The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87477   Message #1634528
Posted By: CarolC
24-Dec-05 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Waiting for Moderate Arab Voices...
Subject: RE: BS: Waiting for Moderate Arab Voices...
Here's one...

http://www.islandpacket.com/24hour/world/story/2967011p-11642898c.html

"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Saudis fumed Friday that Iran's hard-line president marred a summit dedicated to showing Islam's moderate face by calling for Israel to be moved to Europe, and the chief U.N. nuclear inspector said he was losing patience with the Tehran regime.

Even some of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's conservative allies in Iran were growing disillusioned, fearing he has hurt the country with his wild rhetoric. Iranian moderates also called on the ruling clerics to reel him in...

...One Saudi official, visibly angry, compared Ahmadinejad to Saddam Hussein and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, whose renegade statements frequently infuriated other Arab leaders.

'The Iranian president seems to have lost his direction," said Gilan al-Ghamidi, a prominent commentator in Saudi media. "Iran should be logical if it wants to receive the support of the world. The president didn't score any points. He lost points.'"


I'll keep looking as time allows.