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Jordan's King Abudllah II speaking with Haaretz at his palace in Aman on Thursday. (Alex Levac) Last update - 09:56 20/01/2007 King Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan aims to develop nuclear power By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent Jordan aspires to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes and believes that unless all sides move quickly toward a peace settlement in the region, the recent confrontation in Lebanon is only a hint of disasters to come. In an exclusive interview with Haaretz on Thursday, King Abdullah II of Jordan spoke with Akiva Eldar: "I can say that on behalf of the U.S. president and the secretary of state, and I've talked to both, that they're very serious and very committed to moving the peace process forward, because they realize the dynamics of the region at the moment. "And this is the opportunity to reach out to the Palestinians and the Israelis and say, look, this is the golden chance and to an extent, maybe the last possibility. We had a conflict this summer. Advertisement "The frequency of conflict in this region is extremely alarming, and the perception, I believe, among Arabs, and partly among Israelis, is that in the summer Israel lost this round... And that creates a very difficult and a very dangerous precedence for radical thinking in the area. The stakes are getting higher and higher. "So this is an opportunity to reach out to each other and make sure that the crisis of this summer doesn't happen again. If we don't move the peace process forward, it's only a matter of time until there is a conflict between Israel and somebody else in the region. And I think it's coming sooner rather than later. "We all need to work together, because solving the Israeli-Palestinian problem allows us to tackle the other issues around us. All of us are looking at Iraq with concern, we don't know what's going to happen in Lebanon, although we hope that they're moving in the right direction... Whether people like it or not, the linchpin is always the Israeli-Palestinian problem." Do you see a clear link between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian nuclear threat and the threat of terrorism? "Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound. "If we start moving the process forward, then there's less reason for engagement on the Palestinian issue. "But, the rules have changed on the nuclear subject throughout the whole region. Where I think Jordan was saying, 'we'd like to have a nuclear-free zone in the area,' after this summer, everybody's going for nuclear programs. "The Egyptians are looking for a nuclear program. The GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] are looking at one, and we are actually looking at nuclear power for peaceful and energy purposes. We've been discussing it with the West. "I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction." In other words, you're saying that you expect Israel to join the NPT. "What's expected from us should be a standard across the board. We want to make sure this is used for energy. What we don't want is an arms race to come out of this. As we become part of an international body and its international regulations are accepted by all of us, then we become a united front." Would you first deal with the Palestinian track and then move on to the Syrian-Lebanese track? "Syria seems to be of tremendous interest in the Israeli public opinion, but I think that the priority, if you want to get the guarantees that Israel wants for a stable future, the core issue takes the priority. We have to launch the Palestinian process and then hope that things will go easier with the other players. "You have to start with the Palestinian first and look at the other ones as a close second. I would hedge my bets on how successful the other tracks would be if the Palestinian one is not solved. And, we don't know how much of a smokescreen the other tracks would be and if we don't get the right nuances for what we