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US 'taking Iran terrorism reports seriously'
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February 07, 2002
Financial Times
The US is treating "very seriously" reports that Iran has attempted to launch anti-Israeli terrorist operations from Jordan and Lebanon, Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, said on Wednesday.
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Tenet's Testimony Before Senate Committee
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February 06, 2002
The New York Times
MR. TENET: Mr. Chairman, I appear before you this year under circumstances that are extraordinary and historic for reasons I need not recount. Never before has the subject of this annual threat briefing had more immediate resonance. Never before have the dangers been more clear or more present.
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U.S. Weighs Tackling Iraq on Its Own, Powell Says
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February 07, 2002
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — In his sharpest comments yet on the next phase of the war on terrorism, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell told Congress today that President Bush was set on a "regime change" in Iraq and warned that it was something the United States "might have to do alone."
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European business sees new area of potential IRAN
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February 07, 2002
Financial Times
The European business community in Tehran sees the US threats against Iran as a potential opportunity, further delaying the return of American rivals to the country named as being part of an "axis of evil".
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French Minister Calls U.S. Policy 'Simplistic'
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February 07, 2002
The New York Times
PARIS — Frustration with President Bush's worldview burst into the open here today, as Foreign Minister Hubert V?drine openly criticized Washington's approach to terrorism as "simplistic."
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Khamenei: Iran Would Make U.S. Regret Any Attack
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February 07, 2002
Reuters
TEHRAN - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the United States on Thursday Iran would make it regret any attack on the Islamic Republic.
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Iran Revolutionary Guard Warns U.S. of New Vietnam
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February 07, 2002
Reuters
TEHRAN - A hard-line commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned the United States Wednesday that it would risk ``another Vietnam'' if it decided to attack his country.
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Iran Mulls Expelling Afghan Warlord
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February 07, 2002
AP
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- In an indication it seeks to ease escalating tensions with the United States, Iran is considering expelling a former Afghan warlord who has opposed Afghanistan's interim government, the state news agency reported.
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Bush threats boost Iran-Saudi links: Saudi minister
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February 07, 2002
AFP
TEHRAN - Saudi Trade Minister Osama bin Jafar Faqih said Thursday in Tehran that US threats against Iran strengthen relations between Iran and US ally Saudi Arabia, the official IRNA news agency said.
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UAE foreign minister says Iran does not fit Bush's "axis of evil"
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February 07, 2002
BBC
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Rashid Abdallah said here on Wednesday [6 February] that Iran is not only a good neighbour, but a friend for the UAE that does not fit in US President George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil" list.
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THE GLOVES ARE OFF: THE UNITED STATES INTENDS TO CONFRONT I.R.I.
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February 06, 2002
Kayhan London
In the first speech on foreign policy by a member of the Bush Administration in the United Kingdom on Monday, JOHN BOLTON Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs at the State Department, affirmed, "there is no doubt that in my mind that if there were a democratically elected government with real power, the policies pursued by the government of Iran would be different from the policies pursued by the current government."
He added that, "the issue for us is what to do about what the current government is doing because it is actively seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Our feeling is that [we should increase] both diplomatic and other pressure on states that are supplying them with nuclear missile technology in particular and [make] sure that they do not have alternative channels to acquire this technology. At the same time [we ought to encourage] the forces in civil society in Iran [that] want to see the regime changed, to be successful. [Accordingly] we have the greatest chance from the outside of limiting the regime's international options."
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Regular Iran-Russia Caspian freight ferry service established
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February 07, 2002
BBC
The previously irregular trans-Caspian freight ferry service between Russia and Iran is now running to a frequent and regular schedule, the Russian newspaper Izvestiya reports.
Russia's Caspian ferries have been handed over to local management and a large increase in freight carriage is expected, the newspaper states. The following is the text of report by HTML version of the newspaper on 5 February:
Astrakhan Region: Today the return of the ferry boat Akvarama from its first regular journey to the Iranian port of Anzali is expected at the trading port of Olya which has become the key link on the Russian side of the North-South international transportation corridor. A regular maritime cargo service will thereby have begun.
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