Ahmadinejad: US leaders are not just Enemies of Islam... They are Enemies of All Humanity

Source: Alalam TV, 14-03-2008
DAKAR, March 14--Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described the US "enemies of all humanity" because of Washington's military tactics in the Middle East and support for the 'Israeli' occupying regime.
Speaking in Dakar at a summit of Islamic countries in the Senegalese capital Thursday, President Ahmadinejad said US leaders "are not just the enemies of Islam they are enemies of all humanity".
Asked about US military tactics in the Middle East including the presence of US warships off the coast of Lebanon, the Iranian president said, "These measures don't show their power, they show their weakness."
"Attacking women and children doesn't show authority or power," Ahmadinejad told a press conference on the sidelines of the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit.
Ahmadinejad also said he believed the standoff with the US and its western allies over Iran's nuclear programme was over but that hostilities would continue.
"We believe that as far as the law is concerned the nuclear dispute is finished but that the hostilities with these countries will continue," Ahmadinejad said.
Ahmadinejad also said he believed the dispute with the United States and its western allies over Iran's nuclear program was over but that hostilities would continue.
"We believe that as far as the law is concerned the nuclear dispute is finished but that the hostilities with these countries will continue," Ahmadinejad said.
Ahmadinejad also said that Iran had not recognized the independence of Kosovo after considering the "region's issues and conditions of the region."
He also accused the UN of staying "silent" in the face of the 'Israeli' killings in Gaza, saying it showed that 'Israel' "just kills innocent women and children, but the United Nations Security Council stays silent."
The Middle East has long been a core issue for the conference, which was founded in 1969 in response to an arson attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds.
The group aims to promote Islamic unity and serve as a voice for the Muslim world.
Around 40 heads of state are attending the gathering, including President Ahmadinejad, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The summit, the world's largest Muslim grouping, brings together Arab countries that set the price of oil with small African nations who struggle to provide their citizens with paved roads.
They also plan to study ways to improve Islam's image in the West and spur economic development in some of the Muslim world's poorest members.
The meeting is returning to Africa for the first time in 14 years.
President Ahmadinejad meanwhile said that Iran, Iraq and Turkey should work together to defeat Kurdish rebels while respecting each other's territorial integrity and ensuring civilians are not harmed.
Speaking at the 57-nation summit, Ahmadinejad said the three countries needed to work together if the PKK separatists were to be defeated.
"Iraq, Turkey and Iran should join forces to drive out the terrorists on the condition that territorial integrity should not be compromised and secondly that innocent people should not be harmed," he said, speaking in Farsi.
Turkey blames the PKK for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people since the group began its armed struggle for an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey.
Its land operation last month strained relations with Baghdad, already long clouded by Turkish accusations that Iraq is not doing enough to tackle PKK rebels on its territory.