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From Inside These Prison Walls.
« on: 2007-09-28 06:55:37 » |
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"The US has turned into a big prison."
[ Hermit: As has frequently been discussed here, the US leads the world in terms of itxs prison rate, which was at least 3 to 5 times higher than Iran's in 2001 (the last year for which US statistics are available, and if you imagine these rates have dropped under the Republicans, there is a bridge sale happening in Brooklyn.) depending on how they are measured. For data, http://www.angelfire.com/rnb//y/ratesusa.htm has done a lot of the work of tabulating US rates, while the British government has published comparative rates (PDF) where Iran's 2001 rate is given as 229/100,000 vs the USA at 686/100,000 (A number excluding local jail and awaiting trial prisoners or about 1/3 of the total incarceration rate, projected to reach 7.7 million, or 3.4 percent of all adults by 2010 according to the DOJ. ]
Source: Press TV
Authors: Not Credited (AKM/RE)
Dated: 2007-09-25
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slams Washington's domestic policy saying the US has turned into a big prison for the American nation.
He made the remarks at a meeting with the leaders of US Muslim community on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad criticized the offensive remarks made by Columbia University's President Lee Bollinger adding, "They insult the guest they've invited and echoed statements of a terrorist group in their remarks. They knew their words would not affect me and just tried to prevent the university students from listening to new words. "
Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a pretext to occupy Palestine and displace millions of peoples, therefore its aspects should be studied. "They displaced the Palestinian nation under the pretext of the massacre of the Jews; if it is revealed that the Holocaust has nothing to do with the issue of Palestine and the figures in this regard are exaggerated, they will have nothing to say."
"Resolutions are no longer of any use to counter Israel's crimes and the approved resolutions are not implemented either. I'm sure that Americans are against those crimes and consider Palestinians to be right. "
He described discord between Shias and Sunnis in Iraq as a plot hatched by the enemies, which can be thwarted by unity.
Ahmadinejad called on all Muslims to strive for justice in the world adding, "We believe all religions have the same origin. Christians, Jews and Muslims all believe in the savior. " [ Hermit: Of course, we know that in this sense Bush and Ahmadinejad share a delusion. The reality is that this makes it more, not less, likely that they will cause "good people to do bad things". ]
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