need on the ground for the next year, then the future for us looks extremely dismal, for all of us in the region, if we don't move the process along. "What happened this summer is just a taste of a lot of worse things to come if we don't change the direction of this discord. "We're all on the same boat. The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis. ... So, a failure for us is a failure for you, and vice versa." How do you think the Americans should further the process? "You have the road map, you have Taba, you have the Geneva Accords. So, we don't have to go back to the drawing board. Most of us know the facts and the issues extremely well. My only issue about the road map is that circumstances have changed since the road map was launched, and the sort of long drawn out phase approach, I don't think works anymore. So, we're looking at combining phases, I think, to move people as quickly as possible. The silent majority can be easily intimidated or swayed. And, I promise you, if tomorrow, [Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert and President [Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud] Abbas sit down and shake hands and launch a peace process, there'll be extremists on either side that create violence and loss of life to try and destabilize the conflict. That is a given. We have to be stronger than that to be able to move the process forward." Would you suggest we go back to Yitzhak Rabin's formula: to pursue the peace process as if there were no terrorism, and to fight terrorism as if there were no peace process? "I personally believe that my father's last biggest disappointment and sadness to him was that he lost a partner for peace. And, he believed that if PM Rabin hadn't been assassinated, we wouldn't be talking about a peace process today. In the last years of His Majesty's life, I saw him looking at the Middle East and realizing that there wasn't somebody with the courage to be able to take the process forward. It is our responsibility to move it forward. "His late Majesty, when he started discussions with prime minister Rabin, they both looked at it the same way, I mean these were two statesmen that looked at it from an emotional point of view, in that 'who is my partner on the other side? What are his fears and his insecurities?' If I could put myself in his shoes then I could understand what to negotiate ... it was a unique relationship between His Majesty and Rabin. When it came to the Arab-Israeli Peace Initiative, we tried to do the same thing. An agreed solution on the issue of refugees. "Why do we want a two-state solution? We want a two-state solution because we envisage the future of Israel not just having borders with Jordan, Syria or Egypt. The future of Israelis, if I was to put myself in your shoes, is to be welcomed from Morocco on the Atlantic to Oman on the Indian Ocean. I think that is the prize for the Israelis. But that comes at a price and that is the future of the Palestinians. So although we're talking politics, I think that we have a physical problem and we're running out of time, maybe the wall, maybe the settlements, the lack of hope for the Palestinians will bring us to a point in time in the near future where a two-state solution is no longer anything concrete to talk about, then what happens? If we don't solve the Israeli-Palestinian issue, then we may never be able to solve the Arab-Israeli issue. Is this what we want to give our children? Do they have to be brought up like we were brought up ... in conflict or do we want to give them hope?" If you were Israel's prime minister, would you settle for a hudna? "I mean, you talk about the hudna. Tell me what you mean about hudna. If you and I have a problem and we want to go to the endgame, then we say, let's hold off with each other so we can have an atmosphere to sit down and talk. If it's a hudna, you do your thing and I do my thing for x amount of years and then we'll decide what happens. No, that doesn't solve the problem. In my vocabulary, a hudna is a truce that allows