WillieW
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:28 PM
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US rejects Ahmadinejad's claim of victory |
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:33 PM
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud. "We are monitoring the situation as it unfolds in Iran, but we, like the rest of the world, are waiting and watching to see what the Iranian people decide," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at a news conference with Canada's foreign affairs minister, Lawrence Cannon. Minutes after Clinton spoke, the White House released a two-sentence statement praising "the vigorous debate and enthusiasm that this election generated, particularly among young Iranians," but expressing concern about "reports of irregularities." Despite the challenge from reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi to incumbent hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many officials and experts thought a Mousavi victory would result in only incremental shifts toward the U.S.
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:35 PM
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:36 PM
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3. How are concerns over irregularities 'rejecting'? |
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Edited on Sat Jun-13-09 05:40 PM by babylonsister
I don't see it. We'd be dumb to do that.
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:37 PM
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4. Now it starts to get very interesting |
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Delegitimizing the current government is a good move, IMO.
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:38 PM
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The US is now in charge of elections in other people's countries now?
Pity they couldn't sort out the 2000 election at home. That was more stolen than most overseas.
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Sat Jun-13-09 05:42 PM
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6. The AP is exaggerating, as usual. Makes for better headlines, even |
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