Iran leader in 'bury' jibe
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October 4, 2010, Monday
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IRAN'S president has called for United States leaders to be "buried," in response to what he says are American threats of military attack against Tehran's nuclear program.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known for his rhetoric against the West, but in a speech yesterday he went further, using a deeply offensive insult in reaction to US statements that the military option against Iran is still on the table.
"May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," he said using language in Iran reserved for hated enemies.
Several top US officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, have said that military action against Iran remains an option.
The crowd of military men and clerics in the town of Hashtgerd, just west of the capital, chuckled at the president's insult and applauded.
The speech was broadcast by both state television and the official English-language Press TV, but the latter glossed over the insult.
In yesterday's speech, Ahmadinejad also questioned once more who was behind the September 11 attacks in the US and said they gave Washington a pretext for seeking to dominate the region.
In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he said most people believe the US government staged the attacks.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known for his rhetoric against the West, but in a speech yesterday he went further, using a deeply offensive insult in reaction to US statements that the military option against Iran is still on the table.
"May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," he said using language in Iran reserved for hated enemies.
Several top US officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, have said that military action against Iran remains an option.
The crowd of military men and clerics in the town of Hashtgerd, just west of the capital, chuckled at the president's insult and applauded.
The speech was broadcast by both state television and the official English-language Press TV, but the latter glossed over the insult.
In yesterday's speech, Ahmadinejad also questioned once more who was behind the September 11 attacks in the US and said they gave Washington a pretext for seeking to dominate the region.
In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he said most people believe the US government staged the attacks.
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