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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran asks Swiss to host nuclear meeting
2006-07-24
GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran has asked Switzerland to organise an international conference to resolve its stand-off with the West over its nuclear programme, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday.

A Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman declined to comment on the report in the NZZ am Sonntag. There was no immediate reaction from Tehran.

The report cited "reliable sources" as saying the request was made by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at meeting in Tehran with a senior Swiss government official last week. Iran wants invitations to the conference extended beyond the permanent five -- the United States, Britain, China, France and Russia -- to include countries such as Japan and Spain and possibly India and Pakistan, the newspaper said.
Anything to stall for more time.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  The Iranians have no intention of ever giving up their nuclear ambitions. All this is just delaying tactics to try to stall the US response. Ahmedinejad should be strung up by his thumbs under the Brooklin Bridge, just low enough even a garbage scow would slam his bu$$.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-24 19:48  

#4  The Iranians want to have Swiss mediators go to bat for them. Nothing like two Holocaust facilitators working hand-in-hand. How touching.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-07-24 12:00  

#3  Mottaki jonesing for some fondue and chocolate.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-07-24 10:05  

#2  I'd pass on this. Just concentrate on whacking Syria, and see how the Mullahs respond.
Posted by: Vembra   2006-07-24 02:26  

#1  Save your f**kin' breath. Just talk directly to Japan. Ask them what happens when you want a bomb so bad. We might just give you several too. But since we like you better, we're going to give you megatons not skimpy kilotons. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, ours actually detonate when we expect them to.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-07-24 01:23  

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