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Peres: Iran leaders cannot feed their kids uranium for breakfast
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Service
Tags: uranium, Peres 

President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that the global economic crisis and falling oil prices would retard Iran's nuclear program, adding that Iranian leaders could not feed their children "uranium for breakfast."

Peres, visiting the Israeli Arab town of Sakhnin to mark the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice, also commented on U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's remark that he would be willing to open talks with Tehran. Peres said Obama's goal should be international cooperation, and unity among Western powers with respect to Iran.

"The leaders of Iran cannot give their children uranium for breakfast," Peres said, adding that the world financial crisis would hamper Iran's progress toward nuclear capability.
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"As the price of oil declines, Iran doesn't have as much money to invest in uranium, missiles and terrorism," he said.

According to Peres, the American president-elect should concentrate his Iran efforts on consolidating the policies of the West. "Obama should bring about international cooperation," he said. The problem is the split in the West. If there were unity, Iran would not go wild as it does."

Peres, speaking at a holiday reception, said that the Feast of the Sacrifice, as a holiday for some of Israel's citizens, "is a holiday for the entire state." He sent wishes for a happy holiday to all Muslims in Israel and around the world.

"The Muslims are not enemies, and we are not theirs," he said.


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      1.   yes it can - with all the blackmail money! 14:38  |  Avi 09/12/08
      2.   Symmetry please 15:04  |  Joshua 09/12/08
      3.   Peres is dangerously delusional 15:08  |  IW 09/12/08
      4.   as usual, Israel 15:10  |  KHX 09/12/08
      5.   # 1, Avi 15:18  |  KHX 09/12/08
      6.   welfare reciepient zio-state will bde first to feel recession 15:20  |  not iran 09/12/08
      7.   Iraq is going to build nuclear power plants 15:26  |  Mark Lincoln 09/12/08
      8.   Didn`t Peres also said "Qassams Shmassams" and "What will Lebanon 15:27  |  Absolute Sweden 09/12/08
      9.   One in four Israelis live below the poverty line. 15:33  |  and yet 09/12/08
      10.   yes they can! 15:38  |  inisrael 09/12/08
      11.   The Perfect Economic Storm Fast Approaching Iran`s Heartland 15:39  |  Lavi 09/12/08
      12.   Internal pressure can lead Iran to haste in attacking Israel 15:43  |  Fortuna Benmayor 09/12/08
      13.   Why not? 15:50  |  Yerushalmi 09/12/08
      14.   Yes, they can! 15:51  |  Jonathan S 09/12/08
      15.   With 80% of Israel`s poor 15:52  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/12/08
      16.   Iran 15:57  |  farrokh 09/12/08
      17.   Peres: BS is the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast 15:58  |  Palestinian in UK 09/12/08
      18.   President Peres 16:03  |  Freddy 09/12/08
      19.   PERES OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY 16:03  |  X-MILITARY 09/12/08
      20.   uranium more important than bread 16:05  |  Sunni Muslim 09/12/08
      21.   Avi, the the Zionists wrote the book about blackmail. 16:13  |  ManintheMiddle 09/12/08
      22.   Western policy a failure 16:14  |  Mohamed El baradei 09/12/08
      23.   Mr. Peres you are right. What about more equality for all? 16:15  |  Hamdi 09/12/08
      24.   MR INNOCENT IS SPEAKING AGAIN 16:18  |  PERES 09/12/08
      25.   14:30 Poverty report: 80% of needy people in Israel are starving 16:23  |  rm 09/12/08
      26.   To #1 16:29  |  Farhad 09/12/08
      27.   but israelis can?? 16:30  |  sameer 09/12/08
      28.   to nr 15 16:32  |  Vasy 09/12/08
      29.   absolute sweden 16:32  |  eva 09/12/08
      30.   SSHH.. 17:01  |  indrajaya 09/12/08
      31.   Saddam did it for 10 years with `Oil for Food` facade 17:12  |  Jimmy Dhimmi 09/12/08
      32.   to "not Iran" and KHX and all lovers of Iran 17:13  |  TAZ 09/12/08
      33.   Palestinian in Uk 17:15  |  Jane 09/12/08
      34.   A preventive strike against a declared genocidal Iran should ... 17:17  |  Jean Van Daem 09/12/08
      35.   In the early 1960`s Communist Chinese officials said- 18:28  |  Peres the genious 09/12/08
      36.   US TAX MONEY 18:32  |  Najeeb 09/12/08
      37.   poor deluded Mark Lincoln 18:39  |  Harry 09/12/08
      38.   Yeah, and Peres can`t unenrich Iran`s uranium with mere words 19:21  |  Words and more words 09/12/08
      39.   To "The perfect economic storm" into Iran (Lavi) 19:21  |  Fortuna Benmayor 09/12/08
      40.   Peres missed the point...again 19:22  |  Rav Harley 09/12/08
      41.   WORDINESS 20:45  |  Bruno Kampel 09/12/08
      42.   Sounds To Me Like... 20:57  |  Yosemite 09/12/08
      43.   #15 Chris Linthwaite 21:41  |  Moshe 09/12/08
      44.   # 21 harry 22:01  |  Axel 09/12/08
      45.   Upper Middle class in Iran = the poorest of the poor of Israel 23:52  |  Genuine Tosefta 09/12/08
      46.   Missing a few steps Harry 00:43  |  Mark Lincoln 10/12/08
      47.   And back in the mid-50s 01:14  |  Mark Lincoln 10/12/08
      48.   Why not? 01:15  |  Mark Lincoln 10/12/08
      49.   Rav Harley 02:27  |  AB 10/12/08
      50.   30, Mark 05:09  |  Harry 10/12/08
      51.   How sure is Israel... 05:29  |  Maureen Ann 10/12/08
      52.   Sure they can, Israeli are doing the same 07:59  |  Kris Lazar 10/12/08
      53.   #21 14:02  |  Moshe 10/12/08
      54.   #30 indrajaya 14:05  |  Moshe 10/12/08
      55.   #36 Najeeb 14:09  |  Moshe 10/12/08
      56.   #51 Maureen Ann 14:14  |  Moshe 10/12/08
      57.   RE(to the guy who says one in four isrealis specially haredis ? 17:36  |  hafiz 10/12/08
      58.   So patronizing 04:36  |  Mark Marshall 11/12/08
      59.   What Iran has is 100 containers of metal junk 00:10  |  Genuine Tosefta 12/12/08
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