Agreed. Notice the weasel word "reportedly" that they use in the story.

Journalists have to use the words 'reportedly' and 'allegedly' to protect themselves from libel. David Irving sued Lipstadt when she described him as a holocaust denier. You will rarely if ever find a claim about a crime or a well-known personage's opinion without these words preceding the claim. That is because hearsay - and even eye-witnessing - cannot prove the intent of action.

I've been seeing more and more articles like this. It seems to me that the stage
is being set for an attack on Iran. Dig down deep enough, and behind these types
of stories you'll find a toucan-nosed, hand-wringing chosenite looking for someone
to fight his wars for him.

http://smh.com.au/news/world/iranian-negotiator-boasts-of-fooling-europeans/2006/03/05/1141493547376.html

Iranian negotiator boasts of fooling Europeans

By Philip Sherwell in Washington
March 6, 2006

THE man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic program.

In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Tehran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear program was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002.

He boasted that while talks were taking place in Tehran, Iran was able to complete the installation of equipment for conversion of yellowcake - a key stage in the nuclear fuel process - at its Isfahan plant while convincing European diplomats that nothing was afoot.

"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you everything'. The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.

Revelation of Mr Rowhani's remarks comes at an awkward moment for the Iranian Government, before a meeting today of the United Nations atomic watchdog, which must make a fresh assessment of Iran's banned nuclear operations. The International Atomic Energy Agency's judgement is the final step before the case is passed to the UN Security Council, where sanctions may be considered.

In his address to the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, Mr Rowhani appears to have been seeking to rebut criticism from hardliners that he gave too much ground in talks with the Europeans. The contents of the speech were published in a regime journal that circulates among the ruling elite.

He told his audience: "When we were negotiating with the Europeans in Tehran we were still installing some of the equipment at the Isfahan site … In reality, by creating a tame situation, we could finish Isfahan."

America and its European allies believe that Iran is clandestinely developing an atomic bomb, but Tehran insists it is merely seeking nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Iran's negotiating team engaged in a last-ditch attempt last week to head off Security Council involvement. In January the regime removed atomic energy agency seals on sensitive nuclear equipment and last month it resumed banned uranium enrichment.

Iran is trying to win support from Russia, which opposes UN sanctions, having tried unsuccessfully to persuade European Union leaders to allow it more time. Against this backdrop, Mr Rowhani's surprisingly candid comments on Iran's record of obfuscation and delay are illuminating.

In a separate development, the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran has obtained a copy of a confidential parliamentary report making it clear that Iranian MPs were also kept in the dark on the nuclear program, which was funded secretly, outside the normal budgetary process.

Telegraph, London

I just noticed that this story is on the VNN main page. Is it really a good idea to be gloating over this when it could turn out to be a hoax? This has the potential to backfire and spray egg on WN faces.

This is the second news item on the VNN main page in the last week that's either of dubious veracity or else demonstrably false (the other one being the story about blondes going extinct). I don't mean to bitch, I just don't like to see opportunities given to antis to accuse WNs of being gullible and/or failing to fact-check themselves.

It's probably bullshit. ZOG uses boards like this to spread disinformation and make the enemies of ZOG look foolish by leading them down blind alleys. This is one example, the 911 conspiracy is another.

That is because hearsay - and even eye-witnessing - cannot prove the intent of action.

But the point is, it is hearsay. The journalist who wrote the story hasn't even provided us with a source. There is absolutely nothing in the wording of the story which even remotely suggests that it is true. They could be making it all up, and when you pause and look at where the story seems to have originated from, they would have every reason to make something like this up. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, AFAIC.

And sure, newspapers have to protect themselves from libel, but the best way to do that is simply not to publish stories which they aren't absolutely sure are true. If we're going to push your line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, then journalists ought to be able to write whatever the hell they want and should never be held accountable for any of it, as long as it's prefaced with words like "reportedly."

Do you think Kohl really said this ?

I want to watch closely , over the next few days , to see if there is any confirmation or repudiation of this statement .

Nice thought but I don`t believe it.
I thought that Kohl was supposed to be part jewish?

whether he said it or not, does not matter, because it is the truth, 6 million jews killed in a holocaust is nothing but a myth and fairy tale.
Before the so called holocaust their were 12 million jews in the world, which means that after the war, their would only have been 6 million left, and today over 60 years later, the current estimate of kikes is 14 million, those jews had to do a lot of fucking to produce 8 million rats in 60 years.
Beside the fact that their never was any physical evidence to substantiate that claim, only hearsay from the yids themselves, the masters of all lies.

But the point is, it is hearsay. The journalist who wrote the story hasn't even provided us with a source. There is absolutely nothing in the wording of the story which even remotely suggests that it is true. They could be making it all up, and when you pause and look at where the story seems to have originated from, they would have every reason to make something like this up. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, AFAIC.

And sure, newspapers have to protect themselves from libel, but the best way to do that is simply not to publish stories which they aren't absolutely sure are true. If we're going to push your line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, then journalists ought to be able to write whatever the hell they want and should never be held accountable for any of it, as long as it's prefaced with words like "reportedly."

That is an ethical issue, not a legal one.

I believe that that website, Iran Focus, is a jew misinformation front. There is a link “Women” that highlights the oppression of Iranian women. Only the jew would be concerned with spreading these lies. This leads to possible credibility issues with the Chancellor Helmut Kohl piece. Too bad, because I want to believe it.

It could be that the jew is putting out this lie, only to be able to “loudly discredit it” at a future date, and thereby mute and diminish any future world leader’s consensus with the Iranian President’s declarations that the holocaust is a jewish fraud.

http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=6

The jew give-a-way

The holohoax reminds me of the little dutch boy and the dykes. However as the years proceed more holes are appearing in the holohoax dyke

The legend should read.....

Dedicated to our youth to honor the boy who symolizes the perptual stuggle of Holland against the Jews

I believe that that website, Iran Focus, is a jew misinformation front.

[color="Red"]They wouldn't do that ! would they ?

I don't think that the quote is reliable . The global kosher media would be on an endless tirade about 'neo-nazi German' and his anti-semitic comments. Any German with an IQ over 80 knows they can't say anything but praise for the poor victims of the holohoax , not with 60,000 US troops at their neck .

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49133

I think this is prolly jew disinfo to discourage German business with Iraq ...which they have devoted alot of effort to do in the past

remember Brigadier General Guenzel's dismissal in 2003 by German DM Struck for his private comments extolling the 'courage' of MP Martin Hohmann who spoke out regarding the tribe's status as 'taetervolk'
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=1018

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3240799.stm

this whole story could well be jew bull-shit but dontcha think that every once in awhile a well-known son of Deutschland (or two) will speak out against the never-ending, outrageous and sickening jewish extortion racket being run on his folk ...I well know from private conversations with Germans how they really feel about jews and the 'holocaust'

Cheers