US Senate leader: Iran is 'festering sore'
AFP
22-Apr-2010 (11 comments)

WASHINGTON — The top US senator on Thursday branded Iran a "festering sore in the world" as he vowed to move quickly on a package of tough US economic sanctions to punish Tehran's nuclear defiance.

"In my opinion, we have waited long enough for the diplomacy to work. Iran is a festering sore in the world," Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters in unusually tough language.

Reid's comments came as the US Congress took a key step towards imposing new sanctions targeting Iran's imports of gasoline and other refined petroleum products to force the Islamic republic to halt its suspect nuclear program.

The House of Representatives voted 403-11 to appoint "conferees" to huddle with their Senate counterparts and meld the two chambers' rival versions of sanctions legislation into one compromise bill for passage within weeks.

"As they get it out, I will move everything within my power to move it to the floor. The Middle East is unstable. This will help stabilize it," Reid said after the vote, which urges the lawmakers complete their work by May 28.

Because of a lack of domestic refining capacity, oil-rich Iran is dependent on gasoline imports to meet about 40 percent of domestic consumption.

The House overwhelmingly passed its version of the bill in December, followed by the Senate in January, but the two bills diverge on several critical points and face some resistance from the US State Department.

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capt_ayhab

Festering sore !?

by capt_ayhab on Fri Apr 23, 2010 03:59 PM PDT

Infected bleeding wound.

What else can you expect from bunch of white hood wearing white racist bought and sold by AIPAC and Neoconservative bunch of so called law makers?

What is even more sickening is the hora and cheers some  despicable so called Iranians patriots are giving out.

 

Beats me!

-YT 


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fooladi

sargord says:

by fooladi on Fri Apr 23, 2010 02:21 PM PDT

"Sad for both Iranians as well as Americans"!! But he really means sad for the islamic regime and it's paid bloggers on iranian.com!!


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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

I agree

by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Fri Apr 23, 2010 02:17 PM PDT

 

that AN is a nut cake I have said that over and over. But if anyone thinks IRI is going to Nuke Israel then they are more a nutcake than AN. 

I do agree that AN is doing the job very easy for them with his idiotic statements. However if they want to fix the festering sore then they need to get their heads on right.

The bitter reality is that AN and IRI and Khomeini and Mullahs are Western creations. In particular by the Brithish government its voice BBC and others like France. Just like the Taliban are Western creations with the help of Pakistan. So yes AN is a nut but he is thier nut which even now they are supporting thanks to Leveretts and other idiots.


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Isreal getting Nuked

by timothyfloyd on Fri Apr 23, 2010 02:08 PM PDT

is their main concern,so it doesn't take much involvement on the behalf of the AIPAC except to act as victims about to be bombed .(Gee does that sound familiar?)

Ahmadinejihad is doing their campaigning with his warmongering statement's.It's easy to be AIPAC when nutcake is in office in Iran,this is HIS DOING.


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vildemose

Festerin sore; very apt

by vildemose on Fri Apr 23, 2010 08:16 AM PDT

Festering sore; very apt description. When it will ooze out it's venom is anyone's gues..


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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

If they

by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Fri Apr 23, 2010 07:26 AM PDT

 

want to help Iran they should focus on the IRI brutality. On the fake elections that put AN in power. On the repressions of dissent. On the use of capital punishment against political foes. On these things not the fake nuclear thing. 

At least they will get some mileage. The nuclear thing gives away the fact that they are not worried about Iranians. They are worried about Iran getting too powerful.

That is the wrong approach. It undermines Western credibility and sounds too much like Iraq.

Having Netanyahoo barking on the side does not help.


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Sargord Pirouz

I don't think the NIAC had

by Sargord Pirouz on Fri Apr 23, 2010 07:16 AM PDT

I don't think the NIAC had any effect whatsoever on this vote. I think those 11 courageous Reps did so on moral grounds. All the rest are either either heavily invested by the Israel lobby, fearful of the lobby or simply "drinking the kool aid."

Sad for both Iranians as well as Americans. 


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