friday. Bolton...
- Oh Boy, Here We Go
Top of Drudge this morning, Russia and China have officially informed Iran they will not back sanctions, and Iran says the United States is "dangerous." Iran has strongly criticised the US at the United Nations, accusing Washington of threatening to...