Many Arabs favor Nuclear Iran

[ken hanly <northsunm@xxxxxxxxx>]

from Reuters

Most in the Arab world see the U.S. and European
campaign against Iran as hypocritical, while Israel
refuses to allow international nuclear inspections and
is thought to have some 200 nuclear warheads.

"I want the whole region free of all nuclear weapons
but if the West continues its double-standard approach
on this issue then Iran has the right (to have them),"
said Abdel-Rahman Za'za', a 29-year-old Lebanese
engineer.

"This could provide some balance against Israel and
help the Palestinians in their negotiations. We have
to take our rights because they are not going to be
given to us," he added.

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition
group, said this week it saw no harm in Iran
developing nuclear arms.

"That would create a kind of equilibrium between the
two sides -- the Arab and Islamic side on one side and
Israel on the other," said deputy Brotherhood leader
Mohamed Habib.