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Gates Urges Arabs to Strengthen Military Ties with U.S. to Block Iran
[AFP] Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged U.S. allies in the Arab world to strengthen their military capabilities and defense cooperation with Washington as a means of pressuring Iran to back off its nuclear program. In an interview with Al Jazeera Monday, Gates said: "The more that our Arab friends and allies can strengthen their security capabilities, the more they can strengthen their co-operation, both with each other and with us, I think sends the signal to the Iranians that this path they're on is not going to advance Iranian security but in fact could weaken it."