IISS 2007 Regional Security Summit Press Coverage
- December 13th - - United Press International - Turkish worries over Iraq
Turkey remains deeply concerned by ongoing developments in neighboring Iraq and opposes any division of the country, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul told a security symposium gathered in the capital of the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain last weekend. Addressing a conference organized by the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies, Gonul said Turkey remains highly preoccupied by ongoing activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party, which Ankara considers a terrorist organization.
- December 13th - - Associated Press - Gates Urges Gulf Region to Counter Iran
Gates, ending a weeklong trip to the region, intended in his keynote speech at an international security conference in Manama to urge Gulf allies to cooperate more as part of a broader strategy for containing Iranian influence, according to U.S. officials traveling with Gates on Friday.
- December 13th - - Middle East Times - 'No, I don't'
Gates was in Bahrain last weekend where he delivered the keynote address at the opening session of a conference on security in the Gulf organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Upon finishing his speech Gates opened the floor to questions. Naturally, his presentation, as well as a good number of questions from delegates attending the conference, centered on the recently released National Intelligence Estimate, which seemed to absolve Iran of its nuclear infractions.
- December 13th - - Radio Free Europe - Iraq: Sunnis, Sadrists Attack U.S. Security Pact
Meanwhile, Accordance Front spokesman Salim al-Juburi told Al-Jazeera on December 2 that Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi warned the U.S. Embassy of his reservations over the agreement's security component, saying it could make Iraq vulnerable to a veiled occupation down the road. Al-Juburi also claimed the agreement ignored issues such as national reconciliation and reconstruction. Both issues are in fact addressed in the declaration of principles. Al-Hashimi later told participants...
- December 12th - - Kuwait News Agency - نائب رئيس الجمهورية العراقية..للعنف في العراق منابع متنوعة
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- December 12th - - Kuwait News Agency - الربيعي يدعو الى ايجاد ميثاق أمني بين دول الخليج
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