Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized yesterday the United
States for its Middle East policy.
Speaking at the general debate of the UN General Assembly, Ahmadinejad spared
no words in attacking the occupation of countries and exacerbation of
hostilities by the United States in the Middle East.
"Not a day goes by without hundreds of people getting killed in cold blood,"
he referred to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, saying "there is no indication that
the occupiers have the necessary political will to eliminate the sources of
instability."
The occupiers were incapable of establishing security there which affected
the entire region, Ahmadinejad said, adding intensification of hostilities and
terrorism served as a pretext for the continued presence of foreign forces in
Iraq.
On the situation in the Palestinian territories, the Iranian president
vehemently accused Israel of being a constant source of threat and insecurity in
the Middle East region, arguing Israel had been used by some powers as an
instrument of division, coercion and pressure on the people of the region.
Citing the abduction of some Palestinian officials by Israel, he criticized
the UN Security Council for failing to protect the "brutally besieged
government."
"People are being bombarded in their own homes and their children murdered in
their own streets and alleys. But no authority, not even the Security Council,
can offer them any support or protection," Ahmadinejad added.
On the recent situation in Lebanon, he said for 43 days, the Lebanese lived
under the barrage of fire and bombs and close to 1.5 million of them were
displaced while the Security Council sat idly by, witnessing the cruel scenes of
atrocities against the Lebanese.
"The Security Council was practically incapacitated by certain powers to even
call for a ceasefire," Ahmadinejad said, obviously pointing to the United
States.