Ahmadinejad's verbal assault on the west and Israel promoted walkouts by diplomatic delegations. US diplomats were the first to leave, when Ahmadinejad referred to the "mysterious September 11 incident" as a pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq.
Later, he criticised the US for killing Osama bin Laden and burying his body at sea, saying the al-Qaida leader should have been brought to trial.
Other delegations, including those from the UK and France, walked out later when the Iranian leader said that if European countries were still paying a "fine or ransom to the Zionists" because of the Holocaust, they should also pay reparations for slavery.
In other parts of his speech he spoke of Zionists being responsible for "mass murder and terror against the Palestinians", and said the US and west "view Zionism as a sacred notion and ideology". The Israeli delegation had decided not to attend.
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