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* In 2002, Ziegler praised Zimbabwe dictator [[Robert Mugabe]], saying, "Mugabe has history and morality with him."
* In 2002, Ziegler praised Zimbabwe dictator [[Robert Mugabe]], saying, "Mugabe has history and morality with him."
* During a 2008 interview in [[Lebanon]], Ziegler said, "I refuse to describe [[Hezbollah]] as a terrorist organization. It is a national resistance movement. I can understand Hezbollah when they kidnap soldiers."
* During a 2008 interview in [[Lebanon]], Ziegler said, "I refuse to describe [[Hezbollah]] as a terrorist organization. It is a national resistance movement. I can understand Hezbollah when they kidnap soldiers."
* In 1989 Ziegler went to [[Libya]] to co-found the "[[Muammar Qaddafi]] Human Rights Prize." Recipients of this prestigious honor have included [[Fidel Castro]], Hugo Chavez, [[Louis Farrakhan]]. and Ziegler himself in 2002.
* In an unprecedented move, both Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] and High Commissioner [[Louise Arbour]] publicly denounced Ziegler in 2005 for comparing Israeli soldiers to concentration camp guards. <ref>IBD Editorial, [http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=291597467978635 U.N.-Believable Choice], Retrieved 30 April, 2008</ref>
* In an unprecedented move, both Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] and High Commissioner [[Louise Arbour]] publicly denounced Ziegler in 2005 for comparing Israeli soldiers to concentration camp guards. <ref>IBD Editorial, [http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=291597467978635 U.N.-Believable Choice], Retrieved 30 April, 2008</ref>
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