Archive for 'Gulf Cooperation Council'
NEWS & ANALYSIS: The Iranian threat
Saudi cannot be launchpad for Iran attack: report
AFP, January 12, 2008
A leading Saudi newspaper on Saturday ruled out any attempt by the United States to use the oil-rich Gulf kingdom as a launchpad for a possible war on Iran over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.
Two days before a visit to Saudi Arabia by US President George […]
Posted: January 13th, 2008 under Bush Administration, Defense Department, Gulf Cooperation Council, IAEA, Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Israel, Saudia Arabia, war against Iran.
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ANALYSIS: Pumping up the Iranian threat
Degrees of confidence on U.S.-Iran naval incident
By Mike Nizza, New York Times, January 10, 2008
The list of those who are less than fully confident in the Pentagon’s video/audio mashup of aggressive maneuvers by Iranian boats near American warships in the Strait of Hormuz now includes the Pentagon itself.
Unnamed Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that the […]
Posted: January 10th, 2008 under Bush Administration, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran.
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NEWS & OPINION: Mismeasuring regional dynamics
Why U.S. strategy on Iran is crumbling
By Marc Lynch, Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 2008
‘Everywhere you turn, it is the policy of Iran to foment instability and chaos,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Gulf dignitaries in Bahrain last month. But in reality, everywhere you turn, from Qatar to Saudi Arabia to Egypt, you now see […]
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under Bush Administration, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hezbollah, Iran.
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NEWS: Gulf states oppose military threats against Iran; Gates say danger persists
Gulf countries speak out against military option in Iran
By Ali Khalil, AFP, December 8, 2007
Gulf countries, cautious about the nuclear standoff between the United States and Iran, signalled loudly at a regional security conference on Saturday their opposition to any military option against Tehran.
Washington, wrong-footed by its own National Intelligence Estimate in its accusations that […]
Posted: December 9th, 2007 under Bush Administration, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran.
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ANALYSIS, OPINION & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Iran’s new Arab friends
Iran’s new Gulf friends
By Martin Walker, UPI, December 5, 2007
A curious event took place in the Gulf as the new National Intelligence Estimate appeared in Washington, undermining the Bush administration’s threats and angry rhetoric by revealing that Iran had suspended in nuclear weapons program back in 2003.
The arch-demon of President Bush’s rhetoric, Iran’s President Mahmoud […]
Posted: December 7th, 2007 under Editor's comments, Gulf Cooperation Council.
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