Ahmadinejad liveblog

Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 6:23 PM Share

Qaddafi's a tough act to follow today. Let's hope Ahmadinejad can keep it under 45 minutes.

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Ahmadinejad seems to be going pretty far off his prepared remarks.

[Update: Looks like those are actually last year's remarks]

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Garden variety anti-Semitism: "It is unacceptable that a small minority should dominate the politics and economy of vast parts of the world."

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Some delegates seem to be walking out during the speech.

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"The unhindered expanion of capitliam will certainly have the same fate" as Marxism.

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The belief in the one god has been replaced by self-belief. 

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Ahmadinejad follows Qaddafi in attacking veto rule.

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Refers to "glorious and fully democratic election." Says Iran has "one of the most democratic and progressive governments in the world."

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