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| Iran refuses ’intelligence’ to US |
| 2003-10-30 |
| That’s ok, we refuse to think they’re intelligent also. Iran said yesterday it would not share intelligence with the United States about Al Qaeda members it is holding and dismissed US charges that anti-American fighters were slipping across its borders into Iraq. "No, no! Certainly not!" US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Washington was prepared to resume limited contacts with the Iranian government but that relations would not improve until Tehran shared intelligence on Al Qaeda. "We don’t have any relations with American security services so there is no reason to do anything on this issue," government spokesman Abdollah Ramazanzadeh said. Other than the fact that the current Administration has a long memory. President Mohammad Khatami rebuffed a call by President George W Bush on Tuesday for Iran and Syria to tighten their borders to stop fighters crossing into Iraq. "The accusations are not new, they have always made such baseless charges," Khatami said. Washington broke off talks with Tehran over Iran’s neighbours Afghanistan and Iraq in May after accusing Iran of sheltering Al Qaeda members behind bombings in Saudi Arabia on May 12 which killed 35 people, including nine Americans. Iran denies cooperating with Al Qaeda and says it has caught and extradited hundreds of suspected members of Osama bin Laden’s network who fled from Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last two years. "Where’d you extradite them to?" "Um, ... somewhere." Ramazanzadeh noted that Armitage’s comments on resuming talks with Iran were the first such remarks from a US official for some time but added that Tehran was waiting for Washington to take "practical steps" to improve relations. "It is not possible to threaten a country, to block its assets, to accuse it and then want talks," he said. Sure it is, when the country in question is hurting enough. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Funny Ronny RayGun thought it was Ok to open a back door Chanel--oops I met channel--not the gowns his whore movie star wife wore |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-10-30 11:54:49 PM |
| #3 ..Tehran was waiting for Washington to take "practical steps" to improve relations. The only "practical steps" that are worth expending on the Iranian mullahs are finned metal casings packed with high explosives. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-30 1:04:19 PM |
| #2 Sounds like we need to start shipping the 'fighters' heads back to them in a box...padded in lard.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-10-30 9:07:01 AM |
| #1 ...Tehran was waiting for Washington to take "practical steps" to improve relations... "It is not possible to threaten a country, to block its assets, to accuse it and then want talks," he said. "You must kiss our, uh, turbans and show proper respect. After all, we are holy men. Then we will grant you an audience. How does late 2004 - early 2005 look for you? We will give you a sign when we are ready. Do you know what rocket vapor trails look like? Good, that will be it. We will be ready to, um, talk, then." |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-30 4:08:49 AM |