{news} Fw: USGP-INT Iranian university chancellors ask Columbiapresident 10questions (Fars News Agency)

[Amy Vas Nunes]

Do International criminals have freedom of speech? How many have been 
killed, disappeared or jailed in Iran? This dictator says the Holocost did 
not happen and has held conferences on this idea : if so who killed over 200 
members of my family in Holland during WW II? He also belives Israel should 
not exist: if so where do Jews fleeing antisemitism from all over the world 
go, to Iran,thats where they fled from!   This opinion is being forwarded by 
a CTGP International vice chair who needs to go... after over 2yrs with no 
contact,and some one who has personally greatly changed the USGP Platform to 
pro Palestinian so now USGP and CTGP are on ADL watch list mainly due to her 
activities.   Amy


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>Columbiapresident 10questions (Fars News Agency)
>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:06:30 -0400
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>>Iranian University Chancellors Ask Bollinger 10
>>Questions
>>
>>Fars News Agency, September 25, 2007
>>http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8606300370
>>http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6888
>>
>>
>>Seven chancellors and presidents of Iranian
>>universities and research centers, in a letter
>>addressed to their counterpart in the US,
>>Colombia University, denounced Lee Bollinger's
>>insulting words against the Iranian nation and
>>president and invited him to provide responses to
>>10 questions by Iranian academics and
>>intellectuals.
>>
>>The following is the full text of the letter:
>>
>>
>>Mr. Lee Bollinger
>>Columbia University President
>>
>>We, the professors and heads of universities and
>>research institutions in Tehran, hereby announce
>>our displeasure and protest at your impolite
>>remarks prior to Iranian President Mahmoud
>>Ahmadinejad's recent speech at Columbia
>>University.
>>
>>We would like to inform you that President
>>Ahmadinejad was elected directly by the Iranian
>>people through an enthusiastic two-round poll in
>>which almost all of the country's political
>>parties and groups participated. To assess the
>>quality and nature of these elections you may
>>refer to US news reports on the poll dated June
>>2005.
>>
>>Your insult, in a scholarly atmosphere, to the
>>president of a country with a population of 72
>>million and a recorded history of 7,000 years of
>>civilization and culture is deeply shameful.
>>
>>Your comments, filled with hate and disgust, may
>>well have been influenced by extreme pressure
>>from the media, but it is regrettable that media
>>policy-makers can determine the stance a
>>university president adopts in his speech.
>>
>>Your remarks about our country included
>>unsubstantiated accusations that were the product
>>of guesswork as well as media propaganda. Some of
>>your claims result from misunderstandings that
>>can be clarified through dialogue and further
>>research.
>>
>>During his speech, Mr. Ahmadinejad answered a
>>number of your questions and those of students.
>>We are prepared to answer any remaining questions
>>in a scientific, open and direct debate.
>>
>>You asked the president approximately ten
>>questions. Allow us to ask you ten of our own
>>questions in the hope that your response will
>>help clear the atmosphere of misunderstanding and
>>distrust between our two countries and reveal the
>>truth.
>>
>>1- Why did the US media put you under so much
>>pressure to prevent Mr. Ahmadinejad from
>>delivering his speech at Columbia University? And
>>why have American TV networks been broadcasting
>>hours of news reports insulting our president
>>while refusing to allow him the opportunity to
>>respond? Is this not against the principle of
>>freedom of speech?
>>
>>2- Why, in 1953, did the US administration
>>overthrow Iran's national government under Dr
>>Mohammad Mosaddegh and go on to support the
>>Shah's dictatorship?
>>
>>3- Why did the US support the blood-thirsty
>>dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88
>>Iraqi-imposed war on Iran, considering his
>>reckless use of chemical weapons against Iranian
>>soldiers defending their land and even against
>>his own people?
>>
>>4- Why is the US putting pressure on the
>>government elected by the majority of
>>Palestinians in Gaza instead of officially
>>recognizing it? And why does it oppose Iran's
>>proposal to resolve the 60-year-old Palestinian
>>issue through a general referendum?
>>
>>5- Why has the US military failed to find
>>Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden even with all its
>>advanced equipment? How do you justify the old
>>friendship between the Bush and Bin Laden
>>families and their cooperation on oil deals? How
>>can you justify the Bush administration's efforts
>>to disrupt investigations concerning the
>>September 11 attacks?
>>
>>6- Why does the US administration support the
>>Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) despite the
>>fact that the group has officially and openly
>>accepted the responsibility for numerous deadly
>>bombings and massacres in Iran and Iraq? Why does
>>the US refuse to allow Iran's current government
>>to act against the MKO's main base in Iraq?
>>
>>7- Was the US invasion of Iraq based on
>>international consensus and did international
>>institutions support it? What was the real
>>purpose behind the invasion which has claimed
>>hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives? Where are
>>the weapons of mass destruction that the US
>>claimed were being stockpiled in Iraq?
>>
>>8- Why do America's closest allies in the Middle
>>East come from extremely undemocratic governments
>>with absolutist monarchical regimes?
>>
>>9- Why did the US oppose the plan for a Middle
>>East free of unconventional weapons in the recent
>>session of the International Atomic Energy Agency
>>Board of Governors despite the fact the move won
>>the support of all members other than Israel?
>>
>>10- Why is the US displeased with Iran's
>>agreement with the IAEA and why does it openly
>>oppose any progress in talks between Iran and the
>>agency to resolve the nuclear issue under
>>international law?
>>
>>Finally, we would like to express our readiness
>>to invite you and other scientific delegations to
>>our country. A trip to Iran would allow you and
>>your colleagues to speak directly with Iranians
>>from all walks of life including intellectuals
>>and university scholars. You could then assess
>>the realities of Iranian society without media
>>censorship before making judgments about the
>>Iranian nation and government.
>>
>>You can be assured that Iranians are very polite
>>and hospitable toward their guests.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>____________________________________________________________________________________
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