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Ahmadinejad Proud of Holocaust Denial
[AP] Nasser Karimi and Lee Keath - Iran's president said Monday he is proud to stoke international outrage with his latest remarks denying the Holocaust as he heads for the UN this week. He stoked the fires ahead of his fifth appearance at the General Assembly when asked about widespread condemnation of his new comments casting doubt on the Holocaust. Ahmadinejad said Monday: "The anger of the world's professional killers is (a source of) pride for us." Alireza Nader, an Iran analyst at the Washington-based RAND Corp., said Ahmadinejad is playing to an audience at home, trying to distract from the controversy over his election. "But I think that his credibility and legitimacy have been so damaged that this isn't going to help him in Iran." In addition, "it calls into question his seriousness in engaging the West."