Ahmadinejad slams Israel, sparking Western walkout, clown protest at UN conference

[Steven]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a "pretext" for aggression against Palestinians, prompting European diplomats to walk out Monday from a speech disrupted by jeering protesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hardline leader.

A U.N. racism conference on the eve of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day disintegrated into chaos moments after Ahmadinejad became the first government official to take the floor. Two protesters in wigs tossed the noses at Ahmadinejad as he recited a Muslim prayer to begin his speech.

A Jewish student group from France later took credit for causing the disturbance, saying members were trying to convey "the masquerade that this conference represents."

Ahmadinejad restarted his talk and delivered a speech that lasted more than a half-hour, saying the United States and Europe had helped establish Israel after World War II at the expense of Palestinians.

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[St. Anger]

A clown protests a clown. Too funny!

[Drums of War]

Good 'ol UN having a modern day Hitler as the speaker at a racism conference. What a joke the UN is, why are we still in it again???

[Danton]

Originally Posted by Drums of War

Good 'ol UN having a modern day Hitler as the speaker at a racism conference. What a joke the UN is, why are we still in it again???

Because having a voice in the "joke" that is the UN is better then having no voice. Without the US the UN will make decisions without us, is that what you want?