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To: sea_urchin who wrote (25805)	9/29/2007 9:14:43 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81087

Re: ...the endgame is to further isolate Iran and remove India from the Judeofascist warpath to the former That has to be a very long-term strategy,... Well, not that long... That strategy is only two years old, after all: [Wednesday March 16, 2005] US remains opposed to Iran-India gas pipeline: Rice Pakistan Times Wire Service NEW DELHI (India) The United States remains opposed to a gas pipeline from Iran to India, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday, while noting rising energy demands in South Asia need to be met. "We need to look at the broader question as to how India meets its energy needs over the next decade. We believe that a broad energy dialogue should be launched with India because the needs are there," Rice said at a joint press conference with Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh after their talks here. However, she said the United States has already expressed its opposition to an agreement last month by Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers to go ahead with the 4.5 billion dollar pipeline linking Iran's South Pars gas field to India via restive southwest Pakistan. "I think that our views concerning Iran are very well known by this time. We have communicated to the Indian government our concerns about the gas pipeline cooperation between Iran and India," Rice said. US Ambassador to India David Mulford conveyed Washington's reservations on the energy deal during a meeting two weeks ago, according to the Indian Express newspaper. Mulford said that Washington was facing serious difficulties with Iran on its nuclear weapons programme with no immediate solution in sight to ending the impasse, the report said. Indian Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has been pushing the pipeline to help meet the energy needs of India, which imports more than two-thirds of its oil and gas supplies. Tri-partite talks between India, Pakistan and Iran on the planned pipeline are to be held in Islamabad soon, with Aiyar expected to travel to Pakistan for the meeting. pakistantimes.net