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I've had enough with AP's labels. If Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman is an "ultranationalist," what does that make an Iranian presidential candidate wanted for his involvment in the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish…

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I've had enough with AP's labels. If Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman is an "ultranationalist," what does that make an Iranian presidential candidate wanted for his involvment in the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center?

Here's AP on Lieberman:

The ultranationalist Lieberman's comments about Arabs and Mideast peace have raised international concerns about the new Israeli Cabinet's intentions.

And here's AP on Mohsen Rezaei:

An Iranian presidential candidate who is wanted by Interpol in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina said Sunday he is willing to cooperate with the U.S. on regional security matters if elected.

Conservative candidate Mohsen Rezaei, speaking to reporters in Iran's capital . . .

Spinning the wanted international fugitive as "conservative" must appeal to some inexplicable story line that AP's buying into. But what silly storyline is that?

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