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Adventurer
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 Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:48 am Post subject: Iran lays down a challenge to Arab leaders |
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Iran lays down a challenge to Arab leaders
By Roula Khalaf, Middle East Editor
Published: January 1 2007 16:46 | Last updated: January 1 2007 16:46
On a recent trip to Bahrain, a self-assured Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran�s foreign minister, professed to have the answer to the Gulf�s troubles.
Speaking to a largely Arab and western audience, he suggested Gulf stability was best achieved by removing American forces, well entrenched across the region, and setting up, with Tehran, a regional security alliance.
The call for more self-reliance in the Gulf has some appeal among ordinary Arabs, resentful of the US and frustrated by their own governments� over-dependence on American security.
But official circles, in both the Gulf and the US, see his suggestions as a reflection of Iran�s suspected ambition for regional superpower status.
�It�s amusing,� says one American official. �Iran is saying, �Get rid of foreign forces and take us as the regional power.��
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f9580972-99b6-11db-8b6d-0000779e2340.html
[Here is the link, Bucheon]
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: Re: Iran lays down a challenge to Arab leaders |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
Iran lays down a challenge to Arab leaders
By Roula Khalaf, Middle East Editor
Published: January 1 2007 16:46 | Last updated: January 1 2007 16:46
On a recent trip to Bahrain, a self-assured Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran�s foreign minister, professed to have the answer to the Gulf�s troubles.
Speaking to a largely Arab and western audience, he suggested Gulf stability was best achieved by removing American forces, well entrenched across the region, and setting up, with Tehran, a regional security alliance.
The call for more self-reliance in the Gulf has some appeal among ordinary Arabs, resentful of the US and frustrated by their own governments� over-dependence on American security.
But official circles, in both the Gulf and the US, see his suggestions as a reflection of Iran�s suspected ambition for regional superpower status.
�It�s amusing,� says one American official. �Iran is saying, �Get rid of foreign forces and take us as the regional power.�� |
Iran's language and actions in recent months seems to suggest a Israel vs Iran, US vs Iran, US/Israel vs Iran war is inevitable. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| not that i dispute the story at all, but can you provide a link next time? Thanks. |
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