Iran's president comes to town

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country was not headed to war with the United States as he launched a public relations blitz that will include an appearance at Columbia University on Monday. It's "disgusting" to give this "ma

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country is not headed to war with the United States as he launched a public relations blitz that will include an appearance at Columbia University on Monday. Ahmadinejad—who is in New York to make a speech at the United Nations on Tuesday—also said Tehran is not trying to build a nuclear weapon. “What need do we have for a bomb?” he said in an interview aired on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger has resisted calls to cancel a student forum with Ahmadinejad, who has called the Holocaust “a myth” and called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.” Bollinger countered critics by saying he would personally introduce Ahmadinejad, and ask him tough questions about his views, and his government’s alleged support of terrorism.

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