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"Iran 'Up to Eyeballs' in Terror" Pentagon says

Reuters - World News
Nov 6, 2003



BERLIN - Influential Pentagon adviser Richard Perle said on Thursday that Iran was "up to its eyeballs in terrorism" and the United States should quietly be encouraging a democratic revolution from within.

"Is there any doubt about Iran's support for terrorism, about their payments to Hamas and Hizbollah?" Perle said in a speech in Berlin, referring to Islamic radical groups.


Speaking later to Reuters, he said there was "massive discontent" among Iranians with their ruling Islamic clerics.


"I think we may well see a regime change in Iran brought about by Iranians, but they need some help. They need more broadcasting so that communications are improved. We should be prepared to help them get newspapers published in their own country," Perle said.


"I think the potential is there for regime change, but we should encourage it."


Iran was named by President Bush in January 2002 alongside Iraq and North Korea as part of an "axis of evil" threatening the world by developing weapons of mass destruction.


It denies charges from Washington that it may be trying to develop an atomic bomb under cover of a civilian nuclear program.


Perle, a member and former head of the Defense Policy Board, an influential advisory panel to the Pentagon, was among the architects of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.


He said it was no surprise now that what he called foreign terrorists were crossing into Iraq to launch attacks against the United States and other foreign targets.


"Success in Iraq is a threat to every tyrannical regime in the region, and they understand that," he said.


Perle expressed concern about developments in Russia, which he said was putting brutal pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbors and where "half the administration is ex-KGB," including President Vladimir Putin.


He said the arrest on fraud charges of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, head of oil giant Yukos and the country's richest businessman, was a worrying and politically motivated move.


"I think we should suspend Russian membership of the G8 (Group of Eight). The way in which they've treated Khodorkovsky is entirely inconsistent with the principles and values of all the other seven, and there should be some standards for membership," he told Reuters.


"We mustn't just ignore this. If we ignore it, there'll be more of it."
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BUT THE ARAB'S REACTION WAS VERY VERY BAD...

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IT'S CLEAR THAT SOME REGIMES REFUSE THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY AND ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE VERY CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY AND RESPECT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS.THEY FEAR THE WIND OF DEMOCRACY AND THAT IT CAN REACH THEIR COUNTRIES.THEY REFUSE TO ABANDON THE POWER THEY EXERCISED BY THE FORCE ON THEIR OWN PEOPLES FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.BUT THEY WILL BE THE LOSERS.EVERY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY ON ISRAEL FOR ALL OF THEIR EVILS,IS A CLEAR REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALMOST ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS.ISRAEL IS THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THAT AREA.THE OTHERS REGIMES USE THE ANTI.ISRAELI PROPAGANDA AS AN EXCUSE TO JUSTIFY THEIR METHODS AND REFUSE TO DO THE DEMOCRATIC REFORMS.LET'S HOPE THAT BUSH WILL BE RE-ELECTED BECAUSE HE IS VERY HELPFUL TO THIS DESPERATE WORLD.AND LET'S ALSO HOPE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND THESE MESSAGES TO THE WORLD'S DICTATORS(IN FACT,HIS MESSAGE WAS FOR ALL THE DICTATORS,NOT ONLY MIDDLE EAST).THE WORLD NEEDS A GLOBAL NON-VIOLENT DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION.THAT WILL REACH ALSO THE DARK ROOMS OF THE RAMALLAH'S MOUQATA
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