Iran FM makes surprise visit to Syria

IranMania.com ^ | May 19th, 2006

[M. Espinola]

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stressed Tehran's right to civilian nuclear technology, after talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a surprise visit to Damascus, AFP reported.

"We reiterated our indisputable right to peaceful nuclear technology," he said at a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem.

The Iranian foreign minister also said that he would visit Kuwait on Saturday as part of regular consultations with Iran's Arab neighbours across the Persian Gulf.

"I will tell them (Kuwaiti officials) that the Bushehr nuclear plant (under construction in southern Iran) is in keeping with the highest international norms and earthquake-resistant," he said.

"Kuwait lies some 120 kilometres (75 miles) away from the plant while our people live a kilometre away," said Mottaki.

He said on arrival from Jordan that his previously unannounced visit was prompted by "developments in the region which require talks" between Iran and its Syrian ally.

[bnelson44]

Any idea what he is doing there?

[kinoxi]

"Kuwait lies some 120 kilometers (75 miles) away from the plant...". Sounds like Kuwait should be stockpiling a few extra potassium iodide pills right about now.

[sheik yerbouty]

Signing "The Pact of Dung"..

[M. Espinola]

The way we bailed out Kuwait from Saddam's thugs (even though Saddam destroyed the vast majority of Kuwaiti oil wells) one would think Kuwait might have stopped supporting various Sunni (Pal-Arab) jihad terrorist groups. Nope.

[M. Espinola]

Whatever he is doing in Damascus can only mean more planned terrorism for the future.

[M. Espinola]

This little jihadic pow wow should once again serve as a clear reminder, mullah controlled Iran is not the only rouge Islamic state requiring total régime change in the near future.

Murder Incorporated

[expatguy]

drumming up support

[ex-Texan]

Very astute post!

Murder Incorporated indeed. Green for the vast pile of corrupt money involved.

[M. Espinola]

There is only one principal source which enables Iran to export its Shi'ite based Islamic terrorism along with building up an arsenal of nuclear and biological weaponry.

The secondary monetary source is derived from illegal narcotics for both Iran & Syria plus their jihadic proxie death cultists, such as Hamas and Hezballah.

We can only hope action is soon taken to topple the Iranian and Syrian régimes, since anytime a top Iranian thug pays a visit to his Syrian counterpart it involves additional acts of terrorism.