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Felixth...@hotmail.com

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May 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/10/98

US threat of sanctions for dealing with
Iran must end: Cheney

Agence France-Presse
Sun, Apr 19 1998

SYDNEY, April 19 (AFP) - Former US defence
secretary Dick Cheney said here Sunday the United
States should lift its threat of economic sanctions on
companies attempting to do business with Iran.

"I think the US made a mistake in trying to impose a
secondary boycott in effect (on companies doing
business with Iran)," Cheney, now chairman and
chief executive of oil services giant Halliburton Inc.,
said.

Resource leaders such as the Broken Hill Proprietary
Company Ltd. (BHP) should now be allowed to
explore natural gas projects in Iran.

"We used to impose that kind of measure when Arab
governments tried to penalise firms ... that did
business with Israel. It's a bad idea, bad policy," he
told the Nine Network.
"There's enormous damage I think to the US
relationships with some friends around the world and
I think it's wrong.

"I think we'd be better off if we in fact backed off
those sanctions, didn't try to impose secondary
boycotts on companies like BHP trying to do
business over there ... and instead started to rebuild
those relationships."

In February 1996, BHP attempted to downplay a
threat of economic sanctions by the US over the
group's talks with Iran on a proposed one billion
dollar (670 million US) gas pipeline to Pakistan.

At the time, influential US Senator Alfonse D'Amato,
the chairman of the Senate's banking committee,
wrote to BHP and warned it against pursuing the
Iranian project.

He initiated legislation that empowered US President
Bill Clinton to sanction oil companies which invested
in Libya and Iran, countries the US accused of
fostering terrorism.

Under the 1996 Iran-Libya Sanctions Act non-US
companies that invest more than 40 million dollars in
the oil and gas sectors of Iran and Libya can be
penalised.

Cheney, in Australia on business, said it could take 10
years for the US to rebuild its relationship with Iran.
The United States severed relations with Iran in
1980 after US diplomats were taken hostage in the
embassy in Tehran in 1979. They were released in
early 1981.

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Roya456

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May 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/11/98

Felix:
May be that's why he is not Defense Secretary any more. His boss must have
gotten tired of his "opinions." : - ))

>US threat of sanctions for dealing with 
>Iran must end: Cheney 
> 
>Agence France-Presse 
>Sun, Apr 19 1998 
> 
>SYDNEY, April 19 (AFP) - Former US defence 
>secretary Dick Cheney said here Sunday the United 
>States should lift its threat of economic sanctions on 
>companies attempting to do business with Iran. 
> 
>"I think the US made a mistake in trying to impose a 
>secondary boycott in effect (on companies doing 
>business with Iran)," Cheney, now chairman and 
>chief executive of oil services giant Halliburton Inc., 
>said. 
> 
>Resource leaders such as the Broken Hill Proprietary 
>Company Ltd. (BHP) should now be allowed to 
>explore natural gas projects in Iran. 
> 
>"We used to impose that kind of measure when Arab 
>governments tried to penalise firms ... that did 
>business with Israel. It's a bad idea, bad policy," he 
>told the Nine Network. 
>"There's enormous damage I think to the US 
>relationships with some friends around the world and 
>I think it's wrong. 
> 
>"I think we'd be better off if we in fact backed off 
>those sanctions, didn't try to impose secondary 
>boycotts on companies like BHP trying to do 
>business over there ... and instead started to rebuild 
>those relationships." 
> 
>In February 1996, BHP attempted to downplay a 
>threat of economic sanctions by the US over the 
>group's talks with Iran on a proposed one billion 
>dollar (670 million US) gas pipeline to Pakistan. 
> 
>At the time, influential US Senator Alfonse D'Amato, 
>the chairman of the Senate's banking committee, 
>wrote to BHP and warned it against pursuing the 
>Iranian project. 
> 
>He initiated legislation that empowered US President 
>Bill Clinton to sanction oil companies which invested 
>in Libya and Iran, countries the US accused of 
>fostering terrorism. 
> 
>Under the 1996 Iran-Libya Sanctions Act non-US 
>companies that invest more than 40 million dollars in 
>the oil and gas sectors of Iran and Libya can be 
>penalised. 
> 
> Cheney, in Australia on business, said it could take 10 
>years for the US to rebuild its relationship with Iran. 
>The United States severed relations with Iran in 
>1980 after US diplomats were taken hostage in the 
>embassy in Tehran in 1979. They were released in 
>early 1981. 
> 
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>http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Dick Steel

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May 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/11/98

And what is your suggestion Roya? Or is your brain too small to tackle
such complex problems? : - ))

Dick Steel

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