Ahmadinejad roadshow seduces an adoring public

Eyewitness report: Iran's president arrives on a US-made helicopter - an evangelist from the sky

Simon Tisdall in Meshkinshahr, Iran
Saturday August 19, 2006The Guardian

He arrives amid a hurricane of swirling brown dust and deafening noise. A dense, rolling cloud of straw and dirt sweeps across the parched field, enveloping turbaned dignitaries, battering the hoisted green, white and red flags of Iran, and forcing thousands of enthralled onlookers to shield their eyes.

As the rotors of the venerable American-made Huey 214 chopper spin slowly to a halt, and the murk clears, a great, human noise replaces the sound of engines. It is not cheering; more like a giant, murmuring sigh, punctuated by shouts of joy and the screams of women. >>>cont

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