Dubai police chief warns against Western attack on Iran

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Dubai police chief warns against Western attack on Iran
Sat Oct 6, 7:45 AM ET

DUBAI (AFP) - Dubai's influential police chief has said Western powers should be warned that their relations with Gulf Arab states would suffer if they launch a military strike on Iran over its nuclear programme.

General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, whose remarks often reflect the views of the political establishment in the United Arab Emirates, said Gulf "leaders should tell America and the West that 'an attack would have negative consequences for our relations with you.'"

Tamim, who was speaking at a forum on Friday night, was arguing for closer Gulf Arab ties with Iran and advocating t Dubai police chief warns against Western attack on Iranhat it join the Gulf Cooperation Council, whose six member states are close US allies.

"Iran should be a member of the GCC," he said. "I wonder why Iran, a neighbouring and Muslim country, with which we are linked by solid relations, does not become a member of the GCC."

"We feel great concern about voices in the West, particularly in the United States, speaking of an eventual strike against Iran," added, expressing discomfort with the prospect of Iran effectively closing off the Straits of Ormuz, through which one quarter of the world's petroleum is shipped.

His remarks come as tensions are growing between the West and Iran, which denies claims that it is using its civil nuclear programme as a cover for developing atomic weapons.

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Dubai is going to own an ever bigger chunk of our country soon.