In which Obama proves he'll talk with anyone except Congress
============================================================= Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-London-is-mediating-indirect-secret-talks-between-US-and-Hezbollah-333245 By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON 11/27/2013 21:02 The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London in order to deal with the fight against al-Qaida, regional stability, and other Lebanese political issues. The ongoing negotiations with Iran have led to a change of perception, and opened the door to dialogue with Hezbollah and Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani spoke to British Prime Minister David Cameron last week, pushing London to re-open the channel with Hezbollah. According to senior diplomatic sources quoted in the report in the Kuwait newspaper al-Rai on Wednesday, British diplomats are holding discussions with leaders of the Lebanese organization and transferring the information to the Americans. Relations between Britain and Iran deteriorated after Iranians stormed the British embassy in November 2011 in Tehran. In October, Britain and Iran decided to renew diplomatic relations and Britain named a new charge d'affaires to Iran. The discussions "are aimed at keeping tabs on the changes in the region and the world and prepare for the upcoming return of Iran to the international community,' according to diplomatic sources in Washington. Because the US recognizes both the political and military wings of the party as a terrorist organization and refuses to distinguish between them, unlike the British, American officials cannot legally meet with any member of the organization. But according to the sources, the US are willing to hear the views of the party and "warm up to a direct relationship in the future." ========================================== (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with "Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research." Section 107 establishes four criteria for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies as a "fair use". A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four criteria to qualify as an instance of "fair use". Rather, "fair use" is determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use 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 THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
