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In Friday Sermon, Ayatollah Kashani: "The U.S. President's Mirror Is The World – The World Should Show Him Who He Is"

In his sermon today, Tehran interim Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said that former U.S. President George W. Bush had failed to meet his government's pre-declared goals.

He said, "Eight years ago, Bush said in a speech that he wants to bring the U.S. Army out of isolation and make it powerful worldwide. He also referred to crusades going on between Christians and Muslims. The speech reflected Bush's goals during his U.S. presidency. That's eight years passing from the date. Has the U.S. Army been dignified and has any war been broken out between Muslims and Christians? Bush's policies brought out nothing but humiliation for he himself, American nation and the US army worldwide… Western rulers and politicians should take lessons from such historical lessons."

Referring to the U.S.'s crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and speaking to the U.S. president, he said, "The U.S. president's mirror is the world. The world should show him who he is. The use of depleted uranium and phosphor, traces of which are visible in faces of Gaza children and Abu Ghuraib prisoners, is a mirror in which the U.S. president should see himself reflected."

He referred to chronology of Zionist regime's confrontation with the Arab world and said that in the Six-Day War, "Israel... which managed to rule over three countries, used to chant the motto of 'the Nile to Euphrates,' but in the 33-day war of Lebanon and the 22-day strike on Gaza swept into misery. Now all countries curse it. Israel committed all kinds of war crimes ranging from application of banned arms and genocide to restricting food and medicine shipment. Even some ignorant Arab states joined the regime, but it was useless."

Source: IRNA, Iran, January 23, 2009



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