Wednesday, July 30, 2008

My Way News - Nonaligned countries back Iran's nuclear program
AP reports: "More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment. [...] A separate closing document [...] harshly criticized Israel on a broad range of issues. Iran assumed the chairmanship of the conference this week."

Comment: I don't think it's fair to say that this "movement" is nonaligned. To call them nonaligned makes them sound neutral, but they've always been a rebel group, they are against the U.S., and Israel in particular and the West in general. It's not at all surprising to find them accepting Iran as their leader and bashing Israel in their closing document.

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