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That strange claim was only one of the highlights of my feisty 30 minute talk with the Iranian president Tuesday morning at the Millennium Hotel across from the United Nations.
It didn’t take long to get contentious, starting with my first question: “You called Secretary of State Clinton an 'enemy' of Iran. Do you consider President Obama an enemy of Iran as well?”
It took multiple follow-ups for me to get Ahmadinejad’s answer: that he draws a distinction between Clinton and her boss.
When I asked the president to respond to the documentary “Feathered Cocaine,” which highlights a falconer who claims he’s met with Osama bin Laden several times in Tehran, Ahmadinejad paused – then laughed. It took a few follow-ups for him to say “rest assured” bin Laden is not in Tehran.
Why not? Because, Ahmadinejad said, bin Laden’s been living in Washington, D.C.
He is probably just making it up, but who knows. He claims Bin Laden and Bush were allies. Ahmadinejad has never been known for telling the truth, but neither have most officials from the US Government either......
05/11/03: (Information Clearing House) Oh what a tangled Web we weave. Salem bin Laden, one of 57 children their father Mohammed sired with his 12 wives, and Bush were founders of the Arbusto Energy oil company in Texas (I assume not with the 12 wives as well). He died in a plane crash -- like his father -- but not before the Arbusto Energy Oil Company, founded in 1978, had become hugely successful. Later, Spectrum 7 Corp bought out Arbusto (now called Bush Exploration Co). In 1986, with the company on the verge of bankruptcy, it was purchased by Harken (see Harken entry), and even though Bush Exploration Co had debts of $3 million, Harken paid Bush $2 million for his stock. See also the BCCI (Bank of Credit & Commerce) connection, another murky international scandal involving drug money laundering etc which one of the original investors in Arbusto, James R. Bath, a Houston businessman and old friend of GWB was involved in. "Time magazine described Bath in 1991 as "a deal broker whose alleged associations run from the CIA to a major shareholder and director of the Bank of Credit & Commerce." BCCI, as it was more commonly known, closed its doors in July 1991 amid charges of multibillion-dollar fraud and global news reports that the financial institution had been heavily involved in drug money laundering, arms brokering, covert intelligence work, bribery of government officials and–here's the kicker–aid to terrorists." James Hatfield
Originally posted by Karma_Chameleon
reply to post by webpirate
Thank you for allowing me to add a little humor to your thread. I couldn't help myself.
All joking aside, he very well could be or have been in DC. I have alway's thought the Bush families connection with Bin Laden and the oil biz was rather odd.
I never knew that Osama was ill. Interesting. With all of the money that Bin Laden has though, he could have easily made his illness a thing of the past. I have often wonderd if we really wanted to stop Osama, why not just put a freeze on his accounts?
Has anyone else noticed how much press Ahmadinejad has been getting here lately? Seems strange to me.
Once again, thank you for having a sense of humor with the pics and all.
Great thread. S&F.
- KC
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
Originally posted by Karma_Chameleon
reply to post by webpirate
Thank you for allowing me to add a little humor to your thread. I couldn't help myself.
All joking aside, he very well could be or have been in DC. I have alway's thought the Bush families connection with Bin Laden and the oil biz was rather odd.
I never knew that Osama was ill. Interesting. With all of the money that Bin Laden has though, he could have easily made his illness a thing of the past. I have often wonderd if we really wanted to stop Osama, why not just put a freeze on his accounts?
Has anyone else noticed how much press Ahmadinejad has been getting here lately? Seems strange to me.
Once again, thank you for having a sense of humor with the pics and all.
Great thread. S&F.
- KC
Truth is stranger then fiction.
Ask yourself where Obama came from or why you had never heard of him till he ran. Ask yourself how this "no one" became the most powerful man in the world over night. Ask yourself why Osama has never been caught by a government who can watch you through your walls and even hear every word you are saying.
Obama and Osama are the same height. They have the same facial structure.
Osama had his lids done and a nose job and walla....Obama "the long legged mac daddy".
Dead serious....
And seriously. Wouldn't it be the best prank in the world? Talk about social engineering at it's finest. Slip the dude in who everyone is looking for to be the leader of said people.....WOW.
"If you want to squash descent, lead it"......
Peace