Not for nothing, but the United Arab Emirates did recently purchase some toys from the Pentagon.
DUBAI • A top security official in the United Arab Emirates warned Iran yesterday not to drag its Arab neighbours in the Gulf into any conflict with the West, a newspaper reported.
“Our strong relations with Iranians don’t mean that governments in the GCC will not react strongly to any work that will endanger social stability and economic prosperity,” Dubai police chief Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said in remarks posted on the Gulf News website.
His remarks came one week after the same Dubai-based paper quoted a senior Iranian defector as alleging that Iran runs a network of agents in the six Arab monarchies of the Gulf that could be used to destabilise the region.
Iranian Defence Minister Mustafa Mohammad Najjar dismissed the claim as “lies and provocative remarks from enemy Western media.”
And Kuwait’s defence minister on Monday called the defector’s reported comments “mere rumours.”
According to Gulf News, Dubai’s police chief acknowledged that Iran might have sleeping agents in the region.
My advice to them (is to) keep them sleeping because it is not in the interests of Iranians in the region to destabilise host countries,” he was quoted as saying.
Dubai is part of the UAE, where an estimated 450,000 Iranians live.
Tamim said Iran’s conflict with the United States over its controversial nuclear programme should not involve the Gulf Cooperation Council states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.“We are in favour of a peaceful resolution… This doesn’t mean that they can cut the life vein of the region just because they can’t confront the US directly,” he said.
Damn, I am impressed, The Emiratis issue a stern warning to the mullahnazi regime across the Gulf. Nice to know that some allies still retain their testicular fortitude.
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