US Increases Military Aid to Israel 25 Percent, Plans to Sell Arms to Gulf States (2/3)

He says the IraqishIraqissue will be number one in on the agenda when secretary of state converlise raiseCondoleezzaRice and secretary of defensive rabed gateRobertGates visits Saudi. Arab Egypt and other countries in the reignregion starting Tuesday.

"We want, and we expect there will be political support in IraqfromtheArab countries to help stabilize Iraq, we hope there will be economical support to that, And there Abisisobviouslya need agreed thisofgreaterregional support for the Iraqi government."

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On Sunday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Army HulisaZalmayKhalizad, criticized Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region for not doing enough to support the U.S. effort to stabilize Iraq, and sometimes even asking the agendaactingagainstthat effort.

Under secretary Burns said the Gulf States have expressed concerned to U.S. officals about the increased afraidthreat of terrorism the polfrationproliferation ( 增殖) of weapons of master massconstructiondestruction and what he called  splends ina strengthening, more aggressive Iran that support terrorist groups, sinksseeks nuclear weapons and wants to do expand regional influence.