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Published: September 26, 2007

How beliefs drive Iran's leader

By Carla Hinton

EDMOND — The controversial Iranian president visiting New York this week isn't just driven by lust for power as many Americans believe, an Edmond pastor and Bible prophecy author said Tuesday.

Rather Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is driven by his apocalyptic beliefs that predict the return of an Islamic messiah after Israel is destroyed and chaos reigns in the world, said the Rev. Mark Hitchcock , author of the book, ...

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