(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Simon Henderson - At the annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held in Abu Dhabi on December 18 and 19, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Oman avoided confronting Iran directly on its suspected nuclear weapons program. Instead, these member states confronted Israel. At a news conference after the end of the summit, GCC secretary-general Abdulrahman bin Hamad al-Attiyah - asked why the final communique had not mentioned Iran's nuclear program - simply acknowledged that the leaders had discussed it, giving no indication it was a central component of the summit.
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