Delegates of some countries and organizations leave the venue as Irani President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in the second day of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2011. Ahmadinejad referred to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as "mysterious" and called them "pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq" as well as dominate the Middle East and its oil resources. These remarks prompted U.S. delegation to walk out of the General Assembly hall. A few minutes later, European delegations including France and Britain followed suit. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Irani President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in the second day of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2011. Ahmadinejad referred to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as "mysterious" and called them "pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq" as well as dominate the Middle East and its oil resources. These remarks prompted U.S. delegation to walk out of the General Assembly hall. A few minutes later, European delegations including France and Britain followed suit. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Delegates of some countries and organizations leave the venue as Irani President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in the second day of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2011. Ahmadinejad referred to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as "mysterious" and called them "pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq" as well as dominate the Middle East and its oil resources. These remarks prompted U.S. delegation to walk out of the General Assembly hall. A few minutes later, European delegations including France and Britain followed suit. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Irani President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in the second day of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2011. Ahmadinejad referred to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as "mysterious" and called them "pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq" as well as dominate the Middle East and its oil resources. These remarks prompted U.S. delegation to walk out of the General Assembly hall. A few minutes later, European delegations including France and Britain followed suit. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) |