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[PegnVA]

"The last thing we need is the same old folks doing the same old thing...".
-B. Obama, 2/19/08 - after his win in Wisconsin primary

Expect to hear more about "the same old folks"...the GOP will regret anointing a 72yr old war monger.

[hap0206]

I know, I know -- just words -- old men talking -- what do they know ??
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"The American regime must expect a hard slap and a destructive punch by the Islamic nations"
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iranian Supreme Leader

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5238162.stm

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Ahmadinejad quoted a remark from Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution, who said that Israel "must be wiped out from the map of the world."

The president then said: "And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism," according to a quote published by IRNA.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/index.html

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TEHRAN 14 Dec. (IPS) One of Iran’s most influential ruling cleric called Friday on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only".

"If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world", Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani told the crowd at the traditional Friday prayers in Tehran.



http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2001/dec_2001/rafsanjani_nuke_threats_141201.htm

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Following are statements Khamenei has made during recent years:

"They do not know that in Iran it is not one person but a whole nation and they will witness on February 11 [the 28th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution] the resistance and power of the nation and despair of the enemies." [5] (Feb. 8, 2007)

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has made its own decision and in the nuclear case, God-willing, with patience and power, will continue its path." [6] (Aug. 2006)

"We adhere to our ambitions and to our national interests. Whoever threatens our interests will see the sharp wrath of this people."
Crowd: "Allah Akbar. Allah Akbar. Allah Akbar. Khamenei is the leader. Death to those who reject the rule of the Jurisprudent. Death to America. Death to England. Death to the hypocrites [Mojahedin-e Khalq] and Saddam. Death to Israel." [7] (broadcast June 4, 2006)

http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/c.hsJPK0PIJpH/b.2070143/k.9115/Irans_Most_Powerful_FigureSupreme_Leader_Ayatollah_Sayyid_Ali_Khamenei.htm