Archivo de 2 Febrero 2007
El primer ministro serbio rechaza el plan para Kosovo presentado por la comunidad internacional por considerarlo ilegal
Belgrade, Feb 2, 2007 – Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica stated today that the proposal for Kosovo-Metohija status offered by UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari is illegitimate and called on parliament to establish which further steps Serbia should take.
In a written statement, Kostunica stressed that Ahtisaari had no mandate to deal with Serbia’s state status and to meddle in its sovereignty and territorial integrity, nor to divide the territory of the Republic of Serbia and to alter its internationally recognised borders.
Kostunica recalled that no one has given Ahtisaari such a mandate, and Serbia, being a sovereign, democratic and European state, would be the last to do that.
Ahtisaari was given the mandate only to deal with the status of Kosovo-Metohija, and it is obvious that with his proposal he has overstepped the framework of that mandate, said Kostunica.
According to Kostunica, Ahtisaari’s proposal violates the UN Charter and principles of international law upon which global peace and stability is based, which means that his proposal is illegitimate.
Kostunica concluded that in accordance with the Constitution of Serbia, Serbian parliament is now to establish all further steps to be taken by Serbia.
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2 Febrero 2007
ANKARA – Turkish Daily News
Turkey has been exerting joint efforts with neighboring Iran in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an international report indicated.
Turkish and Iranian officials met in late May in the southeastern Anatolian province of Hakkari for talks over joint operations against terrorist activities along the border, said the report released on Wednesday by a London-based think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
But it noted Iraqi officials have not so far been involved in such talks, despite northern Iraq-based PKK terrorists attacks in Turkey. Iran is fighting the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), the Iranian wing of the PKK.
The Military Balance 2007 report presents an annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics of 170 countries world-wide. In its 2007 Chart of Conflict that gives a comprehensive overview of non-state armed activity throughout the world, the report said that the Turkish government has continued efforts in the face of ongoing attacks from northern Iraq, stating that Turkey has also continued a joint fight with Tehran against the PKK.
The IISS report also highlighted claims that the PKK was planning terrorist attacks against chosen targets using remote-controlled model aircraft. The report based the claims on Turkish intelligence sources. Under the chapter on national terrorism, the report noted PKK bomb attacks last summer in Turkey.
2 Febrero 2007
Sen. Clinton: We must not permit Iran to acquire nuclear weapons
By The Associated Press
Calling Iran a danger to the U.S. and one of Israel's greatest threats, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday no option can be taken off the table when dealing with that nation.
"U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," the Democrat told a crowd of Israel supporters. "In dealing with this threat … no option can be taken off the table."
Clinton spoke at a Manhattan dinner held by the largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.S., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Some 1,700 supporters applauded as she cited her efforts on Israel's behalf and spoke scathingly of Iran's decision to hold a conference last month that questioned whether the Holocaust took place.
"To deny the Holocaust places Iran's leadership in company with the most despicable bigots and historical revisionists," Clinton said, criticizing what she called the Iranian administration's pro-terrorist, anti-American, anti-Israeli rhetoric.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called the Holocaust a myth and said Israel should be wiped off the map and its Jews returned to Europe.
Iran insists its nuclear program is designed to produce energy, not weapons.
Ahmadinejad said Thursday his government is determined to continue with its nuclear program, despite UN Security Council sanctions imposed over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can produce fuel to generate electricity or for the fissile core of an atomic bomb.
Clinton, the front-runner for her party's presidential nomination, called for dialogue with foes of the United States, saying Iran uses its influence and its revenues in the region to support terrorist elements.
"We need to use every tool at our disposal, including diplomatic and economic in addition to the threat and use of military force," she said.
Iranian official: Underground cameras installed at Natanz plant
A top Iranian nuclear official said Friday that U.N. inspectors have
set up cameras in an underground facility where the country intends to install 3,000 new centrifuges to allow them to monitor the activity.
The official, speaking on condition anonymity because he was not authorized to give statements to media, said the cameras were put in place over the past few days, ending Thursday.
But a UN official in Vienna said Iran had met only some, not all, of the world body's requests for installing monitoring cameras at the underground site. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in exchange for discussing confidential information.
The underground facility is located in the central Natanz uranium enrichment plant that has been at the center of a tug-of-war between Iran and the international community.
The United Nations has demanded Iran suspend uranium enrichment and has imposed sanctions on the country in December for refusing to halt the process which could lead to Tehran producing a nuclear bomb.
The cameras have been installed on the basis of Iran's obligations, the official told The Associated Press, stressing that centrifuge installment has not yet started at Natanz.
2 Febrero 2007
Study: Anti-Semitic attacks hit record level in Britain in 2006
By Reuters
LONDON - Anti-Semitic attacks reached record levels in Britain last year and peaked during the conflict in Lebanon, a study showed Thursday.
Race hate incidents - ranging from death threats to physical assault - rose by more than 30 percent to almost 600.
"These are the worst figures we have had in the 23 years since we have been monitoring it," said Mark Gardner of the Community Security Trust, which advises Britain's estimated 300,000 Jews on safety issues.
"British Jews are stupidly blamed and randomly attacked over international tensions for which they bear no responsibility," Gardner said.
British Jewish leaders say attacks have risen steadily since 2000, with British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks warning that "a tsunami of anti-Semitism" was sweeping across Europe.
Gardner said last year's incidents peaked during the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, adding the spike then was specifically anti-Semitic and not just anger with Israel.
He said the trend was mirrored across Europe. "It happens in diaspora communities throughout Europe with any trigger like the Lebanon conflict," he told Reuters.
"But it is quite difficult to compare with other countries as the sizes of the Jewish communities are quite different. The situation in France has improved slightly from the days when synagogues were being fire-bombed," he added.
Gardner said four of the incidents last year were potentially life-threatening. A Jewish man was stabbed in London, others were beaten with metal bars and broken bottles.
"I want to kill all Jews and my name is Hitler," one Arab shouted before punching an Orthodox Jew in the face at a London underground railway station and trying to push him off the platform.
Gravestones were desecrated, synagogues daubed with slogans and hate mail sent to a Jewish member of parliament.
Gardner said: "This is certainly not comparable with the 1930s or anything remotely like that. But anti-Semitism should be judged by the same standards as any other standards that British citizens enjoy."
He said anti-Semitism rose when society faced underlying problems.
"Britain is an excellent place to be a Jew but questions are being asked about what the future holds for future generations."
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