Iran's president calls holocaust a myth

We've got a real problem with this nut president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. The possibly soon-to-be-nuclear-armed Islamic Republic seems itching for a fight.

From AP:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escalated his anti-Israeli rhetoric Wednesday, calling the Holocaust a "myth" used by Europeans to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world.

His remarks drew swift condemnation from Israel, Germany, France and the European Commission. Germany said the remarks would affect upcoming negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, and European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso said Iranians "do not have the president, or the regime, they deserve."

Ahmadinejad last week questioned whether the Nazi destruction of 6 million European Jews during World War II occurred and said Israel should be moved to Europe. He also provoked an international outcry in October when he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."

To bolster it's holocaust denial credentials, the de facto English language mouthpiece of the Iranian government, the Tehran Times, drew upon the scholarly work of DePaul University's resident holocaust-minizer, Norman Finkelstein, in this front page editorial. DePaul should be ashamed.

UPDATE 6:15PM CST: Courtesy of Michelle Malkin's blog, here is a way to let the Mullah's aware of your opionion on their loon president.

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