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Saudi FM Urges Restraint by US and Iran RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister urged the United States and Iran on Wednesday to show restraint after this weekend's naval confrontation in the Persian Gulf and warned of the grave consequences of such incidents. Prince Saud al-Faisal's remarks at a news conference with Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier came after the Pentagon reported that several Iranian boats had approached U.S. warships in the gulf Sunday. "We are in continuous dangers from any escalation and self restraint is imperative from all the players in the region," Saud told reporters. The confrontation, which ended without any shots fired, boosted Arab worries over U.S.-Iranian tensions as President Bush began a Mideast tour. Bush was in Israel on Wednesday and planned to go on to Arab nations on the gulf to discuss strategy for dealing with Iran. In Israel, Bush said Iran continued to be a "threat to world peace" and warned of "serious consequences" if U.S. Navy ships were attacked. Saud said that "such incidents might have very dangerous consequences for the world economy and oil prices," and added that Saudi Arabia was willing to discuss the issue with both Iran and the United States. "We have relations with Iran and we talk to them, and if we feel there is any danger (in the region) we will talk to them about it," he said. "We will listen with all ears to what President Bush will raise, and naturally he can raise any issue, and we will discuss that." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
