Putin Kissing Scuzzy Muzzie Iranian Ass, With Tongue

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Putin Warns U.S. on Iran Attack

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran -- Vladimir Putin issued a veiled warning Tuesday against any

attack on Iran as he began the first visit by a Kremlin leader to Tehran in

six decades _ a mission reflecting Russian-Iranian efforts to curb U.S.

influence.

He also suggested Moscow and Tehran should have a veto on Western plans for

new pipelines to carry oil and natural gas from the Caspian Sea, using

routes that would bypass Russian soil and break the Kremlin's monopoly on

energy deliveries from the region.

Putin came to Tehran for a summit of the five nations bordering the Caspian,

but his visit was aimed more at strengthening efforts to blunt U.S. economic

and military ties in the area. Yet he also refused to set a date for

completing Iran's first nuclear reactor, trying to avoid an outright show of

support for Iran's defiance over its nuclear program.

Putin strongly warned outside powers against use of force in the region, a

clear reference to the United States, which many in Iran fear will attack

over the West's suspicions that the Iranians are secretly trying to develop

nuclear weapons.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made similar comments.

"We are saying that no (Caspian) nations should offer their territory to

outside powers for aggression or any military action against any of the

Caspian states," Putin said.

The five national leaders at the summit later signed a declaration that

included a similar statement _ an apparent reflection of Iranian fears that

the United States could use Azerbaijan's territory as a staging ground for

military strikes in Iran.

Putin has warned against such attacks previously, but reiterating them in

Tehran gave them greater resonance _ particularly at a summit for a region

where Moscow deeply resents U.S. and European attempts at greater influence.

The Russian leader also used the occasion to make a nod to Iran's national

pride _ describing it as a "world power" and referring to the might of the

ancient Persian empire.

In Iran's confrontation with the West, Russia has tread a fine line, warning

against heavy pressure on Iran and protecting it _ for now _ from a third

round of U.N. sanctions, while urging Tehran to heed the Security Council's

demand that it halt uranium enrichment.

Putin's careful stance on completing the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power

plant in Iran suggested the Kremlin is seeking to preserve solid ties with

Tehran without angering the West.

"Russia is trying to sit in two chairs at the same time," Fyodor Lukyanov,

editor of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, told The Associated Press. A

pledge to quickly complete the plant would send a "strong signal to the West

that Russia is with Iran," he said.

Putin showed he wouldn't be pressed into speeding up completion of the $1

billion contract to build Bushehr.

"I only gave promises to my mom when I was a small boy," he snapped when

Iranian reporters prodded him to promise a quick launch.

At the same time, Putin _ on the first trip to Iran by a Kremlin leader

since Josef Stalin visited in 1943 for talks with Winston Churchill and

Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II _ said Moscow wouldn't back down

on its obligation to finish the plant.

"Russia has clearly stated that it's going to complete this work," Putin

said. "We are not renouncing this obligation."

Russia has warned that the Bushehr plant would not go on line this fall as

originally planned, saying Iran was slow in making payments. Iranian

officials have angrily denied being behind in its payments and accuse the

Kremlin of caving in to Western pressure.

Moscow also has ignored Iranian demands to ship nuclear reactor fuel for the

plant, saying it would be delivered only six months before the Bushehr plant

begins operation. The launch date has been delayed indefinitely amid the

payment dispute.

Putin said the two sides were negotiating revisions to the Bushehr contract,

and once agreed a decision on fuel can be made.

The Caspian leaders offered a degree of support for the Iranian nuclear

program, stressing in their joint statement that any country like Iran which

has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has the right to "carry out

research and can use nuclear energy for peaceful means without

discrimination."

Putin underlined his disagreements with Washington on Iran last week, saying

he had seen no "objective data" showing Tehran is trying to construct

nuclear weapons. Iran says it need enriched uranium to fuel nuclear reactors

that will generate electricity.

The main issue before the summit was the Caspian Sea itself.

Divvying up territory in and around the inland sea _ believed to contain the

world's third-largest reserves of oil and natural gas _ has been a divisive

issue among the five nations, and the leaders showed no signs of progress

toward resolving the dispute.

The Caspian's offshore borders have been in limbo since the 1991 Soviet

collapse. The lack of agreement has led to tensions and conflicts over oil

deposits, but Putin and Ahmadinejad strongly warned outside powers to stay

away from the region.

"All issues related to the Caspian should be settled exclusively by littoral

nations," Ahmadinejad said.

Moscow strongly opposes U.S.- and European-backed efforts to build pipelines

to deliver Central Asian and Caspian oil and gas to the West by bypassing

Russia, through which all the region's pipelines now flow. Russia has pushed

for new pipelines to cross its territory as well.

Putin argued that all pipeline projects in the region should require the

approval by all five Caspian nations to take effect, a view that would give

each capital a veto.

"Projects which may inflict a serious damage to the Caspian environment

can't be and mustn't be implemented without a preliminary discussion by the

Caspian five and making a consensus decision in the interests of our common

sea," Putin said.

But the idea was barely mentioned in comments by the leaders of the former

Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, which are

striving to balance their relations with Russia, the West and Asia.

In Baku, Azerbaijan's capital, political analyst Ilgar Mamedov said the veto

idea was only "Putin's opinion." Caspian nations "are independent and act in

accordance with their own interests," he said.