AHMADINEJAD'S BIZARRE LETTER TO GERMANY

Ahmadinejad: Iran, Germany are ´victims´ (JTA)
Iran and Germany are both “victims,” Iran’s president wrote to the German chancellor. The letter, billed by Iran as a bid by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cooperate with Germany, was instead a “weird” collection of thoughts on the Holocaust, Israel’s right to exist and Zionism, according to German officials quoted Friday by Reuters. “It includes many statements that are unacceptable to us, especially regarding Israel, the right of Israel to exist and the Holocaust,” German government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said. “It is completely unacceptable for us when these are called into question.”

Germany is one of six nations, including the United States, that offered Iran incentives to open its nuclear program to international inspectors or face sanctions. Germany did not say if the letter addressed that offer.