[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 292--CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO CONDEMN THE ANTI-
     ISRAEL SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED BY THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN, MAHMOUD 
                   AHMADINEJAD, ON OCTOBER 26, 2005.

  Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. 
Nelson of Florida, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Levin, 
Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Coleman, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 292

       Whereas, on October 26, 2005, the President of Iran, 
     Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said that Israel must be ``wiped off the 
     map'' and that ``[a]nybody who recognizes Israel will burn in 
     the fire of the Islamic nations' fury'';
       Whereas the Department of State has designated Iran as a 
     state sponsor of terrorism that has repeatedly provided 
     support for acts of international terror;
       Whereas the Government of Iran sponsors terrorist 
     organizations such as Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the 
     al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and PFLP-GC by providing funding, 
     training, weapons, and safe haven to such organizations; and
       Whereas the outrageous statements of Mr. Ahmadinejad are 
     not in accord with the expressions of the Palestinian 
     leadership in the peace process: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) thoroughly repudiates the anti-Israel sentiments 
     expressed by the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on 
     October 26, 2005; and
       (2) calls on the President, on behalf of the United States, 
     to thoroughly repudiate, in the strongest terms possible, the 
     statement by Mr. Ahmadinejad.

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