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Malaysia for NAM support to Iran
2006-05-30
PUTRAJAYA: Non-Aligned Movement chairman Malaysia called on Monday for the 114-member grouping to back Iran's right to nuclear technology, accusing the West of nuclear double-standards.
Alrighty then. We know which side they're on.
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, normally soft-spoken and diplomatic, used his opening speech at a NAM meeting to contrast the West's tough approach towards Iran with what he described as inaction over Israel's nuclear advances. "Allowing Israel to develop nuclear weapons with impunity - which it does not deny - while others in the region are prohibited from doing so, is a blatant case of double standard," he told the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital. "In this matter, we must recognise Iran's right to develop such technology for peaceful purposes," he added.
Posted by:Fred

#4  No Badawi, not a 'double standard', just a 'different standard'. Just because I allow a female nursery worker with no criminal record to be alone with my son, doesn't mean I allow a convicted child rapist the same privilege. You sir, are a complete idiot.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-05-30 11:08  

#3  "...a blatant case of double standard,"

Isn't M'sia's own so-called all encompassing racially discriminative policy? No attempt has been made to fine tune or ameliorate its more blatant aspects after more than 30 years.
Posted by: Duh!   2006-05-30 09:09  

#2   The NAM was pretty much anti-American throughout the whole of the Cold War. Why should much have changed in the interim?

Keep in mind that Malaysia, or more accurately people in high places in Malaysia, were directly involved in the AQ Khan network that supplied Iran with a lot of its nuclear expertise. That's likely considered incentive enough to keep backing the mullahs lest they start disclosing their role in the current situation.
Posted by: Dan Darling   2006-05-30 01:48  

#1  They sure as heck sound 'aligned' to me...
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-05-30 00:31  

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