Rummy tries to sour Iran's bid for new alliances with Shanghai Group

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US's Rumsfeld Questions Iran Involvement With SCO

Dow Jones Newswires

SINGAPORE (AP)-- 3 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Saturday questioned Iran's involvement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, saying the regime's terrorist links clashed with the aims of the Russian and Chinese-dominated group.

Speaking at a regional security conference, Rumsfeld said he found it "strange" that the SCO would include Iran, given the group's stated opposition to terrorism and extremism.

Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been invited to attend the annual SCO summit in Shanghai this month.

Iran is an observer to group, which also includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and has applied for full membership.

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[scarletwoman]

1. But I guess Uzbekistan, where they boil dissidents alive, is okay.

I sincerely hope the SCO thumbs their noses at Rummy.

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[clmbohdem]

2. It will be very interesting to see if the SCO allows Iran to join

Even more interesting when Iraq kicks the U.S. out and renames their country to West Iran. That will give the SCO a big chunk of oil in the organization.

[eleny]

3. As if the Russians and Chinese give a flying splat