people to sit around the table to solve the problem, which I believe is a two-state solution, then I support that type of hudna. But a hudna to say you mind your business and I'll mind mine for an indefinite period of time really doesn't get us anywhere, does it?" But in our case, Hamas insists on its refusal to recognize even our right to exists. So, what kind of solution can we talk to Hamas about? "But, if you've noticed, and I'm not agreeing with either side, but even the language recently coming from Hamas, even from the Damascus bureau, is quite interesting. Palestinians are suffering terribly, and I have major concerns. I hear from Israeli politicians that we don't have a partner for peace. But the clock is ticking and we're running out of opportunity. "Palestinians tend to ask, where is the Arab street? Where are the Arab leaders? We've always been there to support the Palestinians and a two-state solution, but today, where are the Palestinians for themselves? My concern is that as we're trying to move the process forward, it may be the Palestinians that may lose the future of Palestine if they don't get their act together, if they don't put their differences aside. At the end of the day, a cohesive Palestinian leadership that can negotiate the future of Palestine is what's needed today, and if we don't have that in six months or a year, then there may not be a two-state solution and I fear that the Palestinians may be the ones to lose." There are Israeli politicians who say that publicly Jordan supports a full-fledged Palestinian state, but off-the-record that it is not very excited about having a Palestinian state right there in the Jordan valley and would rather have Israel on the other side of its border. What would you say to them? "I do not know anybody, any Jordanian, who would say that there is a shred of common sense to that. The true future of our little area is going to be Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian, and it has to be separate entities. There are also Israelis who want to push the problem to Jordan. An independent Palestinian state allows us a different future of how we move economically, socially and even politically." Jordan never gave up playing a constructive role in the holy cities of Jerusalem. Do you see a Jordanian role in Jerusalem as part of a final status solution? "I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions. Now, where Jordan plays a role is obviously from a Muslim point of view, we, as Hashemites, have a historical role in Jerusalem, but also all the Christian churches are credited to us. So, there is obviously a role for Jordan in finding a solution to Jerusalem that is acceptable to all of us. Jordan will be a very positive element in that." You're in a very special position, because Jordan is caught right in the middle of two conflicts: Iraq and Palestine. Is the solution for Iraq sending more troops? "Iraq is a challenge that is as important to Jordan as it is to Israel, as it is to Egypt, as it is to any other country - and to the U.S. "All we can say about Iraq is that the president has listened to the Maliki government. He's come up with a statement saying, I'm going to benchmark you, but you need to make some major changes. " Next month marks eight years since your coronation. You haven't visited us yet. When are you coming to Israel? "We're hoping that in the near future, and that could be weeks or maybe in a month or two, there'll be an opportunity to re-launch our final chance for a future for all of us in the region. And, if we're successful in doing that, then this will allow me to come and visit, and to try and bring the parties closer and closer together. I'm quite willing to explain the Arab proposal to the Israeli people and to create an internal dialogue about this issue. The Arabs are coming to say we want peace, and we want formal relations. And, as a human being, I can't understand how anybody would not want that. "We look at the neighborhood and we're all concerned. But, the people who need to be equally concerned are the Israelis and sometimes, they see the conflict happening in the Middle East and think well, that's not our problem. But unfortunately, everything that happens in the Middle East is interlinked. And so, this is a challenge we all face." