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"Russian President Putin Slams United States"
August 05, 2006
Vox Populi, Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP
The Russians have allegedly sold weapons to countries such as Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and other terrorist-supporting nations. After the US-led invasion of Iraq, Russian-made weapons were found.
As a result, the US government placed sanctions against American business dealings with two Russian companies selling arms and weapons systems to Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted the United States on Friday for imposing such sanctions on two Russian corporations.
Putin called the sanctions an “illegitimate attempt to make foreign companies work by internal American rules,” after the US banned all American companies from dealing with two Russian firms that sold hardware to Iran.
One of the companies, Rosoboronexport, is headed by Sergei Chemezov, a former member of the KGB who worked with Putin in East Germany during the Cold War.
President Putin explains, “These sanctions, which the US unilaterally imposes on other countries and their organizations, are an obvious political and legal anachronism.”
The US Department of State says the companies were helping the Iranians to develop weapons of mass destruction, as well as cruise or ballistic missile systems to compliment its upcoming nuclear power."
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Saudis Send Their Views to US President
Arab News ^ | 8-7-06 | Huda Al-Shayeb
Posted on 08/07/2006 1:56:41 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL
Saudis Send Their Views to US President
Huda Al-Shayeb, Arab News
DAMMAM, 7 August 2006 — Over 10,000 Saudi men and women from the Eastern Province have signed a heavily worded letter addressed to President George W. Bush condemning the United States for its unequivocal support of Israel in its attack on Lebanon.
Signatories of the letter include leading and influential academics, journalists, religious leaders and artists. The message, together with the signatures, was handed by a group of Saudis to the US Consul General in Dhahran, John Kincannon.
Describing the Israeli attack as “barbaric and unjustified” and highlighting Israel’s “targeting” of “unarmed civilians, women, children and the infirm” through a “continuous, systemized and destructive campaign”, the letter said the US support of Israel was shocking.
The letter further stated that the US’s “continuous justification” of “Israeli crimes” was deplorable and held Washington guilty of providing “military and political support” to Israel.
Having referred to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s rejection of a cease-fire in the Rome conference, the letter held the US “responsible for the continuous destruction and killing in Lebanon and Palestine” and ended with a call on the US to compensate Lebanon financially and to work “hard for an immediate cease-fire.”
Included in the group that handed the letter to the US consul were Saudi writers Zaki Ali Saleh and Ali Ahmed Al-Bahrani as well as Muklif Daham Al-Shimari, the president and founder of the Shimar Council.