U.S. wants U.N. measure to say Iran is threat to peace

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_un_dc

U.S. wants U.N. measure to say Iran is threat to peace

By Evelyn Leopold 59 minutes ago

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In an effort to toughen a European draft resolution on
Iran, the United States wants the text to say that Tehran's nuclear ambitions posed a threat to international peace and security, diplomats said.


U.S. Ambassador John Bolton circulated among a small group a series of amendments, including stronger language on the threat posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Similar wording on a "threat to international peace and security" was included in an October
U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on
North Korea after its nuclear test.

Conversely Russia, backed by China, proposed amendments Friday that would soften the sanctions and cut some of them.

[peacebird]

1. * is THE threat to world peace...... all others are just wannabees

[razors edge]

2. British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1938434,00.html

· US allies think Washington threat to world peace
· Only Bin Laden feared more in United Kingdom

Julian Glover
Friday November 3, 2006
The Guardian

America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.

Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both countries were once cited by the US president as part of an "axis of evil", but it is Mr Bush who now alarms voters in countries with traditionally strong links to the US.