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hunting journalists Who leaked the details of a CIA-Mossad plot against Iran? Farming organic At Or-Gani, Israel's organic revolution is taking on new forms.   1.   Abdullah 03:57  |  Lynn 19/01/07   2.   WHY NOW 04:14  |  TOBIA 19/01/07   3.   two states 04:26  |  izaak 19/01/07   4.   to Lynn #1 04:50  |  Dave from Chicago 19/01/07   5.   Good Idea 04:58  |  Mark Lincoln 19/01/07   6.   Watch now Israel try to stop it 05:07  |  MOE 19/01/07   7.   Listen to the prophet of `doom` . 05:09  |  Akram Zekaria 19/01/07   8.   Really strange--M.Lincoln said something that made sense. 05:25  |  Voice of Reason 19/01/07   9.   Things are getting real ugly! 05:55  |  gabriel 19/01/07   10.   # 7,AKRAM ZAKARIA, GROW UP! 06:16  |  Leon 19/01/07   11.   Israel`s reaction to this..... 06:33  |  David James Vickery 19/01/07   12.   NUCLEAR FOR ALL OR NO NUCLEAR FOR ALL 06:50  |  indrajaya 19/01/07   13.   Questions 06:54  |  Mariano 19/01/07   14.   Moe`s Question #6 07:06  |  Brad 19/01/07   15.   Garbriel 07:08  |  Brad 19/01/07   16.   Leon 07:10  |  Brad 19/01/07   17.   Coals bad but whats worse . . . . 07:19  |  revoltop 19/01/07   18.   more bla bla bla 07:28  |  bounce 19/01/07   19.   Arabs are swimming in oil; why do they need nuclear power? 07:45  |  Jake 19/01/07   20.   The Arab suddenly express an interest one after the other 08:28  |  PETER SM 19/01/07   21.   Jordan is at Peace With Israel 08:42  |  Steve 19/01/07   22.   #6 moe - Stopping what has already been agreed to. 08:44  |  Pablo B 19/01/07   23.   Abdullah is laying groundwork for the USA 08:46  |  Johnboy 19/01/07   24.   Sadly Jordan is next in line to be taken over by the pals 08:55  |  Absolute Sweden 19/01/07   25.   The Solution 09:29  |  Bader Abu-Ghosh 19/01/07   26.   This is what Iran was going after the whole time 09:36  |  Guy From NYC 19/01/07   27.   Abdullah 09:40  |  Barrie 19/01/07   28.   #13, answers 09:40  |  Danny - Israeli one 19/01/07   29.   THE MOUSE THAT ROARED!!! 09:41  |  Robert 19/01/07   30.   Algeria as well is nuclear 09:55  |  Dahmane 19/01/07   31.   The little king 09:57  |  EyeOnPal 19/01/07   32.   indrajaya - SHUT UP 09:58  |  xv 19/01/07   33.   Jordan = White Hats, Iran = Black Hats 10:01  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   34.   As a Jordanian 10:10  |  Bedioun Babe 19/01/07   35.   # 32, XV-NO, THANKS 10:14  |  indrajaya 19/01/07   36.   #33 Clickfool 10:26  |  Steve 19/01/07   37.   Black hatted Clickfool... 10:28  |  Rufus 19/01/07   38.   well, one can be excused for being amazed 10:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/01/07   39.   #33 and the dumbass speaks 10:52  |  Danny - Israeli one 19/01/07   40.   #23, If so they must have stayed up all night on that one 10:56  |  Danny - Israeli one 19/01/07   41.   #22, yes but they have strict guidelines 11:01  |  Danny - Israeli one 19/01/07   42.   WHAT WILL HAPPEN 12 YEARS FROM NOW ?? 11:06  |  paul harris 19/01/07   43.   re: Jake #19 11:06  |  Paulo 19/01/07   44.   #23 WHEN ARE THES E PIPSQUEAKS GOING TO ABDICATE ?? 11:08  |  paul harris 19/01/07   45.   delusions of grandeur? 11:11  |  flashman 19/01/07   46.   Which state is that, Steve? # 36 11:15  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   47.   For Rufus # 37 11:17  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   48.   For Danny - Israeli One #39 11:19  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   49.   indrajaya "nuclear power for all" 11:22  |  bong bong 19/01/07   50.   indrajaya stop making us javanese look 11:24  |  bong bong 19/01/07   51.   Israel must build a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem 11:26  |  Joseph E . 19/01/07   52.   indrajaya i know the israelis love to have us 11:27  |  bong bong 19/01/07   53.   