Or because of the possibility of the existence of WMDs in one country, it is occupied, around one hundred thousand people killed, its water sources, … - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Or because of the possibility of the existence of WMDs in one country, it is occupied, around one hundred thousand people killed, its water sources, agriculture and industry destroyed, close to 180,000 foreign troops put on the ground, sanctity of private homes of citizens broken, and the country pushed back perhaps fifty years. At what price?... On the pretext of the existence of WMDs, this great tragedy came to engulf both the peoples of the occupied and the occupying country. Later it was revealed that no WMDs existed to begin with.

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About Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born October 28, 1956) is an Iranian principlist and nationalist politician who was the sixth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He became president on 6 August 2005 after winning the 2005 presidential election and left the post in August 2013. Previously he served as Mayor of Tehran.

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Native Name: محمود احمدی‌نژاد
Alternative Names: Mahmūd Ahmadinezhād Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
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