Yes, he's a Holocaust Denier- And that's according to Juan Cole [View All]

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and thousands of other sources. I keep seeing denial after denial after denial of Ahmadinejad's Denial. First off holding that Holocaust Denial Conference is year was res ipso loqiter.

First from Cole:

Anyone who reads this column knows that I deeply disagree with Ahmadinejad's policies and am not interested in defending him on most things. I profoundly disagree with his characterization of Israel, which is a legitimate United Nations member state, and find his Holocaust denial monstrous. But this quite false charge that he is genocidal is being promoted by Right-Zionists in and out of Congress as a preparatory step to getting up a US war against Iran on false pretences.
http://www.juancole.com/2007/06/ahmadinejad-i-am-not-anti-semitic.html

A bit about the conference:

Participants on the first day of the conference. Left to right: David Duke, former Louisiana State Representative and one-time Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan; Gazi Hussein of Syria; conference chairman Dr Rahmandost, Society for Supporting People of Palestine; Jan Bernhoff, a Swedish computer science teacher at an adult education center who maintains that 300,000 Jews died during the Holocaust <1>; and Holocaust denier Fredrick Töben, director of the Adelaide Institute, Australia.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_conference

Here's more:
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Mr Ahmadinejad made the comments while speaking on live TV in the south-eastern city of Zahedan.

"They have created a myth today that they call the massacre of Jews and they consider it a principle above God, religions and the prophets," he said.

He called for Europe or North America - even Alaska - to host a Jewish state, not the Middle East.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters Mr Ahmadinejad's remarks were "shocking".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4527142.stm


Iran: Jewish Leader Criticizes President For Holocaust Denial
By Golnaz Esfandiari

President Ahmadinejad speaking to foreign diplomats in Tehran on 13 February
(epa)
The head of Iran's Jewish community, Haroun Yashayaei, has sent a letter complaining to President Mahmud Ahmadinejad over his Holocaust denial comments. Yashayaei said the remarks have shocked the international community and struck fear within Iran's small Jewish community.
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/02/fb25e81f-bce9-4291-acdb-cf2c5c69fe92.html

There's a wealth of Ahmadinejad statements both about the Holocaust and Israel that should leave little doubt about his thinking on the subject. Quite simply, he's a hater. Does that make Iran a threat? No, but it shouldn't be brushed under the rug to make a prettier narrative.



If you're denying that he's denying, you're in denial