JUST SHOVE YOUR WREATH

CITY TO IRAN PREZ: STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO

By MURRAY WEISS and DAVID SEIFMAN in New York and GEOFF EARLE in Washington

NO DOGS ALLOWED: New York politicians said just the thought of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad setting foot on…

“do us all a favor and go live in Iran where you won’t find one for miles you scum bags” Rick – if you bothered to check some facts before making sweeping statements you would find Iran has over 25,000 Jews (I believe the most in the Middle East…
posted by Mark

September 20, 2007 — That was the response when the Iranian Mission to the United Nations asked city, state and federal officials if Holocaust-denying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could lay a wreath at Ground Zero during his visit next week.

At a Sept. 6 meeting with the NYPD, Secret Service and Port Authority — five days before this year’s emotional 9/11 ceremony – the Iranian Mission was told no one is allowed in the pit because it’s a live construction site and dangerous.

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As for Ahmadinejad, who is arriving Sunday to address the U.N. General Assembly, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, says his country is giving “lethal” support to Iraqi militias.

Speaking yesterday in London, Petraeus said evidence shows the Axis of Evil member, which sponsors Hezbollah, listed by the State Department as a terrorist group, is training militias and giving them weapons – including rockets and especially deadly improvised explosive devices that have killed many American troops.

According to recent reports, EFPs – explosively formed penetrators – accounted for 18 percent of U.S. and allied troops’ combat deaths in Iraq in the last quarter of 2006. And intelligence reports point to Iran’s role in providing them.

But for a few hours yesterday, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had City Hall and civic and religious leaders reeling with his remarks that talks were under way on a possible Ahmadinejad visit.

“They have expressed an interest in having the president do that [visit Ground Zero],” Kelly said at a news conference. “We are engaging in conversation with them right now as to that possibility. . . It is something we are prepared to handle if, in fact, it does happen.”

In a terse clarification hours later, Kelly spokesman Paul Browne set the record straight.

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So Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he wants to go visit Ground Zero, lay a wreath down there. And this idiot mayor, Bloomberg: “Oh, yeah, I’ll be glad to escort you down there. NYPD will be glad to take you,” in a giant appeasement move, and a firestorm erupted.

They said, “No way, he is not going down there escorted by NYPD, Secret Service, or anybody else. He’s not going down there.” Then Columbia University got in on the act! “Well, we can’t have a great leader like this disrespected, so we want him to come speak to our students at Columbia University.” He’s going to do that.

Then Ahmadinejad says, “Screw it. I’m going to Ground Zero anyway, whether you take me or not.” Why don’t they just have Ahmadinejad do a joint address at Congress? If he’s going to go to Columbia University… I mean, he’s an enemy of Bush and he’s a friend of the Democrats, right? The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Right?

Just check’n. Still waiting for something formal from Nancy P. and Harry R.

Nothing yet.