US lawmaker pursues dialogue with Iran

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/August/theworld_August175.xml§ion=theworld

WASHINGTON - Even as US President George W. Bush’s administration avoids contacts with Iran, a lone Democratic congressman is cultivating his own dialogue with the Islamic state.

Rep. Tom Lantos, an influential lawmaker who could end up running the International Relations Committee if Democrats retake the US House of Representatives in November, said he has met Iran’s UN ambassador Javad Zarif at the envoy’s New York home twice in 2006 -- once for dinner and once for lunch.

The meetings were initiated by Lantos of California, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust. He also had contacts with Iran’s UN mission in 2005.

Lantos said he also has visited Syria on “fairly regular basis” over the years, meeting both President Bashir al-Assad and his late father.

[burythehatchet]

1. may the spirit guide him to a successful peace

[Tom Joad]

2. This man is known for his hatred of Palestinians and Muslims.

[JackNewtown]

3. I know he's AIPAC's man in the House but...

...what has he done that makes him more bigoted toward the Palestinians than 99.999% of the rest of the House?

[Tom Joad]

4. You have a point. Most vote the same way he does, but he is one

of the leaders. I would say Pelosi is just as bad as Lantos, though i think Pelosi just follows Lantos' lead (or aipac's lead). Point being, we have to stop aipac.
go to http://www.stopAIPAC.org

[JackNewtown]

5. Good points

We need to stop AIPAC but ultimately the only way to do that is to form a PAC to serve as a counterweight to it, although spreading the facts about AIPAC is certainly a good start. It is no accident Israel has deployed its soldiers all over the internet after the Lebanon invasion (no conspiracy theory, public knowledge), with the obvious near total emphasis on the US and progressive sites. It has nothing to worry about from the corporate media but the evil progressive media must be contained, lest Americans learn the truth...