cem
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http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/obama-merkel-visit-buch enwald-concentration-camp-elie-wiesel-after-touring-concentration-camp /
1) Transcript of the Interview of US President Obama with Justin Webb of the BBC (2 June 2009)
2) Transcript of Foreign Minister Hillary Clinton's interview on ABC's 'This Week' (7 June 2009)
3) Obama and Merkel visit Buchenwald concentration camp (5 June 2009)
4) UK Prime Minister Brown’s words at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (28 April 2009)
5) Statements by Obama, Merkel and Brown made during their visits to Israel(March-July 2008)
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excerpt from: Obama interview: the transcript
BBC, 2 June 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/06/090602_obama_transcript .shtml
| Quote: | BBC: What the Israelis say is that they have managed to persuade you at least to concentrate on Iran and to give what's -- behind the scenes they're calling it a bit of an ultimatum to the Iranians: By the end of this year there must be some real progress.
OBAMA: Well, the only thing I'd correct on that is I don't think the Israelis needed to convince me of that, since I've been talking about it for the last two years. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Politics/story?id=7775502&page=1
excerpts from: Transcript: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 'This Week'
(transcript of ABC-TV's ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’ programme on 7 June 2009)
ABC News website, 7 June 2009
| Quote: | CLINTON: […] I don't think there is any doubt in anyone's mind that, were Israel to suffer a nuclear attack by Iran, there would be retaliation.
ABC: By the United States?
CLINTON: Well, I think there would be retaliation. And I think part of what is clear is, we want to avoid a -- a Middle East arms race […] and we want to make clear that there are consequences and costs.
Now, let me just put it this way: If […] they [i.e. the Iranians] believe that the United States might attack them the way that we did attack Iraq, for example...
ABC: Before they attack, as a first strike?
CLINTON: That's right, as a first strike, or they might have some other enemy that would do that to them, part of what we have to make clear to the Iranians is that their pursuit of nuclear weapons will actually trigger greater insecurity, because […]
ABC: Because Israel will strike before they can finish?
CLINTON: Well, but not only that. I mean, other countries, other Arab countries are deeply concerned about Iran having nuclear weapons. […] |
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Obama and Merkel visit Buchenwald concentration camp: “We will do everything we can so that something like this never happens again”
| Quote: | | “It is therefore incumbent upon us Germans to show an unshakeable resolve to do everything we can so that something like this never happens again.” |
[Germany’s Prime Minister Angela Merkel, Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, 5 June 2009] [1]
| Quote: | | “This place teaches us that we must be ever-vigilant about the spread of evil […]. And I want to express particular thanks to Chancellor Merkel and the German people [...] [for showing] determination that they will stand guard against acts like this happening again.” |
[US President Barack Obama, Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, 5 June 2009] [1]
| Quote: | | “When you see the gas chambers, the concentration camps, […] [t]hese memories can never leave you, but it makes you absolutely determined that we should not ever allow this to happen again.” |
[UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, interview at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, 28 April 2009] [2]
from the archives:
| Quote: | | “Ladies and gentlemen, the threats directed against Israel and the Jewish people by the Iranian President are without doubt a particular cause for concern [...]. If Iran ever acquires nuclear weapons, the consequences will be disastrous.” |
[Germany’s Prime Minister Angela Merkel, Israeli Parliament Knesset, 18 March 2008] [3]
| Quote: | | “The threats to Israel's security [...] [include] an Iranian regime that sponsors terrorism, pursues nuclear weapons and threatens Israel's existence.” |
[US Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Sderot, Israel, 23 July 2008] [4]
| Quote: | | "And to those who mistakenly and outrageously call for the end of Israel let the message be: Britain will always stand firmly by Israel's side." |
[UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, 21 July 2008] [5]
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notes:
[1] Remarks by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Concentration Camp Survivor and Humanitarian Elie Wiesel at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial
Federal News Service, 5 June 2009
[2] PM’s words at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Number 10 (website of the UK Prime Minister’s office), 29 April 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/israeli-prime-minister- we-will-not-allow-holocaust-deniers-to-carry-out-another-jewish-holoca ust/
[3] Speech by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Knesset in Jerusalem on 18 March 2008
Bundesregierung Online (website of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany), 18 March 2008
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/quotes-on-iran-by-obama -brown-sarkozy-and-merkel/
[4] Obama's Speech in Sderot, Israel
New York Times, 23 July 2008
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/quotes-on-iran-by-obama -brown-sarkozy-and-merkel/
[5] Speech by the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the Knesset, Israel
Number 10 (website of the UK Prime Minister’s office), 21 July 2008
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/quotes-on-iran-by-obama -brown-sarkozy-and-merkel/
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from the British press:
A powerful rebuke to Israel’s enemies
by Tony Paterson, Independent, 6 June 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/a-powerful-rebuke-to- israels-enemies-1698161.html
Obama sends message to Iran and Israel on emotional Buchenwald visit
by Roger Boyes, Times, 6 June 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6440738.ece
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related links:
Israeli diplomats told to take offensive in PR war against Iran
by Barak Ravid, Haaretz, 1 June 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/israeli-diplomats-told- to-take-offensive-in-pr-war-against-iran/
Obama: I understand why Israel considers Iran an existential threat
by Jon Meacham, Newsweek, 17 May 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/obama-i-understand-why- israel-considers-iran-an-existential-threat/
CSIS report: Turkey would be the optimum route for a possible Israeli attack on Iran
by Abdullah Toukan, CSIS, 16 March 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/csis-report-turkey-woul d-be-the-optimum-route-for-a-possible-israeli-attack-on-iran/
excerpts from: “Wiped Off The Map” – The Rumor of the Century
by Arash Norouzi, Global Research, 20 January 2007
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=4527
| Quote: | Across the world, a dangerous rumor has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran’s President has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, “Israel must be wiped off the map”. […]
[…] [W]hat exactly did he [i.e. Iran’s President Ahmadinejad] want “wiped from the map”? The answer is: nothing. That’s because the word “map” was never used. […] Nor was the western phrase “wipe out” ever said.
Yet we are led to believe that Iran’s President threatened to “wipe Israel off the map”, despite never having uttered the words “map”, “wipe out” or even “Israel”. |
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cem
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject: Clinton Threatens to Attack Iran ‘The Way That We Did’ Iraq |
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http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/07/clinton-threatens-to-attack-iran-th e-way-that-we-did-iraq/
excerpt from: Clinton Threatens to Attack Iran ‘The Way That We Did’ Iraq
Secretary of State Says US or "Some Other Enemy" May Launch First Strike Against Iran
by Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com, 7 June 2009
| Quote: | Citing the disastrous 2003 US invasion of Iraq as an example, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today warned that by continuing to refuse to abandon its civilian nuclear program, Iran was risking the possibility of an invasion by the US or “some other enemy that would do that to them.”
The comments came during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” program, and when asked by interviewer and former Clinton-era official George Stephanopoulus, Secretary Clinton reiterated “that’s right, as a first strike.”
The bulk of the interview emphasized US opposition to the Iranian program, along with unquestioned claims that the nation was pursuing nuclear weapons. Secretary Clinton also extended the American nuclear umbrella over Israel in the event that Iran attacked them.
Considering it was no more than 72 hours ago that President Obama made his historic call for a “new beginning” to US relations with the Muslim world, it seems incredible that his administration is already raising the prospect of an Iraq-style invasion of Iran. |
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