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Ghost Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 12:55 PM
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U.S. should be punished for nuclear "threats": Iran (at NPT meeting)
Source: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday called for states that threaten to use atomic weapons to be punished, a clear reference to a new U.S. nuclear strategy released last month.

Speaking at a meeting of the 189 signatories of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), he urged "considering any threat to use nuclear weapons or attack against peaceful nuclear facilities as a breach of international peace and security."

Such threats should meet with "swift reaction from the United Nations and termination of all cooperation of NPT member states with the threatening aggressor state," Ahmadinejad said.

The delegations of the United States, Britain and France all walked out of the U.N. General Assembly chamber during the Iranian president's speech.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100503/ts_nm/us_nuclear_treaty_ahmadinejad;_ylt=AnBmWjTKTjAS1Ld9XzaUmYZZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTM0b2h2MTYwBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwNTAzL3VzX251Y2xlYXJfdHJlYXR5X2FobWFkaW5lamFkBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDeW5fcGFnaW5hdGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN1c3N
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 01:02 PM
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1. Interesting,
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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 01:09 PM
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2. I'm sure we were just mistranslated. nt
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