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US to India: Iran not a reliable partner NEW DELHI: The US on Monday said that although it was up to India to decide on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, Washington considers Iran to be 'not a reliable partner'. "Our experience with Iran makes us realise that it is not a reliable partner," US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher said here. Instead, he suggested and supported making Afghanistan a place for transit. "We think by opening up Afghanistan and making it a place for transit, we have made a positive change," the visiting US official added. The US is backing the Turkmenistan-Afghanisatan-Pakistan gas pipeline project and its possible extension to India as an alternative to the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. Boucher, however, added that it was for India to decide whether to go ahead with the tri-nation pipeline project based on commercial viability and its own experience of working with Tehran. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/