munaeem | 24 January, 2007 10:19
Via International Herald Tribune :U.S. warns Iran to back off in Persian Gulf
Nicholas Burns, the U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs,was in the Middle East to outline specifics of new U.S. strategies for Iraq and Iran.
But the audience of Dubai-based diplomats and analysts appeared dismayed by Burns' tough talk on Iran. Some complained that U.S. actions were already threatening regional stability and asked the American diplomat to sort out Iraq and the Israel-Palestinian conflict before turning attention to Iran.
Response from Arab Diplomat:
"What we are not interested in is another war in the region," Mohammed al-Naqbi, who heads the Gulf Negotiations Center, told Burns. "Iraq is your problem, not the problem of the Arabs. You destroyed a country that had institutions. You handed that country to Iran. Now you are crying to Europe and the Arabs to help you out of this mess."
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