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12-25-2008, 08:49 AM | #1 |
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Ahmadinejad to give Xmas message on UK TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id...onid=351020101
Iran's President is to deliver a Christmas Day message on Britain's Channel 4 television in counterpoint to Queen Elizabeth's speech. Following in the tradition of the channel, the public-service British television broadcaster will air an annual alternative to the Queen's Christmas speech. As relations between Iran and the West made headlines over the past year and are expected to continue to play a crucial role in world affairs in 2009, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will use the airtime at 7.15pm London time to deliver the broadcaster's 16th alternative message. Channel 4 has announced that President Ahmadinejad would deliver a spiritual speech featuring a message of seasonal goodwill. Head of News and Current Affairs Dorothy Byrne said that, "As the leader of one of the most powerful states in the Middle East, President Ahmadinejad's views are enormously influential. As we approach a critical time in international relations, we are offering our viewers an insight into an alternative world view." "Channel 4 has devoted more airtime to examining Iran than any other broadcaster and this message continues a long tradition of offering a different perspective on the world around us." The alternative to the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast has previously featured a varied and controversial selection of presenters. |
12-27-2008, 12:26 AM | #2 | |
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Despite religious preferences - this man is talking real sense and Iran is one of ancient cultures/origins. Apols if already been listened to/read but I really believe he is speaking as we are - and the Big Media will not give honesty a voice any more. May our God stop this nonsense, stop watching mind-numbing TV distractions, REALLY look at Gaza/deprived Africa et al and watch the gloating bonus-grabbing banksters take their toll on us taxpayers globally. In the UK there was a secret meeting in court - totally gagged - to censure the internet - who knows if we'll get access to Rense et al again (which is what happened in Australia). How come the banksters' family Jemima Khan and her brother get off??? http://www.rense.com/general84/led.htm This is not the only source - but some people in countries alienated by the MSM really DO TALK SENSE..... |
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12-27-2008, 02:37 AM | #3 |
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Yeah,i didn't manage to see/hear the message from either the 'woman's' speech or the bloke's.
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12-27-2008, 10:32 AM | #4 |
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Hi Antale,
Is there a transcript to be found on the internet? I missed the broadcast and thank you for putting it up here. I KNEW you would do that..
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12-27-2008, 11:48 AM | #5 |
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I am sure that the western media is already cut-and-pasting portions of his speech like a bunch of kindergartners so that they can make their case for war.
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12-27-2008, 04:44 PM | #6 |
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What I heard and felt from Ahmadinejad's message is that he does NOT want tptb's control over the world.
I believe he is a good man who is being made to look like a terrorist. I also believe this of Chavez. If leaders do not go along with their program they are made to look evil. There is a documentary floating around called, "The Revolution will not be televised" when the CIA took Chavez from his seat of power and how the USA made it look as though it was because of the violence of terrorists, when in fact it was not. It just so happened some wonderful filmmakers from Ireland captured the entire episode on film. It is an awesome thing to watch the people rise up against tyranny to get their beloved leader back in power after he was kidnapped. I believe whatever is called bad/evil should be questioned, most times it is only an illusion created to instill fear and doubt in the masses. Recently, I had a taxi driver who was from Pakistan, he was in the US trying to make money to send back to his family at home. We had a lovely discussion on how all people, no matter what country, are the same, trying to make a living and raise their families and that it is the governments who tend to screw it all up. I can only hope he took that conversation back to his homeland to let them know Americans are not the war mongering people that is being displayed by our government. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008...istmas-message
Cannot vouchsafe the accuracy of this translation - er - remember the last 'little misunderstanding' about 'wiping out ' Israel misquoted in the Zionist press? Quote:
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12-29-2008, 06:10 PM | #8 |
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To me this is a very inspiring message- and as I posted on another thread (Christmas messages) I think most forum members would agree with the sentiments expressed. Of course many analyse his words for propaganda - but surely the positive strands of this message are the ones that standout. Well, it's all positive so far as i am concerned, but not everyone would see it that way.
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Ahmadinejad Christmas speech annoys government
Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:05pm GMT I missed the speech also steve. http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews...4BS0U320081229 By Mimi Turner LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - The government has rebuked broadcaster Channel 4 for airing a Christmas message from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose previous dismissal of the Holocaust and refusal to abandon the pursuit of a nuclear capability have caused international dismay. Channel 4 invited Ahmadinejad to deliver its annual "alternative Christmas message," which was broadcast on Christmas Day. In a break with tradition, however, the network did not schedule his address at the same time as the queen delivered her own annual Christmas message. A spokesman for the foreign office said the invitation would likely cause "offence and bemusement" and that the broadcast's negative impact would be felt on an international scale. "President Ahmadinejad has during his time in office made a series of appalling anti-Semitic statements," a spokeswoman said. "The British media are rightly free to make their own editorial choices, but this invitation will cause offence and bemusement not just at home but amongst friendly countries abroad." Ahmadinejad used the platform to call on Britons to direct themselves to the messages of the prophets, and he blamed the complex problems the world is facing on "the indifference of some governments and powers towards the teachings of the divine prophets, especially those of Jesus Christ." In what some have read as an attack on the U.S., he added: "If Christ were on Earth today, undoubtedly he would fight against the tyrannical policies of prevailing global economic and political systems, as he did in his lifetime." Channel 4 head of news Dorothy Byrne defended the broadcast, saying the Iranian premier's views were important. "As the leader of one of the most powerful states in the Middle East, President Ahmadinejad's views are enormously influential. As we approach a critical time in international relations, we are offering our viewers an insight into an alternative world view." Reuters/Hollywood Reporter |
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