US call to widen Iran sanctions meets resistance
By Guy Dinmore in Washington and Mark Turner at the United Nations
The US faces resistance to its attempts to broaden the scope of UN sanctions on Tehran to include a blacklist of commercial companies affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards, a ban on all arms exports, and measures aimed at constraining the state’s wider economy.
Talks on a new Security Council resolution continue in New York this week following Iran’s refusal to suspend its nuclear fuel programme as demanded by the council in December.
President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad is reported to be keen to address the Security Council over the nuclear issue.
But China and Russia have objected to going beyond the narrow nuclear and missile focus of the previous sanctions resolution that gave Iran 60 days to comply. Germany – not a council member but part of the EU3 negotiating team – is said to be unhappy with proposals to halt new credit lines and export guarantees.
The US drive to hurt the Iranian economy, including the relatively small private sector, rests on the belief that the business community and wider population will direct their economic grievances at the government of Mr Ahmadi-Nejad.
In parallel with the UN process, the US Treasury has held roadshows in Europe and the Middle East in an effort to cajole state and private investors to stay clear of Iran. US officials say they are pleased with the results.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
DAR AL HARB - GHANA: MOSLEM CLERICS SHOULD NOT FAN ANTI-AMERICANISM AMONGST MOSLEMS
Don`t fan anti-American sentiments Ghanaian Muslim clerics advised
Alhaji Ali Salifu, leader of the Friends against Global Terrorism (FAGLAT), an NGO-based in Kumasi, has called on Muslim clerics not to use the electronic media to fan anti-American sentiments among Ghanaians and thereby mar the hitherto very healthy co-operation between the two countries.
He advised the clerics who have access to the media to make maximum use of that opportunity to tailor good messages of peace, which have the potential to stem global terrorism and violence.
In a release signed by Alhaji Salifu and made available to the media in Kumasi yesterday, the FAGLAT leader, called on the preachers to rather label those hiding in religious gowns to commit acts that Islam does not sanction as the “terrorists”.
“Our Muslim clerics should consider the good relations that exist between the government of Ghana and that of the United States of America (USA) and the benefits accruing from it and not attempt to mar it”, he added.
He maintained that Islam did not promote terrorism and that “every terrorist will be brought before Allah to answer charges in the day of judgement”.
Ghana:
Ethnic groups:
African 98.5% (includes Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%), European and other 1.5% (1998)
Religions:
Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%
Languages:
English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.8% male: 82.7% female: 67.1% (2003 est.)
Pertinent Links:
1) Don`t fan anti-American sentimentsGhanaian Muslim clerics advised
2) CIA Factbook - Ghana
Alhaji Ali Salifu, leader of the Friends against Global Terrorism (FAGLAT), an NGO-based in Kumasi, has called on Muslim clerics not to use the electronic media to fan anti-American sentiments among Ghanaians and thereby mar the hitherto very healthy co-operation between the two countries.
He advised the clerics who have access to the media to make maximum use of that opportunity to tailor good messages of peace, which have the potential to stem global terrorism and violence.
In a release signed by Alhaji Salifu and made available to the media in Kumasi yesterday, the FAGLAT leader, called on the preachers to rather label those hiding in religious gowns to commit acts that Islam does not sanction as the “terrorists”.
“Our Muslim clerics should consider the good relations that exist between the government of Ghana and that of the United States of America (USA) and the benefits accruing from it and not attempt to mar it”, he added.
He maintained that Islam did not promote terrorism and that “every terrorist will be brought before Allah to answer charges in the day of judgement”.
Ghana:
Ethnic groups:
African 98.5% (includes Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%), European and other 1.5% (1998)
Religions:
Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%
Languages:
English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.8% male: 82.7% female: 67.1% (2003 est.)
Pertinent Links:
1) Don`t fan anti-American sentimentsGhanaian Muslim clerics advised
2) CIA Factbook - Ghana
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