Kerry to receive personalized 'Atomic Iran'

WorldNetDaily.com:

John Kerry is about to receive his own personalized copy of the latest book by nemesis Jerome Corsi, co-author of "Unfit for Command" and planned opponent for the former presidential candidate's Massachusetts senatorial seat.

Corsi said a pair of pre-publication, finished copies of his upcoming release "Atomic Iran" are for sale on eBay today, with instructions to the buyer to keep one and send the other to Kerry.

The copy for Kerry bears a hand-written message on the title page: "For Senator John F. Kerry – Looking forward to our first debate in Mass. [Signed] Jerome R. Corsi. 3/3/05."

The second copy will be autographed to the winning bidder when payment is received. read more

Corsi said he still plans to take up residence in Boston this spring as the first step of a plan to run against Kerry in 2008.

He came up with the eBay idea after the popular auction site featured a paperback, galley version of "Atomic Iran" to the highest bidder.

"I thought it was a good way to get the book to Senator Kerry and to let him know that I'm coming," Corsi said.

Proceeds from the sale will go to his non-profit Iran Freedom Foundation, a group supporting efforts to bring democracy to the Middle East nation.

As WorldNetDaily reported, "Atomic Iran" has pre-sold an unprecedented 150,000 copies weeks before its official release date of March 22.

Subtitled "How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians," the book exposes Tehran's desire to produce a nuclear bomb and reveals ties between pro-Iranian fund-raisers – including a prominent Kerry supporter – within the United States and American politicians.

'Slanderous book'

A writer for the left-leaning magazine The Nation called "Atomic Iran" a "slanderous book," but admitted to WND that he had not read it.

Ari Berman explained his judgment of the book, in his weblog, was based entirely on a column last week by Lloyd Grove of the New York Daily News.

Berman has the words "slanderous book" hyperlinked to Grove's column, which Corsi called a "hit piece."

Berman wrote:

Sen. John Kerry's heartbreaking loss didn't satisfy Swift Boat co-founder Jerome Corsi. After the election, Corsi decided to move from New Jersey to Massachusetts so he could run for Senate against Kerry in 2008. In the interim, Corsi is publishing a slanderous book alleging that Hassan Nemazee, a New York investor and top fundraiser for the Kerry Campaign, is an agent of the Iranian government. Apparently Nemazee--who fled Iran (news - web sites) after the fall of the Shah and strongly opposes the mullahs--is on the board of the American Iranian Council. Along with spies like Sargent Shriver, US Career Ambassador Richard Murphy and David Lesar, CEO of Halliburton.

Corsi said he's confident "Atomic Iran" will stand up to scrutiny, calling Berman's assessment "another ad hominem attack with no attempt to address the substantial arguments in the book."

Corsi responded to Berman's dismissal of the significance of Nemazee's tie to the American Iranian Council, explaining he was not implying an attack on the character of members such as Sargent Shriver, "just their judgment."

"A lot of prominent people were appeasers in the 1930s when Hitler was being faced, and it didn't make the strategy any more credible or likely to prevent World War II," Corsi said. "If Hitler had been resisted in the 1930s, we might not have had the war."

Grove's column last week said aides to Sens. Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy are "going nuclear" over the claims in "Atomic Iran."

Kennedy aide Stephanie Cutter, who served as a spokeswoman for Kerry's presidential campaign, said, "You have to ask yourself: Does Mr. Corsi really believe the stuff he writes, and if so, shouldn't he get some professional help?"

Corsi says "Atomic Iran" has been endorsed by Iran specialists, security experts and lawmakers who will speak out as it is released.

The Grove column also said Nemazee has threatened Corsi with a $10 million defamation lawsuit.

Nemazee already has filed a $10 million suit against Aryo Pirouznia, leader of the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran and a key source for Corsi.

But Nemazee's testimony in that suit was revealing.

Last October, he admitted Tehran's Islamic regime is sympathetic to terrorism and presented a threat to the world and the United States, essentially repudiating Kerry's policy of offering to supply nuclear fuel and normalizing relations. However, the Iranian-American said he could not explain the inconsistency of having been a board member of a group on record in support of normalized relations.