Iran blasts Bush for insulting remarks Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN On Sunday, the Foreign Ministry criticized the scurrilous remarks of the U.S. president in regard to an alleged terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound flights over the Atlantic.
On Thursday, President George W. Bush said the plot was a "stark reminder" the United States is "at war with Islamic fascists". However, many are skeptical and believe there was no such plot. As usual, the U.S. president made insulting remarks, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi told reporters at his regular press briefing. Such remarks are not becoming for a president; it was not expected from a president, Asefi said, calling the statement sensational. He noted that diplomacy has its own special vocabulary and advised the U.S. president to consult his advisors before making such reckless statements. In view of the unusual and contradictory remarks by officials in Britain, the issue is shrouded in ambiguity, he added. ---------------- Unbalanced resolution Asefi stated that it is upon the Lebanese government and people who have expressed their position on the UN resolution to stop hostilities, but Iran considers it as unbalanced. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution unanimously on Friday calling for a "full cessation of hostilities." However, he added, "We are happy for the ceasefire in Lebanon. The adoption of the resolution a month after the Zionist brutal attacks on Lebanon did a serious damage to the reputation of the Security Council and discredited it before the public opinion, the spokesman noted. The council should have acted earlier to halt the massacre of the Lebanese by Israel, he lamented. It was expected that the resolution would condemn the Zionist regimes invasion of Lebanon and its crimes against the civilians and block a continuation of crimes by this regime, he said. Lebanon is the real victor, Israel the real loser He said in the one-month battle the Hezbollah resistance movement emerged really victorious and Israel lost the battleground in a humiliating way and its false mightiness (power) was broken down. In this war the Lebanese nation and government were the real winners and the Zionist regime the real loser, Asefi commented. He argued that the legitimate resistance changed the Middle East development in favor of the Islamic world. He said the regional countries gained an assessment of the military power of this regime and this war was a complete fiasco for it. Asked about the call for disarming Hezbollah, Asefi said: "This is a totally unreasonable demand. It is illogical." He said the war pushed the regime into a political isolation and made it more hated in the eyes of public opinion. He added Israel has suffered about 7 billion dollar loss with many military casualties. The developments in Palestine and Lebanon prove clearly that Israel is the cause of crisis and war in the region. He said so long as the Israeli army has not left the Lebanese territory the resistance movement keeps the right to defend the country. So long there is occupation there is resistance. Legitimate resistance is the right of the Lebanese people. Asefi also thanked the government of Fouad Siniora for wisely managing the crisis. Reaction to Khalilzad In an interview with The New York Times on Friday U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has claimed that Iran is pressing Shia militias to step up attacks against the U.S.-led forces in Iraq in retaliation for the Israeli assault on Lebanon. What do you expect from the ambassador of country who is bitterly experiencing defeats every day? Asefi asked. What is happening in Iraq is a product of flawed and fledgling policy by Washington, the spokesman noted, adding that Iran had earlier warned the U.S. officials that the approach they have adopted toward Iraq will lead to nowhere. The U.S. policy in Iraq is based on a wrong hypothesis and it is trying unsuccessfully to make prescriptions based on this wrong approach and that is why it is blaming others for its failures, he explained. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
