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| Iranians, Saudis Urge Saddam to Comply |
| 2002-08-04 |
| Key Iranian and Saudi officials Saturday said they could not support a U.S. military strike against Iraq and would, instead, encourage Saddam Hussein to comply with U.N. resolutions. "All the countries of the world, especially neighbors of Iraq, should make plans to encourage Iraq to observe the resolutions of the U.N. in order to remove any ground and possibility for aggression against Iraq," President Mohammad Khatami told Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, during his one-day stop in Tehran. "We mean, you guys gotta do somethin' to make it look like you're playin' along. You can always reneg later, like you always do anyway. Otherwise, you're gonna get flattened, and then what'll happen to us? We might stop being Iranian state radio said Prince Saud and his Iranian counterpart, Kamal Kharrazi, voiced opposition to "any U.S. military attack on Iraq or any other Muslim or Arab countries." "Anywhere. Under any circumstance. No matter what they do. Especially Arab countries. And Iranian ones..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |