Gulf: "mounting crisis"


	Gulf: "mounting crisis"

abailart

12-5-2007 3:44 AM

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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN>Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani told delegates from the Gulf Co-operation Council meeting in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Monday that the region was facing a "mounting crisis".</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV><TABLE border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD><INPUT type="submit" id="Htmlphcontrol1_btnCheckLength" value="Remove Format" name="Htmlphcontrol1:btnCheckLength" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD></TD><TD><SPAN id="Htmlphcontrol1_lblError"></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN>
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<DIV>"We hope that all those who are concerned ... reconsider their positions before it is too late," he said.</DIV>
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<DIV>The GCC monarchies, while staunch US allies, are increasingly worried that the standoff between western states and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme could escalate into military conflict.</DIV></DIV><TABLE border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD><INPUT type="submit" id="Htmlphcontrol2_btnCheckLength" value="Remove Format" name="Htmlphcontrol2:btnCheckLength" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/23F1E95A-5649-461E-9F12-78F2134CED07/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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