Yes, courtesy of the United Nations, Iran’s nuclear-bomb-building, holocaust-denying, hostage-outfitting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is planning yet another trip to New York, later this month, to attend yet another UN General Assembly opening which kicks off next week. Ahmedinejad plans to arrive on Sept. 23 for a two-day-visit, according to Iran’s Fars news agency, before heading south to drop in on his sulphur-sniffing chum now arranging to be president-for-life of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.
This will be the third time in three years that Ahmedinejad has come to Manhattan to ascend the UN stage, a privilege that the UN appears unwilling to withdraw no matter how many terrorists Iran sponsors, how many nascent nearby democracies it subverts, or how many UN resolutions, treaties, and basic human decencies the Iranian regime treats like doormats.
And, speaking of floor coverings, in the runup to Ahmedinejad’s imminent visit, Iran’s new ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, has been paving the way — so to speak — for his arrival. Above is a photo currently posted prominently on the Iranian Mission web site, showing Khazaee presenting Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sept. 12 with a carpet … the better to walk all over him?
(The photo caption on the Iranian Mission site reads: H.E. Ambassador Khazaee, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran presents to H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon the portray-rug of the Secretary General which has been weaven in Iran, 12 September 2007, New York).
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1. Darrell:This guy is President of a country that Bankrolls terror groups like Hizbollah & Hamas, provides Weapons and training for terrorists fighting our forces in Iraq, consistantly remarks about wiping Israel off the map and is actively pursuing a nuclear Weapons program. The only other person in the world more inappropriate to be granted an international forum is Osama Bin Laden.
Sep 15, 2007 - 2:28 pm 2. tanstaafl:Ah, the carpet.
When Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki was over chatting in Iran last month, they presented him with a carpet with his own likeness woven in.
Weaving faces into carpets must be the new “make friends and influence people” tactics of the Iranian mullahs & friends.
Arachnidjihad and Oogoe can’t seem to get enough of “The UN”. It’s as if their bombastic (and highly unatatesmanlike) comments give them a big high or something.
A high on the “world stage” they can’t seem to get anywhere else.
Perhaps Arachnid is seeking another moment like his first UN visit, when time seemed to stand still as he was speaking, a light filled the UN Chamber and Allah himself came by to pat him on the head.
Sep 16, 2007 - 4:12 pm 3. David Busby:Isn’t showing the bottom of your shoes a serious insult in the Middle East?
Sep 18, 2007 - 12:58 pmDo we not see this as an insult as well…..the placing of your face on a carpet then giving it to you as a gift?