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Barak: West must unite with Russia, China against Iran
By Haaretz Service
Tags: ehud barak, russia, iran 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has called on Western powers to set aside their differences with China and Russia to create a united stance against Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons, in an interview published Thursday with Bloomberg.com.

"The triad of nuclear proliferation, radical Muslim terror, and rogue states, epitomized in the Iran case, can be defeated only through a paradigm shift in international relationships," Barak told Bloomberg during the interview.

Barak said that U.S. and European concern over Russian military presence in Chechnya and Chinese human rights violations was proving an obstacle to unified action against Iran's nuclear program.
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He also told Bloomberg that the U.S. should rethink its plan to deploy missiles in Eastern Europe considering Moscow's opposition to such a move.
"The other issues are not as urgent," he said in the interview.

"The time for sanctions is still there, but it is short... The way I see to make it effective is to cut through the psychological obstacles about cooperating with Russia and China and open a new discourse."

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  1.   MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, THAT`S THE KEY 15:21  |  indrajaya 20/11/08
  2.   Why Would They Do That? They Have USA by the Balls for a Change 16:22  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 20/11/08
  3.   Does This Guy Live in A Bubble? 17:44  |  Persian Kitty 20/11/08
  4.   Iran`s bomb 18:59  |  realist 20/11/08
  5.   Well spoken Mr.Barak. 19:24  |  Stephen. 20/11/08
  6.   Iran will become a non-issue come the Saudi Plan 19:46  |  Ivar 20/11/08
  7.   Sounding a little desperate...aren`t we? 19:51  |  yezmar 20/11/08
  8.   Golly Dang, that would be a whipsaw 20:12  |  Bitin Dawg 20/11/08
  9.   Uniting with whom? 22:51  |  Brod 20/11/08
  10.   Ivar #3 22:54  |  Brod 20/11/08
  11.   SURREALISM 23:04  |  Jose Marcio 20/11/08
  12.   Well, Barak has raised the bar to new heights....or lows 01:39  |  Johnboy 21/11/08
  13.   Barak is right 02:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/11/08
  14.   And What Does Israel Offer China & Russia? 02:17  |  Mark of Lewiston 21/11/08
  15.   # 3, PERSIAN KITTY 02:22  |  indrajaya 21/11/08
  16.   #13 - keep dreaming... 02:40  |  yezmar 21/11/08
  17.   EU, Russia and China are now one.. 03:11  |  Dimitry Sarkozy 21/11/08
  18.   Barak .... totally out of his realm 03:48  |  allang 21/11/08
  19.   Enough Already 20:05  |  Mick 21/11/08
  20.   Barak - A Real Dummy 07:30  |  Tod Zuckerman 22/11/08
  21.   I love this!! 08:18  |  BigBIrd 22/11/08
  22.   Barak VS Iran 20:56  |  Zimmerman 11/12/08
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