Iran: Putin Pulls Plans on Radar (Azerbaijan)

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Source: Associated Press

Iran: Putin Pulls Plans on Radar
By NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writer

June 17, 2007, 5:46 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Sunday it had received indications
from Russia's president that he would not follow through with an
offer to allow the U.S. to use a radar station in neighboring
Azerbaijan for missile defense against Tehran.

Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed
Washington use a radar station in northeast Azerbaijan -- rented
by Moscow -- to counter a potential threat from Iran. It was a
surprise counteroffer to U.S. plans to install a missile defense
shield in eastern Europe to protect NATO allies against a missile
launch by Tehran.

But Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said
Sunday that Russian officials had indicated to Tehran that Putin
would not allow the plan to go through.

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Russia has not publicly altered its offer for the U.S. to use the
Gabala radar station.

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Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iran-azerbaijan-radar,0,965074.story

[Massacure]

1. Putin doesn't need to take away the offer becuase Bush probably won't accept it.

Bush seems like the kind of person that very rarely would change his mind on anything.

[Xipe Totec]

2. At the risk of stating the obvious,

you can't change what you don't have.