munaeem | 27 February, 2007 16:50
A commentary in Jordan's Al Rai said Thursday Iran did not need a US 60-day ultimatum to meet a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to stop uranium enrichment because it would have done so in one day.
The deadline was also not necessary for the UNSC because its members knew Tehran would not agree to this demand, said the mass-circulation daily.
It suggested instead that the 60 days were actually for the US to finalize its preparations for a military strike against Iran, not only targeting its nuclear and vital installations, but also bent on inflicting serious damage to punish Tehran for hindering support to US occupying forces in Iraq, arming certain resistance militias and death squads.
The paper, partially owned by the government, noted, meanwhile, that while the 60-day deadline expired, the US military had dispatched more aircraft carriers to the Gulf as people waited for a "surprise."
It refuted Arab warnings that a US strike would ignite conflict in the Middle East given that the US had already launched two wars on an Arab country - Iraq - without inflaming the whole region.
"Jordan does not welcome another American strike because it is a [military] adventure [of which the] results and repercussions are unknown," it said, but added that "[Jordan] will not be greatly affected politically or economically" either way.
Source : metimes.com
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