Khamanei Gloats, Says World Court Will Hang Bush Like Saddam
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Bush and other American officials will one day face trial just like deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for “the catastrophes they caused in Iraq,” Iran’s supreme leader said Friday.
Speaking to thousands of worshippers during the first Friday prayer of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Bush will be called to account for the U.S.-led invasion.
“A day will come that the current U.S. president and officials will be tried in an international supreme court for the catastrophes they caused in Iraq,” he said.
“Americans will have to answer for why they don’t end occupation of Iraq and why waves of terrorism and insurgency have overwhelmed the country,” he added. “It will not be like this forever and some day they will be stopped as happened to Hitler, Saddam and certain other European leaders.”
Bush painted quite a different picture Thursday, describing an Iraq on the mend.
“One year ago, much of Baghdad was under siege,” Bush said in a televised speech from the Oval Office. “Today, most of Baghdad’s neighborhoods are being patrolled by coalition and Iraqi forces who live among the people they protect. … Sectarian killings are down. And ordinary life is beginning to return.”
But Khamenei mocked the U.S., describing the recent congressional testimony of the top American officials in Iraq as a sign of weakness and the failure of American policy in the war torn country.
“More than four years have passed since the occupation of Iraq and today everyone knows that America has failed and is frantically looking for a way out,” he said.
In their testimony Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker raised allegations—denied by Iran—of Iranian meddling in Iraq by financial and military support of militias and insurgent groups. They warned that the U.S. was already embroiled in a proxy war with the Islamic republic.
Despite U.N. sanctions and efforts to isolate Iran internationally, the country is flourishing, maintained Khamenei.
“Today we are in a better political position compared to four to five years ago,” he said. “We have moved forward economically and the spiritual preparedness and happiness of our nation has improved.”
“A nation like ours, without an atomic bomb and not as wealthy as these other powerful governments, has foiled a whole series of their conspiracies and forced them to give up and withdraw,” he added.
The U.S. accuses Iran of secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons and has called for further international sanctions against the country. Iran denies the charge.
Iran and the U.S. have not had diplomatic relations since Washington cut its ties with Tehran after Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy there in 1979.
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A delluded old fucktard irhabi. Big talk from a devil worshipping murderous goat-fucker. Let’s get it on.
September 14th, 2007 at 9:12 amWe should have taken that guy out a long time ago. I said it once I will say it again: If it even remotely looks like a Republican is not going to be POTUS in 2009, President Bush has to do what needs to be done and that is to completely take out all of Iran’s military capabilities so they cannot take over Iraq if a (God forbid) Democrat president ends our engagement in Iraq.
September 14th, 2007 at 9:21 amKhamenei mocked the U.S., describing the recent congressional testimony of the top American officials in Iraq as a sign of weakness and the failure of American policy in the war torn country
See what happens when you smear a Four star general
September 14th, 2007 at 9:32 amWe have to listen to this asshole !!
He needs a dirt nap
International “what” …?
I’m sorry … I thought I heard the words “International” and “Supreme” and “Court” used in tandem …
~pwaaa-haaa-haaa!!~
That’d be like “Shit Flavored Lollipop” …
September 14th, 2007 at 9:32 amThe closest to a hanging that Bush will come to is when they hang his portrait in the White House when he leaves in ‘09.
As for this imbecile, his hanging seems more probable with each passing day…
September 14th, 2007 at 9:42 amI’m confused. Is he looking for the Democratic nomination?
September 14th, 2007 at 9:42 amKhamenei will hang one day. I’d like it to be a slightly too long rope too btw.
I smell bombing…
September 14th, 2007 at 9:46 amcan they do DNA matching with radioactive ash?
September 14th, 2007 at 9:59 amI heard Move On is trying to nominate him for president in 08.
September 14th, 2007 at 10:11 amDrillanwr,
shame on you, potty mouth, even if I agree 110%
September 14th, 2007 at 10:21 amThis is just another towel-headed goat humper that needs a 7.62mm lobotomy. Why are we even discussing this inconsequential pissant?
September 14th, 2007 at 10:31 amThe propaganda never stops in Iran, does it? Next he’s going to be saying that they are building a mosque on Mars. Nothing new here.
September 14th, 2007 at 11:02 amSee what happens when you bang your head on the floor five times a day?
September 14th, 2007 at 11:44 am“….A day will come that the current U.S. president and officials will be tried in an international supreme court for the catastrophes they caused in Iraq,” he said…..
Dude. Those are the moveon and kos talking points. Not yours.
September 14th, 2007 at 12:05 pmOh wait…
Keep talkin shit Khamenei…..judgement day is coming, and you, along with your butt-buddies will be smoking a turd in hell!
September 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pmIs it possible that this idiot has forgotten that his Army fought with Iraq from 1980 to 1988 and failed to do more than get people killed? We took the same Iraq army apart in a month.
September 14th, 2007 at 2:30 pmI really can do nothing more than laugh at this goat-fucking shitbird.
September 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am