Thursday, June 14, 2007

It's Still a Little Early to Call This One

4 June 2007, BBC News:

...[T]op Iranian security official Ali Larijani described the [U.S.'s] planned deployment [of an anti-ballistic missile system in eastern Europe, purportedly aimed at "rogue states"] as the "joke of the year", adding that Iranian missiles were not capable of reaching Europe.

27 May 2007, The Financial Express (Bangladesh):

Awami League (AL) presidium member Suranjit Sengupta Saturday laughed off Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's dismissal of dynasty in her party as the 'joke of the year', reports bdnews24.com.

The former prime minister Friday said she had joined politics on merit and ruled out a dynastic bulwark in her BNP.

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