Clown Attack!
The United Nations “anti-racism” conference opened today in Geneva, Switzerland, on the birthday of Adolf Hitler, appropriately enough — featuring a speech by Iran’s Holocaust denying president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
And then, the clowns attacked with soft red objects.
Iran’s president slams Israel, sparking Western walkout at UN racism conference.
GENEVA (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of being the “most cruel and racist regime,” sparking a walkout Monday by angry Western diplomats at a U.N. racism conference. …
Protesters dressed with clown wigs and holding placards repeatedly interrupted Ahmadinejad’s speech with shouts of “Shame! shame!” and “Racist! racist!” throwing soft red objects on the podium. Later, about 100 members of mainly pro-Israel and Jewish groups blocked Ahmadinejad’s entrance to a scheduled news conference.
Ahmadinejad, in a rambling speech, accused Israel of being the “most cruel and racist regime” and pointed the finger at the United States and Europe for helping to establish the country after World War II “under the pretext of Jewish suffering.”
That prompted a walkout by some 40 diplomats from European countries such as Britain and France, which had threatened to leave the conference if it descended into anti-Semitic or other rhetoric harshly critical of Israel, which marred the U.N.’s last racism gathering.
(Hat tip: Shawn.)
