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Pakistan Lawmaker: Iran Sanctions Based On Double Standard KARACHI (AP)--U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment are based on double standards, a senior Pakistani lawmaker said Sunday. The U.N. resolution "is based on double standards," said Qazi Hussain Ahmed, an opposition lawmaker and leader of a six-party coalition that is opposed to the U.S. war on terrorism. "The Security Council did not take any action against Israel, which is already a nuclear power, but punished Iran for its peaceful nuclear program," Ahmed told reporters in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi. "Israel's prime minister has confessed that his country was a nuclear power but there is no action against Israel so far, while Iran is punished because it is a Muslim country," said Ahmed, whose alliance demands that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian lands. Israel's prime minister recently appeared to confirm long-held suspicions that it is a nuclear power. The Foreign Ministry said that Pakistan was still examining the U.N. sanctions but that they wouldn't affect Iran-Pakistan economic cooperation. "We have no transactions (with Iran) in the nuclear sector," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. Ahmed, the head of an anti-U.S. coalition of Islamic groups in Pakistan condemned the Security Council resolution, unanimously approved on Saturday, which orders all countries to stop supplying Iran with materials and technology that could contribute to its nuclear and missile programs. The sanctions also freeze the Iranian assets of 10 key companies and 12 individuals related to those programs. Iran is accused by the U.S. of trying to develop nuclear weapons but Iranian leaders say their country's nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 12-24-061023ET Copyright (c) 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. +++ -------------------------- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
