Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia amid derision


	Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia amid derision

merrie

9-25-2007 12:21 AM

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columbia u, ahmadilnejad, iran, united nations

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Lee Bollinger called Ahmadinejad "a cruel and petty dictator"

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Besides the hundreds of students who attended the speech in the school's Lerner Hall, thousands of students sat on the campus lawn to listen to the man widely condemned by many.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/am-iran0925,0,5474167.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines">
The campus was in a near lockdown mode, closing most of its entrance gates and allowing only people with Columbia identification cards past the rows of police officers standing guard.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/am-iran0925,0,5474167.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines">
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