AHMADINEJAD AT UN (AND GROUND ZERO?)

Ahmadinejad at the UN - Editorial
It is a disgrace to the founding principles and mission of the UN that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will be allowed to speak before the body next week during the gathering of its General Assembly. Ahmadinejad, who is slated to speak next Tuesday, has openly called for the destruction of Israel, a UN member-state. Under the shadow of the Holocaust, the UN was founded in 1945 by a war-torn world weary of conflict and ready to embrace peace, social progress and human rights. Ahmadinejad has chosen to call for another genocide - and of the same original victims. This is in flagrant disregard of the UN's mission. (Washington Times)

U.S. May Escort Ahmadinejad to Ground Zero (NYSun)
In a move that has stunned New York, the Bloomberg administration is in discussions to escort the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to ground zero during his visit to New York next week, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said today.

UPDATE: NYPD Rejects Iran President's Viewing Request
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- UPDATE: NYPD is rejecting the request from the President of Iran to visit Ground Zero.NYPD is citing security reasons for the reason of rejecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request to visit the old World Trade Center.