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NYDAILY:



Hatemonger Mahmoud Ahmadinejad landed in a hornet's nest of outrage today as Columbia University prepared to welcome him with open arms Monday.

The Holocaust-denying Iranian tyrant jetted into New York as students, faculty and political leaders protested Columbia's decision to roll out the red carpet.

"It's a stain on the university," said sophomore Elizabeth Friess, 20. "You can't have an open debate with someone who wants to wipe out Israel. There is no reasoning with someone like that."

Emotions ran high on the Morningside Heights campus as students blew whistles to drown out a classmate who defended Ahmadinejad's right to speak.
Ahmadinejad arrived at Kennedy Airport and was whisked away to Inter-Continental's The Barclay hotel, where a dozen cars pulled up at 5:30 p.m. after cops closed off E. 49th St.

The Iranian despot will speak amid what is expected to be a massive protest Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Columbia's Alfred Lerner Hall; he'll also speak tomorrow at the UN General Assembly.

The moderator of the event, School of International and Public Affairs Acting Dean John Coatsworth, has sparked a furor by saying he would invite anyone for a little academic give-and-take.
Political leaders also weighed in on the controversy.
"This is about promoting hateful speech," Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn, Queens) declared.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said it was wrong to invite Ahmadinejad. At the same time, Obama added: "We should never be afraid to confront the lies and rantings of dictators with the power of truth and the strength of our own values and beliefs."

Ahmadinejad has spent years calling for the destruction of Israel and denying the Holocaust took place. He embraced Ku Klux Klansman David Duke and a rogues' gallery of Jew-haters at a Holocaust denial conference in Tehran last year.
He riled up New Yorkers last week when he announced plans to visit Ground Zero but backed down when Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly vetoed the trip on security grounds.

Tourists and New Yorkers alike were still upset about the aborted Ground Zero visit.
"He has no business being here," said Moe Aro, 48, a waitress from Minnesota touring the site. "It's for his propaganda."