Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
September 07, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to attend this month’s U.N. General Assembly session in New York City, and has again challenged President Bush to a public debate to compare the merits of democracy and Islam.

The news prompted a Likud lawmaker in Israel to urge his country’s government to demand that Ahmadinejad to be barred from attending the session.

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The Irna news agency reported that Ahmadinejad told cabinet ministers Wednesday his attendance at the U.N session would provide a good opportunity for a debate with Bush.

The entire world, and especially Americans, would be able to watch the encounter “directly and without any censorship,” he said.

Media coverage of the event would enable the nations of the world “to hear the viewpoints [of the two sides] and to choose the best.”

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I don’t know why, but, I would LOVE to see that debate! Talk about cringing from embarrassment…