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**Peptobismol** · 08-19-2012, 11:03 AM

I'm not a fan of Ashton, but I applaud her remarks:

The EU foreign policy chief said on Saturday that comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a "cancerous tumor" with no place in a future Middle East, were "outrageous and hateful".

Catherine Ashton's language was unusually forthright for the West's chief negotiator over Iran's nuclear program.

Ashton "strongly condemns the outrageous and hateful remarks threatening Israel's existence by the Supreme Leader and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said a statement by her spokesman.

"Israel's right to exist must not be called into question."...

On Friday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the verbal attacks on Israel were "offensive and inflammatory." source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...270000,00.html

08-19-2012, 11:03 AM	#1
Peptobismol Join Date Oct 2005 Age 59 Posts 4,386 Senior Member	EU's Ashton condemns 'hateful' Iran remarks on Israel I'm not a fan of Ashton, but I applaud her remarks: The EU foreign policy chief said on Saturday that comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a "cancerous tumor" with no place in a future Middle East, were "outrageous and hateful". Catherine Ashton's language was unusually forthright for the West's chief negotiator over Iran's nuclear program. Ashton "strongly condemns the outrageous and hateful remarks threatening Israel's existence by the Supreme Leader and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said a statement by her spokesman. "Israel's right to exist must not be called into question."... On Friday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the verbal attacks on Israel were "offensive and inflammatory." source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...270000,00.html
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