Qatar and Mauritania have suspended economic and political ties with Israel in protest against the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera has learned. The move announced on Friday followed calls by Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, for all Arab nations to cut ties with Israel. Addressing leaders at an emergency Arab summit in Doha, the Qatari capital, al-Assad declared that the Arab initiative for peace with Israel was now "dead". He said Arab countries should cut "all direct and indirect" ties with Israel in protest against its offensive in Gaza. Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel and have Israeli embassies. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/2009116151135307776.html
I was under the impression that the arab league just signed a deal with the USA, is it not counter productive to then suspend economic and political ties with israel, if israel is in conection with the USA, on matters attached to that in gaza ? a phone call to the bush, that changed the UN vote was it now, concerning the issues in gaza ? the USA under bush, and rice, have stated they supported israel to the right of self defence ?
US signs nuclear cooperation deal with Gulf ally
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration signed a nuclear cooperation agreement on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates, a last-minute deal that saddles the coming Obama administration with a decision on helping a Persian Gulf ally develop nuclear power despite concerns in Congress. The deal sets the legal groundwork for U.S. commercial nuclear trade with the UAE, which has foresworn nuclear arms as a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Despite the emirates’ status as a key U.S. partner in the Middle East, some in Congress say the UAE has done too little to help stem the illicit flow of nuclear supplies to its Gulf neighbor and commercial partner, Iran. The Bush administration, backed by a leading nuclear-control advocacy group and U.S. business groups, calls the deal an important expression of U.S. interest in cooperating with countries that want to develop nuclear power for peaceful uses. The agreement is a framework for future commercial trade; it does not provide specific technology or any materials. While the deal was forged by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in one of her final acts of diplomacy, it will be the Obama administration that will have to decide whether the agreement is sent to Congress. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/16/america/NA-US-Nuclear-Deal-Emirates.php
Yes, I do not believe they are fussy on german’s either ; The new Nazi kind of the new world order ; the kind that like to try to burn my balls at x-ray ; this is not the first attack on german forces or on a german related target ; :
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Seven civilians were killed Saturday morning after a suicide bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, a government official said. Five U.S. forces were wounded in the blast, three of them seriously, said Lieutenant Colonel Chris Kubik, a spokesman for the U.S. military. Several embassy staff were also wounded and the explosion caused damage to the embassy compound, the German Foreign Ministry said. The blast occurred in the Afghan capital around 9:30 a.m. (midnight ET) in an area near a military base as well as the German embassy, an Interior Ministry official said. Afghan security officials had been in the area stopping and checking every car before the bomb went off, CNN’s Atia Abawi ; http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/afghanistan.blast/index.html