Are Dictators Using US Weapons to Kill Their People?

According to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the region's dictators are using weapons they had purchased from the United States and its allies to kill their own people. Today, those who had embraced dictatorship in our world claim to be advocates of democracy. The Iranian president made the remarks as Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, who has ruled that country for nearly 42 years, ordered his forces to shoot pro-democracy protesters who have taken to the streets to demand their basic rights. The Libyan people have been bombarded several times in different cities, including Zawiyah, located some 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Two thousand people have reportedly been killed in the violence so far, despite the regime's denial that any force had been used. Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tehran supports the Libyan people's movement, and expressed the Islamic Republic's readiness to send humanitarian aid to the country.