Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranians Wednesday that "throwing a birthday party for this [Zionist] regime is like having a birthday party for a dead person." His latest outburst against the Jewish state coincided with the arrival of American President George W. Bush to Israel.
"They [Israel] must know that the nations of the region hate this counterfeit regime," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the northern province of Golestan. "And if there is the slightest chance, they will uproot this counterfeit regime."