KUCINICH AND PAUL VOTE AGAINST IRAN SANCTIONS

Houses Urges Charges Against Ahmadinejad (JTA)
The U.S. House of Representatives urged the UN Security Council to charge Iran's president under genocide conventions. The non-binding resolution, initiated by Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), passed Wednesday by 411-2. It cites an Oct. 27 speech in which Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" in its call to charge him under the 1948 convention for the prevention of genocide.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) attempted to have read into the record alternate translations of Ahmadinejad's remarks that suggest the Iranian leader was calling Israel to come to an end through democratic means, and not through violence.

Kucinich and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a long-shot contender for the Republican presidential nomination, were the only votes against.

Kucinich and Paul Vote Against House Resolution to Sanction Ahmadinejad (LGF)
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on the UN Security Council to sanction Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his threats against Israel. And the only two members of the House who voted against the resolution both happen to be presidential candidates: Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul.

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