Iran leader denied on WTC wreath request

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I think we should accept his offer, regardless of what might be his real intentions - it's a gesture of good will and peace.

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By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked permission to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site when he comes to New York City next week, but the request was denied, a police official said Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad, who is arriving Sunday to address the United Nations' General Assembly, had asked this month for permission to visit the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, police spokesman Paul Browne said.

The request to enter the fenced-in site was rejected because of ongoing construction there, Browne said.

"Requests for the Iranian president to visit the immediate area would also be opposed by the NYPD on security grounds," Browne said.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, told reporters Wednesday that the United States would not support Iran's attempt to use the site for a "photo op."

"Iran can demonstrate its seriousness about concern with regard to terrorism by taking concrete actions," such as dropping support for Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and suspending their uranium enrichment program, Khalilzad said.

Browne said Ahmadinejad had asked permission from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Secret Service and police department. The police and the Secret Service provide security to visiting heads of state.

The Port Authority, which owns the trade center site and is the only agency that could grant him permission to go inside, said it never received such a request, contradicting the police statement.

"We have not been asked to accommodate the president of Iran," Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said.

It wasn't clear whether Ahmadinejad wanted to descend to the base of the trade center site, where the twin towers once stood, or lay a wreath on a public sidewalk outside the site.

Telephone calls to the Iranian Mission to the United Nations were not immediately returned.

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said a visit to ground zero "is a matter for the city of New York, but it seems more than odd that the president of a country that is a state sponsor of terror would visit ground zero."

Iran and the U.S. have not had diplomatic relations since Washington cut its ties with Tehran after Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. The Bush administration has accused Iran of arming Shiite Muslim militants in Iraq and seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

In a television appearance earlier this week, Ahmadinejad said his country wanted peace and friendship with the United States, as tensions continued to mount between the two countries.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070919/ap_on_...L1Zmf.9rYtH2ocA

[almaty 19]

i know he is doing it to show he is a man of compassion and peace...in a public relations stunt...

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Thats exactly what it is.....publicity...then when he gets back to Iran...." how are my nukes coming along?"..." I found a geat spot to drop one"

[Jasman0717 9]

Yea, it is political

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Thats exactly what it is.....publicity...then when he gets back to Iran...." how are my nukes coming along?"..." I found a geat spot to drop one"

I personally have a problem with on of my staff, he is from "the region"...i have heard that they are very good at coming out soft and generous but inside etremely dangerous and vengefull

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Thats exactly what it is.....publicity...then when he gets back to Iran...." how are my nukes coming along?"..." I found a geat spot to drop one"

I personally have a problem with on of my staff, he is from "the region"...i have heard that they are very good at coming out soft and generous but inside etremely dangerous and vengefull

Hmm. So has this Iranian/Arab person on your staff actually done/said anything to earn your suspicion or are you stereotyping based on what you've heard/read about people from "the region"?

In other words, are you just another a-hole boss?

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

actually, he has tried to say i steal, i sleep around with the help....what happened is that when the position became available i was second in charge so i applied, well so did he, which he had the right to, i got the job, and ever since he has been trying to tarnish my persona and basically trying to do and say things that might make me lose my job....i am no racist nor do i stereotype

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Only liberals with blinders on don't see it's political.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

actually, he has tried to say i steal, i sleep around with the help....what happened is that when the position became available i was second in charge so i applied, well so did he, which he had the right to, i got the job, and ever since he has been trying to tarnish my persona and basically trying to do and say things that might make me lose my job....i am no racist nor do i stereotype

Fair enough. I had to ask, I've run into a lot of stereotyping bosses and I have a problem with them

It's clear you're not the a-hole in this situation.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Not my style at all!!!

[Fandango 1,440]

Only liberals with blinders on don't see it's political.

now now, it's a gesture of good and peace....despite the real motivations, lol

Hey Stevo...how can a gesture be deemed good 'regardeless of intentions'

If I bake you a cake and give it to you, that's a nice gesture...

If I laced the cake with laxative, is it still a good gesture?

lolz

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Only liberals with blinders on don't see it's political.

now now, it's a gesture of good and peace....despite the real motivations, lol

Hey Stevo...how can a gesture be deemed good 'regardeless of intentions'

If I bake you a cake and give it to you, that's a nice gesture...

If I laced the cake with laxative, is it still a good gesture?

lolz

It would releive his constipation therefore he might appreciate it.

[Ban Hammer 13,677]

Thats exactly what it is.....publicity...then when he gets back to Iran...." how are my nukes coming along?"..." I found a geat spot to drop one"

I personally have a problem with on of my staff, he is from "the region"...i have heard that they are very good at coming out soft and generous but inside etremely dangerous and vengefull

sounds like a good definition for a woman

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Would it be fair to say that Ahmadinejad is not the first person to use 9/11 in a cynically political way?

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Maybe some day he will get a wreath laid on him.