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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 09:35 AM
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Peres Says Iran Seeks to Control Arab States ‘Using Terror’
Source: Bloomberg


May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres today said Iran’s nuclear program is a threat to the entire Middle East and the “fanatic rulers of Iran are on the wrong side of history.”

“The aggressiveness of the Iranian government is not limited to Israel,” Peres said in the keynote address to the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington. “Indeed, they seek regional hegemony and want to control Arab states using terror and coercion.”

Peres praised U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama “assumed his duties in a period of deep crisis in the world,” Peres said. “ I am convinced he has the capacity to turn the crises into opportunity.”

Obama has stepped up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to accelerate the peace process and last month invited leaders of both sides and Egypt to separate talks in Washington. President Shimon Peres is scheduled to meet with Obama tomorrow and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington later this month.



Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBCknQd26ez4&refer=home
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 09:36 AM
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1. No sense of irony, as usual. nt
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 09:46 AM
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2. Very understated.
Hyperbole is just a nine-letter word with no direct translation, I guess.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 09:48 AM
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3. Well - he would say that
wouldn't he. :shrug:
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 10:02 AM
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4. It also important to remember that Iran
is NOT a arab country
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 04:17 PM
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5. Sounds Like Perez is Projecting
these neo-con right wing extremists are truly messed up people.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 05:57 PM
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6. Pretty much the same plan as the US & Israel.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 05:59 AM
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7. A lot of people seem to be on the wrong side of history these days. Maybe it's a fad.
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