15th December 2009 - Tough sanctions against Iran are needed urgently, Washington says (TT)


The Obama Administration is using a report that Iran has been working on a trigger mechanism for a nuclear bomb to press its case for tough sanctions against Iran. This inevitably raises the issue of double standards. Saudi Arabia wishes to see the Middle East become a nuclear weapons-free zone, The problem for the Obama Administration is that Israel has a massive armoury of nclear weapons. As one Saudi diplomat put it:: "Israel is a huge obstacle in this process.

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