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Date Posted: 19:04:49 09/09/09 Wed
Author: pastor lewis
Subject: GATES: ARABS SHOULD STRENGTHEN ARMIES TO COUNTER IRAN THREAT

GATES: ARABS SHOULD STRENGTHEN ARMIES TO COUNTER IRAN THREAT

September 8, 2009

Haaretz reports: “The United States' allies in the Arab world should boost their military capabilities to deter Iran from seeking nuclear weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday in an interview with Al-Jazeera.

‘One of the pathways to get the Iranians to change their approach on the nuclear issue is to persuade them that moving down that path will actually jeopardize their security, not enhance it,’ Gates told the Qatar-based news network.

He was responding to a question on reported arms sales to Israel and Arab states that reportedly total dozens of billions of dollars.

The defense secretary added: ‘The more that our Arab friends and allies can straighten their security capabilities, the more they can strengthen their co-operation, both with each other and with us, I think sends the signal to the Iranians that this path they're on is not going to advance Iranian security but in fact could weaken it.’…”

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