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COMPARE: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020919/1/32xmp.html Agence France-Presse Thursday September 19, 2:43 PM No assault weapons for Iran: Russian minister Russia has never exported any assault weapon systems to Iran and does not intend to do so, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told Russian reporters in Washington. "We have only considered Iran's requests for defensive weapons, such as anti-tank systems, firearms, air defense. Such kinds of weapons cannot be destabilizing," the Interfax news agency reported Ivanov as saying early Thursday. "Iran has never asked for short-range missiles or anything else that could have destabilized the region," he added. Russia's military and technical cooperation had long been a stumbling block in relations between Moscow and Washington. US President George W. Bush has named Iran, alongside Iraq and North Korea, as part of an "axis of evil" which he claims is seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction. TO: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_67864,0005.htm US okays $230 mn military aid to Pak Press Trust of India Washington, September 18 The Pentagon has "provisionally approved" subsidised military sales to Pakistan totalling $230 million, including six C-130 military transport aircraft and is seeking approval of the Congress for the same. "The sale," according to a researcher and Washington-based consultant John E Carbaugh, are now "awaiting OK from Congress." In his just published India report, Carbaugh said that some of the sanctions against Pakistan have already been dropped and "the rest are due to go in November." Pakistan also wants new spares for the P-3 Orion and F-16 aircraft, he said in the report. Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf "is now also pressing for big-ticket items such as more F-16 aircraft, heavy artillery and Cobra attack helicopters," he said. However, cautioning against the sales, a well-known South Asia expert, Selig Harrison, said it is "not necessary to buy off the Pakistani military regime with weaponry because it desperately needs US economic support for its survival." "In any case, the chief of the Pakistani Air Force made clear on a recent Washington visit that Islamabad wants 70 new F-16s and other sophisticated US equipment not for use on Afghan border but to bolster its posture towards India," he said. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
