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| Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust | |
| 2006-03-06 | |
Tehran, Iran, Mar. 06 – Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reportedly told Iranian businessmen in Germany that he agreed with statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Holocaust was a “myth”, the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Monday.
The government-owned daily wrote that at a dinner gala with Iranian hoteliers and entrepreneurs, Kohl said that he “heartily agreed” with Ahmadinejad’s remarks about the Holocaust. “What Ahmadinejad said about the Holocaust was in our bosoms”, the former German chancellor was quoted as saying. “For years we wanted to say this, but we did not have the courage to speak out”. Ahmadinejad caused an international furore last year when he publicly declared that the Holocaust was a “myth” and threatened that Israel must be “wiped off the map”. His comments were supported by senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The country’s state-run media have systematically defended the position of the Iranian president and given extensive coverage to historians and “experts” who deny the Holocaust took place. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 "...the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Monday." Now theres some credentials. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-03-06 18:25 |
| #4 Follows then, the painter from Austria was a "myth" as well? |
| Posted by: Visitor 2006-03-06 14:06 |
| #3 The exact translation of Kohl's comments. "Holocaust a myth? We wish." |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-03-06 13:52 |
| #2 See yesterday. The site is a front for the MM. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-06 13:46 |
| #1 Any chance of running the comments in German? Ain't buying til I read the exact language. Did this-"What Ahmadinejad said about the Holocaust was in our bosoms”-mean that Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad (the holocaust was a myth), or did it mean that Kohl admitted the holocaust was Germany's fault and no one else's, kind of an 'it happened in our heartland' comment. Ahmedinejad has already spoken about Nazi Germany being responsible for what happened to Jews there; Kohl's comments may have simply been an admission of this. Too bad Iran-in fact nearly all Muslim-run governments-can't admit that they have been busy persecuting and killing Jews, too. More than anyone else, in our times. |
| Posted by: Jules 2006-03-06 13:38 |