TUNISIA: Returned exile insists 'I'm no Khomeini'
In his first interview after returning to Tunisia on Sunday, the leader of a long-outlawed Islamist party told the Associated Press that critics should not compare him to the father of Iran's Islamic Revolution.
“Some Western media portray me like [Ayatollah Ruhollah] Khomeini, but that's not me,” Rachid Ghannouchi said.
Ghannouchi returned to his North African country after more than two decades in exile in Britain. He said his political movement, Nahda, wants to reinforce women's rights.
Ghannouchi was able to return home two weeks after autocratic President Zine el Abidine ben Ali was forced from power by violent protests.
Ben Ali's ban on Ghannouchi's party had not been lifted officially, but the new interim government has tolerated it.
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Photo: Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, head of the Nahda political movement, talks to supporters upon his arrival in Tunis on Sunday. Credit: Zoubeir Souissi / Reuters
Great - we the people throw out one brutal dictator and now the nut job islamists want to try to force their even more brutal primitive beliefs on us.
Posted by: Tunisian abroad | January 30, 2011 at 01:47 PM
Rachid Ghanouchi and about 70 other members of Ennahdha THE IRANIANIAN MULLAHS MOUTH PIECE WHO HAVE TAKEN MILLIONS TO FILL THEIR COFFERSARE DOUBLE AGENTS OF ALQUAIDA AND IRANIANIAN MULLAHS.. THEY ARE SUPPORTED FINANCED BY ANTI AMERICAN PEOPLE COMMUNIST SOCIALIST GEORGE SOROS WHOSE FRIENDS USED PRESIDENT CARTER TO DEPOSE SHAH OF IRAN AND ALLOWED IRANIAN KHOMIENI TO COME TO POWER HUMILIATING AMERICANS FOR 444DAYS BECAUSE OF GREED OF MONEY AND NOW HE IS BILLIONAIRE SUPPORTING ANTI AMERICAN FORCES GIVING NOBEL PRIZES TO HIS STOOGES WHO ARE IN NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE..EL Rachid Ghanouchi and 70 other members of Ennahdha ARE COMMUNISTS ISLAMIST PUTTING A FACE OF DEMOCRACY BUT ARE IRANIAN MULLAS AGENTS TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND KILL AMERICANS WITH SUICIDE BOMBERS SUPPLIED BY IRAN AND TALIBAN..ITS TIME WORLD SHOULD KNOW WHO IS THE FRIEND OF TUNISIAN PEOPLE..ITS THE AMERICANS WHO WANT TUNISIANS TO HAVE A DEMOCRACY LIKE AMERICA WITH FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF PRESS AND FREEDOM HUMAN RIGHTS...GEORGE SOROS SUPPORTS IRANIAN MULLAHS SO HE AND HIS CRONY FRINDS CAN USE THEM TO BECOME MORE RICHER AT THE EXPENSE OF POOR PEOPLE OF TUNISIA AND SO ON DONT BE FOOLED WITH Rachid Ghanouchi and about 70 other members of Ennahdha.
ElBaradei THE IRANIANIAN MULLAHS MOUTH PIECE WHO NHAS TAKEN MILLIONS TO FILL HIS COFFERS IS A DOUBLE AGENT OF ALQUAIDA AND IRANIANIAN MULLAHS..HE GOT HIS Nobel Peace Prize laureate COURETESY OF ANTI AMERICAN PEOPLE COMMUNIST SOCIALIST GEORGE SOROS WHOSE FRIENDS USED PRESIDENT CARTER TO DEPOSE SHAH OF IRAN AND ALLOWED IRANIAN KHOMIENI TO COME TO POWER HUMILIATING AMERICANS FOR 444DAYS BECAUSE OF GREED OF MONEY AND NOW HE IS BILLIONAIRE SUPPORTING ANTI AMERICAN FORCES GIVING NOBEL PRIZES TO HIS STOOGES WHO ARE IN NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE..ELBARADEI IS A COMMUNIST ISLAMIST PUTTING A FACE OF DEMOCRACY BUT HE IS A IRANIAN MULLAS AGENT TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND KILL AMERCICANS WITH SUICIDE BOMBERS SUPPLIED BY IRAN AND TALIBAN..ITS TIME WORLD SHOULD KNOW WHO IS THE FRIEND OF EGYPTIAN PEOPLE..ITS THE AMERICANS WHO WANT EGYPPTIANS TO HAVE A DEMOCRACY LIKE AMERICA WITH FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF PRESS AND FREEDOM HUMAN RIGHTS...GEORGE SOROS SUPPORTS IRANIAN MULLAHS SO HE AND HIS CRONY FRINDS CAN USE THEM TO BECOME MORE RICHER AT THE EXPENSE OF POOR PEOPLE OF EGYPT,TUNISIA AND SO ON DONT BE FOOLED WITH THIS EGYPTIAN SATAN ELBARADEI...
Posted by: RICH SMITH | January 30, 2011 at 11:50 AM