Two US allies (Kuwait & India) speak out today against US attacking Iran

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Interesting both statements coming out today...

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/July/middleeast_July370.xml§ion=middleeast

Kuwait speaker says US provocative towards Iran
(Reuters)

KUWAIT - The United States and other Western countries are dealing in a provocative way with Iran over its nuclear programme and should respect its sovereignty, Kuwait's parliament speaker said.

The United States has refused to rule out military action if Iran continues with attempts to enrich uranium, which Washington suspects is aimed at making an atomic bomb but the Islamic Republic says is peaceful.

Jassem al-Kharafi said the West was using double standards in the dispute by trying to stop Iran's nuclear programme while saying nothing about Israel, which is widely believed to posses the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal. The Jewish state neither confirms nor denies possessing nuclear weapons.

'I think what is happening with regard to the Iranian nuclear file involves a lot of exaggeration... and the method was provocative,' state news agency KUNA quoted Kharafi as saying late on Sunday.

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'Such a sensitive issue requires the language of dialogue, not escalation...It is necessary to respect Iran's sovereignty because a resolution will not be reached by treating it like a U.S. state,' he said.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1416867.php/India_concerned_over_threat_to_use_military_force_against_Iran

India concerned over threat to use military force against Iran

New Delhi - India on Monday expressed grave concern over reports that suggest the imminent use of military force against Iran, an External Affairs Ministry statement said.

The United States has said military action is an option if Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, which it suspects are aimed at making nuclear weapons. Iran denies this.

Without naming the United States or Israel, an Indian External Affairs Ministry statement said: 'India is gravely concerned at these statements threatening the use of military force against Iran.

'India is against any such military attack, which constitutes unacceptable international behavior. There is no military solution to the issues that are being discussed between Iran and the international community.'

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'India calls upon all concerned governments to exercise restraint and choose the peaceful path of persuasion and negotiations,' the statement said.

[Ian David]

1. Iran will Photoshop Israel off the map. n/t

[The Stranger]

2. They better stop making so much sense or the Bush Neocon Junta is going to come after them.

Just like the Neocon Junta supported Saddam before coming after him.

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3. Bush Invokes the Cheney Doctrine... SO????????

The precedents these evil, greedy, arrogant assholes have set will take decades to undo.