LOOK FORWARD 11:42  |  Palestinian/American 19/01/07   54.   Internal IDF Issues , Inquiries and Halutz resignation 12:05  |  Joseph E . 19/01/07   55.   The king and the chewing gum. 12:37  |  Nora 19/01/07   56.   My dear friends 12:40  |  Edith 19/01/07   57.   Solar energy 12:43  |  Edith 19/01/07   58.   Why now? Because the neo-cons have made Iran stronger 12:50  |  SD 19/01/07   59.   #20 Could be Abdullah 12:51  |  Lynn 19/01/07   60.   #23 Johnboy 12:54  |  Lynn 19/01/07   61.   #34 Jordanian 12:57  |  Lynn 19/01/07   62.   #53 Look Forward 13:01  |  Lynn 19/01/07   63.   # 45 delusions 13:04  |  Lynn 19/01/07   64.   # 39 Danny 13:12  |  Lynn 19/01/07   65.   # 4 Dave from Chicago 13:19  |  Lynn 19/01/07   66.   "Jordan will develop nuclear power"= "translation" from the 13:50  |  Uziel 19/01/07   67.   Clickfool`s advice for a fool. 14:08  |  Nora 19/01/07   68.   To Dahman 14:31  |  zohra 19/01/07   69.   Marco 14:43  |  ONLY IF ISRAEL ALLOW 19/01/07   70.   To # 27 14:44  |  nano 19/01/07   71.   nuclear war and deadly fear 15:01  |  Dror 19/01/07   72.   51# Joseph E. `Third Time Lucky` 15:04  |  Akram Zekaria 19/01/07   73.   Funny 15:06  |  CHGODMK 19/01/07   74.   What if a Katusha rocket landed in Jordan? 15:06  |  albert amato 19/01/07   75.   TO Nano 15:07  |  Barrie 19/01/07   76.   87% of Muslims are Sunnis 15:07  |  Ristan Swanger 19/01/07   77.   How is it that Vaanunu and friends do not object 15:32  |  Liora Rabinowitz 19/01/07   78.   to # 55 Nora, I have the solution to your concern 15:34  |  Simon Mohammed 19/01/07   79.   to # 67 Nora. Not it not enough, what you are saying does`t make 15:41  |  Simon Mohammed 19/01/07   80.   to #57 great Idea Sir. I hope they won`t say no because it will 15:45  |  Simon Mohammed 19/01/07   81.   The King #25 15:50  |  Lynn 19/01/07   82.   Why? 15:51  |  Ronnie Wolman 19/01/07   83.   Egypt, and now Jordan seek nuclear power...Let`s threaten them! 15:54  |  Toronto`s Finest 19/01/07   84.   Why? II 15:55  |  Ronnie Wolman 19/01/07   85.   # 36 Steve.You seemed to have missed Israeli threats against Iran 16:01  |  Toronto`s Finest 19/01/07   86.   YEAH!! bout time we stop kissing gulf asses 16:05  |  Ali 19/01/07   87.   Clickfool`s language (French maybe?) 16:10  |  Rufus 19/01/07   88.   Peace before nuclearization please 16:13  |  Tosefta 19/01/07   89.   correction 16:17  |  Jake 19/01/07   90.   @55, nora 16:19  |  vladimir 19/01/07   91.   #58 hey SD; agree with your assessment 16:25  |  ballistic 19/01/07   92.   #51 Hey Joseph; Israel has more 16:27  |  ballistic 19/01/07   93.   more gray than black and white Click 16:54  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   94.   Good for Jordan 16:56  |  Stephen Murray 19/01/07   95.   ballistic yesterday while we were all asleep 16:57  |  sasoon 19/01/07   96.   A funny Joke 17:02  |  Max 19/01/07   97.   Arabs, Persians and nuclear power 17:08  |  Bimmer 19/01/07   98.   mrs ballistic 17:08  |  vinod sharma 19/01/07   99.   jorden is palastine 17:11  |  oliver 19/01/07   100.   Reduce carbon emmissions but... 17:13  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   101.   S. Murray, bet Jorden more afraid of Iran than Israel 17:21  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   102.   Alarming situation 17:21  |  Palestinian 19/01/07   103.   # 48 Clickfool 17:25  |  Lynn 19/01/07   104.   to # 79. No Madam, they have the right to build it, the question 17:26  |  Simon Mohammed 19/01/07   105.   to revoltop#17 17:27  |  Ilya 19/01/07   106.   Jordan Needs Israel`s Friendship to Remain in Power 17:35  |  Bruriah Sarah 19/01/07   107.   Nuclear power 17:38  |  Jeff 19/01/07   108.   Abdullah goes nuclear with 2 not 3 state solution 17:38  |  Sal 19/01/07   109.   #48, I`ll take that as a no then 17:43  |  Danny - Israeli one 19/01/07   110.   If there is no Palestinian state then what? Citizenship? 17:43  |  State 19/01/07   111.   #64, we are singing from the same hymn sheet on this 17:44  |  Danny - Israeli one 19/01/07   112.   The Dictator of Amman wants nukes 17:46  |  SS 19/01/07   113.   Phoenix - Israel AND Jordan is Palestine! 17:48  |  Joe 19/01/07   114.   Abu Reghal 17:51  |  me 19/01/07   115.   #95--Hey sasson, be sure to read Reveltop`s 17:51  |  ballistic 19/01/07   116.   Ronnie Wolman #83 17:53  |  Gabe1 19/01/07   117.   #83 Toronto`s finest--well soon will come the 17:58  |  ballistic 19/01/07   118.   # 84 ballistic @ henderson / nv 17:59  |  Joseph E . 19/01/07   119.   #85 No Toronto, the rah rah Israeli crowd 18:01  |  ballistic 19/01/07   120.   #97 Hey Bimmer 18:05  |  ballistic 19/01/07   121.   #118 Joseph; I do believe last I heard the US 18:08  |  ballistic 19/01/07   122.   #112 Hey SS; thought Israel had peace with Jordan 18:10  |  ballistic 19/01/07   123.   Clickfool #48 Must do better 18:13  |  Zardos 19/01/07   124.   #110 State--you see further and clearer into 18:13  |  ballistic 19/01/07   125.   The Price Israel is Paying For Military Failure 18:40  |  Tod Zuckerman 19/01/07   126.   the vulgarian mrs ballistic 18:45  |  vinod sharma 19/01/07   127.   to #104 and #120 18:45  |  Bimmer 19/01/07   128.   The world is passing Israel by 18:52  |  Tim 19/01/07   129.   the casino worker ballistic 18:55  |  frank sinatra 19/01/07   130.   For Rufus # 87 19:03  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   131.   to ballistic#115 (2 try) 19:04  |  Ilya 19/01/07   132.   For Lynn # 103 19:06  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   133.   tim"we bankrolled you" 19:07  |  flashman 19/01/07   134.   to Leon # 10 19:08  |  BO 19/01/07   135.   Toronto`s Finest #83 19:09  |  Victor Smolinsky 19/01/07   136.   David James Vickery #11 19:11  |  DIVIDED 19/01/07   137.   Hey Ballistic dude: Who built Las Vegas? 19:14  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   138.   So what 19:14  |  Chris Linthwaite 19/01/07   139.   clickfool not dense 19:14  |  sasoon 19/01/07   140.   10 #128 Wish you were right 19:18  |  Bimmer 19/01/07   141.   BALLISTIC 19:21  |  SITTING BULL 19/01/07   142.   For Zardos # 123 19:26  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   143.   Let them have nukes 19:32  |  Brod 19/01/07   144.   #126; save it 19:36  |  ballistic 19/01/07   145.   For Sasoon # 139 on Olmert Doppelganger 19:39  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   146.   110 - Citizenship means that the land is annexed 19:40  |  Bruriah Sarah 19/01/07   147.   #127 Bimmer; USSR was careful, still we 19:44  |  ballistic 19/01/07   148.   #129 Yes!! Not a worker though. 19:46  |  ballistic 19/01/07   149.   #131 Ilya; no maam, I didn`t go back to 19:50  |  ballistic 19/01/07   150.   For dissembling Bruriah Sarah # 142 19:53  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   151.   JORDAN DIDNT LET US 19:55  |  TOBIA 19/01/07   152.   #137 Michael, you are mixing apples and oranges 19:57  |  ballistic 19/01/07   153.   #141 sitting bull, your name says it all!! 19:59  |  ballistic 19/01/07   154.   Build Nuke Plant In Gaza 20:00  |  Nick 19/01/07   155.   Indrajay 20:02  |  Tobia 19/01/07   156.   tp#147 You just made my point 20:12  |  Bimmer 19/01/07   157.   to Lynn #65 20:20  |  Dave from Chicago 19/01/07   158.   clickfool what olmert said or did not say 20:20  |  sasoon 19/01/07   159.   He is a US puppet, just like his dad 20:23  |  Marshmallow 19/01/07   160.   common sense 20:25  |  robert 19/01/07   161.   10#Leon: Time for the big picture. 20:32  |  Akram Zekaria 19/01/07   162.   Temporarily Jordan 20:42  |  Scharker Yid 19/01/07   163.   Ballistic 20:54  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   164.   M. Korn #137 Exaggerate At Your Own Risk 20:58  |  Victor Smolinsky 19/01/07   165.   55. oh-so-rich Nora 21:00  |  bongobongo 19/01/07   166.   Iran 21:00  |  MANNY 19/01/07   167.   to ballistic#149 21:04  |  Ilya 19/01/07   168.   Jordan is part of promised land.You should annex it now! 21:09  |  Toronto`s Finest 19/01/07   169.   Victor, you know more about Nevada than i do 21:17  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   170.   