Dubai police chief warns against Western attack on Iran

Catherine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:51 am

Dubai police chief warns against Western attack on Iran

General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, whose remarks often reflect the views of the political establishment in the United Arab Emirates, said Gulf "leaders should tell America and the West that 'an attack would have negative consequences for our relations with you.'"

Tamim, who was speaking at a forum on Friday night, was arguing for closer Gulf Arab ties with Iran and advocating that it join the Gulf Cooperation Council, whose six member states are close US allies.

China and Russia might not like it, either.

dori · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:46 am

But our White House is being run by certifiably insane people. Look at what a great job they have been doing since 2001.

Catherine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:37 pm

We've said all along that Russia will not tolerate an American attack on Iran. Now, Russian President Putin is taking exactly that stance:

Putin warns US against attacking Iran

Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said countries bordering the Caspian Sea must jointly back any oil pipeline projects in the region.

At a summit of the five nations that border the inland Caspian Sea, Putin said none of the nations' territory should be used by any outside countries for use of military force against any nation in the region. It was a clear reference to long-standing rumors that the U.S. was planning to use Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic, as a staging ground for any possible military action against Iran.

"We are saying that no Caspian nation should offer its territory to third powers for use of force or military aggression against any Caspian state," Putin said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also underlined the need for solidarity.

"The Caspian Sea is an inland sea and it only belongs to the Caspian states, therefore only they are entitled to have their ships and military forces here," he said.

Can you imagine the temper tantrum Bush will pitch?

Dubai police chief warns against Western attack on Iran

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