Posted on 09/23/2005 10:55:21 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
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EU military attaches walked out in protest at a parade in Tehran Thursday after ballistic missiles were rolled past carrying vitriolic anti-US and Israeli slogans, diplomats told AFP.
"There was a common position among the European Union members that, if the military parade included any slogans that attacked our allies, we would leave," said a diplomat."The military attaches from the embassies of France, Italy, Greece and Poland were present at the parade, and when they saw the slogans they promptly left," said another diplomat.
At the parade, Iran showed off six of its Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missiles sporting banners reading "Death to America", "We will crush America under our feet", "Death to Israel" and "Israel must be wiped off the face of the earth".
"They may be just slogans, but for us they are unacceptable," one of the diplomats said.
The military event was held just south of Tehran to mark the start of "Sacred Defence Week", dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of Iranians killed after the forces of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein invaded in It also coincided with mounting tensions between Iran and the EU over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
- Louis Charbonneau, Reuters reported that the European Union's three main powers have dropped a demand that the U.N. nuclear watchdog report Iran to the Security Council.
- The Washington Times reported that any vote on referral of Iran to the UNSC would not come before November.
- EU leaders Philippe Douste-Blazy, Joschka Fischer, Javier Solana and Jack Straw, The Wall Street Journal wrote Iran's nuclear policy requires a collective response.
- Louis Charbonneau, Reuters quoted a EU diplomat who said: The question is, can we live with a Russian 'no' vote? That's what we have to decide.
- Iran Press News on Iranian newspaper suggested the"Trigger Mechanism" for withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- The Jerusalem Post discussed two things that set the North Korean nuclear case apart from the Iranian one.
- Iran Press News reported that Iran recently arrested 12500 people for the socially corruptive and disorderly use of 3000 satellite dishes.
- The Times UK argues that Iran is fast emerging as the only clear beneficiary of the Iraq war.
- Claude Salhani, The Washington Times asked: Is Iran preparing for war with the United States?
- The Associated Press reported that a French-based media watchdog has released a free guide with tips for bloggers and dissidents to sneak past Internet censors in countries from China to Iran. See guide here.
- Eli Lake, New York Sun warned Iran and North Korea are the very definition of rogue actors. Trusting them is akin to trusting crack dealers to respect drug-free school zones.
- The Guardian UK reported Iran's Islamic rulers are to reconstruct a spectacular tent city that hosted kings, sheikhs and sultans in a 1971 extravaganza. This is a departure for the regime which has denigrated its Persian history in favor of its Islamic identity.
- LA Times reported that Iran succeeded Wednesday in getting Interpol to cancel international wanted notices for 12 Iranians sought by Argentina in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.
- And finally, A Photo from Fars News: Regime Parades Its Military Units.
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