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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:56 AM
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Iran demands UN be relocated from New York
too late for LBN


Tehran, Iran, Sep. 04 – Iran suggested on Monday that the United Nations headquarters be relocated from New York to a country other than the United States.

“The U.S. tries to pressure Iran in any way possible. We are convinced that considerations should be made regarding the United Nations which is based in this country”, government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham told reporters during his weekly press conference.

“Either the UN must be relocated from the U.S. and set up in a different country or the U.S.’s provisions in this regard must be limited so that the UN plays a more serious role”, Elham said.

He accused the UN of being an “instrument” in the hands of Washington.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was in Tehran over the weekend and unsuccessfully tried to talk the theocratic government into cooperating with the demands of the UN Security Council.

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http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8482
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:22 AM
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1. See? John Bolton and Iran CAN reach common ground. n/t
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 06:12 AM
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4. I was going to say..........
that the freepers and Iran found something they could share. Hate makes strange bedfellows. :shrug:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 09:41 PM
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7. tell every conservative that tomorrow, but leave out Bolton--
they are surprisingly sketchy on details like that.

A lot don't know who Karl Rove is, nearly none know Grover Norquist, and most probably think Bolton is the singer with the bald man's mullet.
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:47 AM
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2. We could relocte it to the Green Zone.
It would put the pro-war fundies in a bind. They could crow that it fits the definition of "good news from Iraq." On the other hand they couldn't support it because it would be located in a non-christian nation.
(Head explosion time)
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:50 AM
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3. I Think This Is A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come
If the UN were located in a more neutral country, the US couldn't exert undue influence any longer, which would be a good thing for all of us.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 06:33 AM
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5. And the move more cost-effective than rehabilitating the current UN
building. Have you seen the figures for repair and rehabilitation??!!!
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 01:40 PM
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6. Good idea, Switzerland
Its a nuetral country,I think more coould be accomplished.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-07-06 02:28 AM
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Igel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-07-06 10:11 AM
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9. It should be relocated to Qom. n/t
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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-07-06 06:52 PM
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10. Move the UN HQ to Jerusalem/El Quds and
Edited on Thu Sep-07-06 06:53 PM by Stockholm
adopt a resolution cutting the US contributions. Might increase the incentive to solve the middle east conflict while immunizing the UN from US black mail and releasing hard earned American tax monies to be spent on social security.
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