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Wednesday 08 November 2006Iran poses 'danger' to US, Arab allies: US defence officialAMMAN (AFP) - A top US defence official branded Iran as the "biggest danger" to Washington and its Arab allies, after talks in Jordan on ways to bolster military cooperation. "There is a consensus in America and with our Arab friends that Iran is a big danger, the biggest danger we all face," US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman told reporters in Amman. "When we talk with our Jordanian friends there is a common view of the regional danger, and Iran figures large in this picture. Gulf Arab countries are also very concerned about the Iranian threat," he said on the sidelines of the 29th annual meeting of the joint US-Jordanian military commission. Rodman, who travels to Beirut Thursday, said the Lebanon conflict this summer between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement "helped to clarify the picture". "In order to prevent another crisis from happening, the Lebanese government, the Lebanese army, have to exert its sovereign control over the whole country, including the south," Rodman said. "Our defence department is going to do its share in helping the Lebanese armed forces to take control over the whole country," he added. In Amman, Rodman and his delegation met with air force chief Prince Faisal, the brother of King Abdullah II, and chief of staff General Khaled Sarayreh. "The purpose of our talks is what ways we can support the Jordanian armed forces, modernisation plans of the Jordanian forces and Jordan's ability to defend itself," Rodman said. "This is a difficult neighborhood that Jordan lives in ... (and) the United States always tries to be supportive of Jordan's security needs." Jordan gets 200 million dollars annually in military assistance from the United States, which along with Britain and France have helped equip the Jordanian army over the years. "We have from Jordan some additional requests and we are looking at these requests. One of the things being discussed is aircraft, different kind of equipment," Rodman added. |
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