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The Guardian:  Iran warns the west: ignore us at your peril

Iran warned the west yesterday that attempts to broker a Lebanon peace deal at today's Rome summit are destined to fail and it predicted a backlash across the Muslim world unless Israel's military forces were immediately reined in.
Senior government officials said the exclusion from the summit of Iran, Syria and their Lebanese ally Hizbullah meant that no lasting settlement was possible.

Hamid Reza Asefi, the foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran, said: "They should have invited all the countries of the region, including Syria and Iran, if they want peace. How can you tackle these important issues without having representatives of all countries in the region?"

The Rome conference is to be attended by the US, Canada, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, as well as the UN and the World Bank.



Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 26th, 2006 at 12:23:45 AM EST
It's okay, the israelis have declared war and then declared peace on so many occasions witout consulting the other side that the UN has decided to copy them.

If the Israelis are fighting Hezbollah (who seem to live in every square inch of Lebanon to judge by the targetting, including UN watchtowers), then it'd help if somebody to do with that organisation was at the peace talks.

Rice can say what she likes about not returning to the status quo ante, but to ignore one half of the problem when seeking a solution is utterly futile

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 26th, 2006 at 05:10:58 AM EST
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