1 . They are communists 2. They are criminal terrorists themselves 3. They are a U.S. enemy... Of course they ally with rogue nations and terrorists. B
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-22-voa10.cfm China Reluctant to Support New Sanctions Against Iran By Daniel Schearf Beijing 22 January 2008 China has hinted it would not support a new round of sanctions against Iran despite Tehran's continued defiance of United Nations resolutions on its nuclear program. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany are meeting in Berlin to discuss further sanctions against Tehran. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. China's Foreign Ministry Tuesday sought the middle ground on the Iranian nuclear dispute, calling for more efforts from all sides to resolve the issue diplomatically. China's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the Iranian nuclear issue had reached a critical moment, but indicated China would not support a new round of sanctions. Jiang says U.N. Security Council actions should be helpful for the comprehensive, lasting, and proper settlement of the issue. She says in the current circumstances China hopes the international community will intensify diplomatic efforts for an early resumption of negotiations so the issue is handled through negotiations and diplomatic means. The comments came as the five permanent U.N. Security Council members - Britain, France, Russia, the United States, and China - joined Germany in Berlin for talks on further sanctions. China has twice supported U.N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to fully cooperate and stop its uranium enrichment program. But, China, along with Russia, has been reluctant to support a third, tougher round of sanctions being pushed by European nations and the United States. Some analysts believe one reason for China's reluctance may be Iran's oil. Iran is energy-hungry China's third largest source of crude oil imports. China's top oil refiner plans to invest $2 billion in an Iranian oil field. Last week Washington and Tehran both sent high-ranking diplomats to Beijing seeking China's support on the nuclear dispute. Many western nations believe Tehran is secretly developing nuclear weapons, while oil-rich Iran says the nuclear program is only for peaceful energy production. [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/
