US Assures Pak Not to Strike Iran--The Nation, Pakistan

[Gloria]

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1//The Nation, Pakistan Monday, January 23, 2006

http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/jan-2006/23/index4.php



US ASSURES PAK NOT TO STRIKE IRAN

From Shaiq Hussain


ISLAMABAD - As Iran faces threat of being referred to the UN Security Council because of its controversial nuclear programme, the United States has conveyed to Pakistan that it would not use force to resolve the contentious issue.


Pakistan has been playing important role vis-à-vis efforts to resolve the US-Iran nuclear standoff by mediating silently between Washington and Tehran. It has been constantly urging the two sides to show restraint and instead of using force resolve their row amicably.

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An official said the Bush Administration had assured Islamabad, its close allied state in war on terror, that the conflict over Iranian nuclear programme would be resolved through peaceful means.


He said the US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, who met Friday with President Musharraf and Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri also extended this assurance to the Pakistani leadership.


Pakistan would now convey the same assurance to Iranian leadership along with US demand to bring flexibility in what it dubbed rigid stance of Tehran on nuclear issue, he added.


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[C_U_L8R]

1. And the word of Bush is worth what ?????

Assurances... Promises.... Whatever....
What do those mean to a "president" who has
proven to be a liar... a thief.... a crook... a murderer.

[Supersedeas]

7. you can be sure the UN Security Council is being wiretapped

[HuffleClaw]

2. it is looking like they may be

planning on a ruse, that is to pretend that it will be an israeli operation alone. then, when iran retaliates, bush can call THAT an 'act of war against our ally...'. however, the israelis simply don't have the ability to mount a successful strike, but that might not be their aim.

[daleo]

3. Pakistan has its own nukes

They may have made it clear that an attack on Iran would go nuclear from that end. Who knows?

[mom cat]

5. Once again, the threat of mutually assured destruction might save us.

[oblivious]

4. The assurance is good until the terror attack. Then everything changes.

[lovuian]

6. You Have to wonder where Pakistan who has been walking the

line between Bush and Iran and India and Russia stands???

They have nukes and they know how to use them...