Iran’s President Ahmadinejad Reported to Be Ill

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: NYT/AP

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday he is suffering from exhaustion and two allies said he was suffering under the strain of his job, in a rare disclosure apparently designed to combat rumors the hardline leader is more seriously ill.

A parliament member who confirmed Ahmadinejad's illness accused opponents of using it as an excuse to cast doubt on whether the increasingly unpopular president will run for a second term next year....

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Rumors that Ahmadinejad was seriously ill have been popping up on some Iranian Web sites affiliated with the president's opponents for several months. A cleric who supports him, Ayatollah Abolqasem Khazali, had even warned Ahmadinejad that his work habits could lead to hospitalization.

But a flurry of new rumors appeared after Ahmadinejad, who turns 53 on Monday, canceled a speech on Wednesday and did not attend a Cabinet meeting the same day.

Ahmadinejad did attend a religious ceremony on Saturday in Tehran, though he looked tired as he greeted supporters. State TV also showed him receiving credentials of three foreign ambassadors on Sunday....

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ML-Iran-Ahmadinejad-Ill.html

[Nambe]

1. Where was Cheney last night?, cooking covertly.

[Tutonic]

2. Kiante and fava beans.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. That shows how superior America is

We don't have to worry about our president getting sick from overwork.

[Psephos]

12. lol n/t

[bulloney]

4. Oh Boy! That means Palin will have to learn a new name if he has to step down.

[LeftishBrit]

8. Maybe she can take his job herself; they're two of a kind after all..

though she does use more lipstick.

[nikto]

5. Korea's Chairman Kim Jong Reported to be il

I saw the news today, oh boy...

"Kim Jong-il!"

[Fearless]

6. Seems like an October surprise to me....

We'll see.

[lonestarnot]

11. Ill is ill too? Auck my dinie jed should just go to sleep.

[Xipe Totec]

7. Another pesticide poisoning, maybe?

Like they did to Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine?

[ohio2007]

9. Thats how the Russians worked it into an election

Now they have different ways;


October 26, 2008, 21:30
Georgia opens fire on Russian checkpoint

http://russiatoday.com/news/news/32445


Anyway,with the collapse of their oil income, maybe the mullahs have decided shorty shall be a one term president.

[Xipe Totec]

10. Looks like we're always one step behind the Russians

They've move on...

We're still on Agent Orange facials...

[RantinRavin]

13. How long has it been since he was announcing the centifuges

and holding those vials of refined uranium ?