Full text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush made available online
{{date|May 13, 2006}}

The French daily ''[[w:Le Monde|Le Monde]]'', which has a tradition of publishing full texts by politicians and intellectuals, was one of the first organisations to publish [[wikisource:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush (8 May 2006)|the full English text]] of Iranian president [[w:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s letter to US president [[w:George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] on May 9, 2006.[[Image:George-W-Bush.jpeg|left|thumb|100px|President of the USA- George W. Bush]] On the same day, US daily ''[[w:The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' published a scan of the English text, and the Iranian [[w:Islamic Republic News Agency|Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)]] published the full text. In the UK, ''[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' published the full text two days later.

The full text of the letter included discussion of a wide range of international, social, political, economic and religious issues including [[w:Nuclear proliferation|proliferation of nuclear weapons]], [[w:Weapons of mass destruction|WMDs]], the "[[w:War on Terrorism|War on Terror]]",  "[[w:Globalization|unified international community]]", "[[w:Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|the possibility of the existence of WMDs in one country]]", [[w:Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein]], the [[w:Iran-Iraq War|Iran-Iraq War]], [[w:Guantanamo Bay|Guantanamo Bay]], [[w:The Holocaust|the Holocaust]], the [[w:Israel#War_of_Independence_and_migration|establishment of Israel]],  [[w:Palestinian legislative election, 2006|the Palestinian legislative election in 2006]], US vetoes of [[w:United Nations Security Council|UNSC]] resolutions against Israel,  [[w:Operation Ajax|Operation Ajax in 1953]], [[w:Iran Air Flight 655|the shooting down of the Iranian passenger plane Air Flight 655]], [[w:Nuclear program of Iran|Iran's nuclear program]], [[w:9/11|September Eleven]],  [[w:Economic inequality|economic inequality]], [[w:International inequality|international inequality]], the [[w:monotheism|monotheistic religions]], and the [[w:liberalism|liberal]] form of [[w:democracy|democracy]].

==Related news==
{{wikinews|title=Ahmadinejad sends letter to George W. Bush|date=May 8, 2006}}

==Sources==
{{wikisource|Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush}}
* {{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1772198,00.html
|title=Those in power do not rule for ever: history will judge our presidencies
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=The Guardian
|date=May 11, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/doc/20060509/769629_lettre.pdf
|title=letter to Mr George Bush
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Le Monde
|date=May 9, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=641&Itemid=1
|title=letter to Mr George Bush
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Chris Floyd
|date=May 9, 2006}}
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 1|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605094639235358.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}} 
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 2|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605104600001017.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}} 
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 3|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605108605002457.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}} 
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 4|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605108396003932.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}} 
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 5|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605108913005529.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}} 
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 6|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605106249011048.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}} 
* {{source|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush -  Part 7|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0605101827012003.htm
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 9, 2006}}
* {{source|url=http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/wsj-IranianPres_letter.pdf
|title=Ahmadinejad's 2006 letter to Bush
|author=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
|pub=Wall Street Journal
|date=May 9, 2006}}

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The French daily Le Monde, which has a tradition of publishing full texts by politicians and intellectuals, was one of the first organisations to publish the full English text of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to US president George W. Bush on May 9, 2006.President of the USA- George W. Bush On the same day, US daily The Wall Street Journal published a scan of the English text, and the Iranian Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) published the full text. In the UK, The Guardian published the full text two days later.

The full text of the letter included discussion of a wide range of international, social, political, economic and religious issues including proliferation of nuclear weapons, WMDs, the "War on Terror",  "unified international community", "the possibility of the existence of WMDs in one country", Saddam Hussein, the Iran-Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay, the Holocaust, the establishment of Israel,  the Palestinian legislative election in 2006, US vetoes of UNSC resolutions against Israel,  Operation Ajax in 1953, the shooting down of the Iranian passenger plane Air Flight 655, Iran's nuclear program, September Eleven,  economic inequality, international inequality, the monotheistic religions, and the liberal form of democracy.
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