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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/12/12/dl1201.xml
An Offensive Conference by an Offensive Regime
[Telegraph-UK] Editorial - As if to declare its bravura defiance of what the West considers to be fundamental civilized values, Iran has convened a Holocaust denial conference. President Ahmadinejad of Iran has personally endorsed the meeting, which is taking place at an Iranian foreign ministry institute with the full imprimatur of his government. He has made it a hallmark of his political regime not only to declare political opposition to Israel, but also to threaten its existence in the most lurid and bellicose terms. This is a regime that some in Washington and London seem to believe may be trusted to participate in achieving a just and peaceful settlement in Iraq. Iran under its present leadership is a dangerously hateful and malevolent force whose intentions in the Middle East can never be other than malign and destabilizing.