to #147 You just Proved My Point - Second Attempt 21:21  |  Bimmer 19/01/07   171.   Ballistic: Some great little places around Rutgers these days 21:24  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   172.   For Sasoon # 158, on Israel Through The Looking Glass 21:25  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   173.   There is no guarantee in future any Islamic country will stable 21:26  |  e.m 19/01/07   174.   There is no guarantee in future any Islamic country will stable 21:27  |  e.m 19/01/07   175.   For Toronto`s Finest # 168 21:29  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   176.   Click: Have you read the Five Books of Moses? 21:52  |  Michael Korn 19/01/07   177.   Clickfool`s world! 22:02  |  B. Clarke 19/01/07   178.   # 121 ballistic @ henderson / nv 22:05  |  Joseph E . 19/01/07   179.   For Michael Korn # 171 22:10  |  Clickfool 19/01/07   180.   #156 why not international inspections 22:15  |  ballistic 19/01/07   181.   #167 Ilya--still haven`t gone back to yesterday, but I will 22:17  |  ballistic 19/01/07   182.   #164 Victor 22:19  |  ballistic 19/01/07   183.   King Abdullah 22:21  |  Marc 19/01/07   184.   # 157 Dave from Chicago 22:21  |  Lynn 19/01/07   185.   Clickfool the innocent (not) 22:24  |  Rufus 19/01/07   186.   # 132 Clickfool 22:27  |  Lynn 19/01/07   187.   #87 Rufus 22:29  |  hensteeth 19/01/07   188.   ballistic, 146 22:36  |  jc 19/01/07   189.   #163 Michael 22:38  |  ballistic 19/01/07   190.   about nukes 22:43  |  jc 19/01/07   191.   #175 Clickfool.As usual, he is spot on. 22:49  |  Toronto`s Finest 19/01/07   192.   #137 Korn, in all fairness 22:52  |  Pssd Off American 19/01/07   193.   #171 I haven`t been back to New Brunswick for 22:59  |  ballistic 19/01/07   194.   #173 EM; Israel, US and no other country 23:03  |  ballistic 19/01/07   195.   #193 SUPER GRAN MAKES FRIED CHICKEN AND CORNBREAD 23:27  |  paul harris 19/01/07   196.   PISSED OFF AMERICAN 00:12  |  TOBIA 20/01/07   197.   Double-Talk 00:22  |  Harel 20/01/07   198.   re: Bruriah #106 00:39  |  Paulo 20/01/07   199.   clickfool-#33-your rethorical questions 01:25  |  Daniel Leopold 20/01/07   200.   Jordan: Can`t make a toaster or a radio 01:25  |  Bimmer 20/01/07   201.   Lynn-#-1-About Abdullah 01:32  |  Daniel Leopold 20/01/07   202.   Jordan is ok 02:07  |  Joey 20/01/07   203.   Reply to 29, "THE MOUSE THAT ROARED" 03:06  |  Giles Martin 20/01/07   204.   #194Who did destroys the regime of shah only in 6 month? 03:44  |  e,m 20/01/07   205.   # 194 Who did destroys the regime of shah only in 6 month? 03:50  |  e,m 20/01/07   206.   #174 Joseph; I only understood part 04:05  |  ballistic 20/01/07   207.   #!88 JC no argument from me about 04:10  |  ballistic 20/01/07   208.   #167Illya---went back to the Shalit 04:34  |  ballistic 20/01/07   209.   #205 read your post 05:12  |  ballistic 20/01/07   210.   #72, Akram 05:23  |  Hannah 20/01/07   211.   #126, Vinod 05:30  |  Hannah 20/01/07   212.   A man of Contradictions 05:31  |  Sun shine 20/01/07   213.   to ballistic#181 05:46  |  Ilya 20/01/07   214.   to ballistic#208 06:01  |  Ilya 20/01/07   215.   210#Hannah: Is it hate that you can`t shake it from your fiber ? 07:14  |  Akram Zekaria 20/01/07   216.   ? 08:03  |  oz 20/01/07   217.   #210, Akram 08:07  |  Hannah 20/01/07   218.   Hannah Honey - I am always Thinking of You 08:23  |  Phinias Whoppy 20/01/07   219.   I Believe you Hannah Honey 08:50  |  Phinias Whoppy 20/01/07   220.   Re:Balestic.The Pahlavy regime has been the best since 7 century 08:51  |  e.m 20/01/07   221.   Re: Hannah # 210 09:03  |  e.m 20/01/07   222.   Re:Ballictic.The Pahlavy regime has been the best since 7 century 09:46  |  e.m 20/01/07   223.   Re: Hannah # 210 09:48  |  e.m 20/01/07   224.   #221, e.m. 09:53  |  Hannah 20/01/07   225.   Hannah-#210-Sounds very familiar indeed 10:08  |  Daniel Leopold 20/01/07   226.   Abdullah`s view of what`s in store --- 10:38  |  Hadassah H 20/01/07   227.   Yes, Izaak! 10:56  |  hadassah H. 20/01/07   228.   #34 As an Israeli - An excellent idea 11:10  |  LPM 20/01/07   229.   Jordan asked Israel to retain control of Valley 11:25  |  lpm 20/01/07   230.   Chris Linthwaite 12:37  |  CHGODMK 20/01/07   231.   #175, only because you thought it anyway 12:39  |  Danny - Israeli one 20/01/07   232.   Jordan is the east bank, Israel the west bank 13:05  |  Palestinian 20/01/07   233.   # 155, TOBIA 13:08  |  indrajaya 20/01/07   234.   "...a solution to Jerusalem that is acceptable to all of us" 13:12  |  Simon 20/01/07   235.   Hannah 14:21  |  Nurit Shilo 20/01/07   236.   "HANNAH"All your murders&wars have got you nowhere for 100yrs 14:28  |  PETER. S.M 20/01/07   237.   The FOOL and the hat.Judgement from a self confessed hater 15:08  |  PETER SM 20/01/07   238.   a terror pal state would also want nuclear energy 15:43  |  Joseph E . 20/01/07   239.   Much of what Hannah writes does make sense 16:39  |  Nurit Shilo 20/01/07   240.   #19 rabs are swimming in oil; why do they need nuclear power? 16:50  |  Rebekah S 20/01/07   241.   indrajaya "dont get smart if you know nothing 16:51  |  bong bong 20/01/07   242.   granny ballistic vegas trailer park 16:55  |  lisa parkes 20/01/07   243.   #14 17:40  |  fair 20/01/07   244.   #6 counterfactual 17:55  |  Paul Freedman 20/01/07   245.   Puppets will be puppets 18:37  |  Ahemd Al edawan 20/01/07   246.   20 PETER SM 18:48  |  Ganz 20/01/07   247.   To #110 19:02  |  H. Torrance Griffin 20/01/07   248.   #242 yes maam---homes are in the hills overlooking Vegas; 19:34  |  ballistic 20/01/07   249.   #214---seems like they would decide 19:36  |  ballistic 20/01/07   250.   #13; Ilya---read your post 19:44  |  ballistic 20/01/07   251.   #220 EM---er, the Iranian people 19:51  |  ballistic 20/01/07   252.   #223 Geez, EM; that is an awfully 19:57  |  ballistic 20/01/07   253.   To #225 20:06  |  H. Torrance Griffin 20/01/07   254.   #247, Jewsh extremism is the cause? 21:19  |  Danny - Israeli one 20/01/07   255.   #230 21:34  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/01/07   256.   INDRAJAYE WE ARE NOT ALL FOOLS 21:37  |  TOBIA 20/01/07   257.   #251, the clerics and the merchants ran him out 22:01  |  Danny - Israeli one 20/01/07   258.   Whi is Talking 22:14  |  Mary 20/01/07   259.   How would it be financed 22:18  |  Mary 20/01/07   260.   OH MY _________! 22:27  |  Stephen Connor 20/01/07   261.   Paul Harris - 195 22:33  |  Stephen Connor 20/01/07   262.   217# Hannah & Children Books 22:48  |  Akram Zekaria 20/01/07   263.   King Abdullah is a fucking traitor 22:49  |  Ziad 20/01/07   264.   #261 stephen jordan is the arab state and should be responsible 23:28  |  paul harris 20/01/07   265.   to BaLLISTIC.Where is that Islamic Moderate and how many are thos 23:44  |  e.m 20/01/07   266.   Re:Hannan:You are wrong 23:50  |  e.m 20/01/07   267.   to ballistic 00:19  |  Ilya 21/01/07   268.   #258 THE FIRST REQUIREMENT OF FRANK DISCUSSION IS 00:20  |  paul harris 21/01/07   269.   to ballistic #250 Read your post again 00:28  |  Ilya 21/01/07   270.   CHRIS LINLWAITE 00:41  |  TOBIA 21/01/07   271.   flashman 01:18  |  wibism 21/01/07   272.   Bruriah Sarah 01:22  |  wibism 21/01/07   273.   To No. 245 Ahmed 01:29  |  Kanaan 21/01/07   274.   Clickfool 01:29  |  wibism 21/01/07   275.   Abdullah the King of Nothing 03:06  |  Paul H 21/01/07   276.   wibism 271 04:43  |  Stephen Connor 21/01/07   277.   217#Hannah: If you respect criticism here is one for you. 05:52  |  Akram Zekaria 21/01/07   278.   #263 em--I think there is a divergence 06:15  |  ballistic 21/01/07   279.   #201 Daniel Leopold 03:57  |  Lynn 23/01/07   280.   #239 Regarding Hannah 04:01  |  Lynn 23/01/07   281.   jordan 17:33  |  peter 27/01/07   282.   Response to Jake 01:39  |  John Doe 25/02/07   283.   KingAbbie 15:29  |  Stew 03/03/07   284.   who cares 08:32  |  Tamer 12/06/07   285.   #61 06:21  |  j 22/09/07   286.   #99 06:27  |  n 22/09/07   287.   loss for the israeli too 15:27  |  a ahmad 14/01/08   288.   Nuclear dilemma 09:01  |  Brett 08/03/08

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