"I am simply saying, with regards to those threats, that those who issue threats can themselves be threatened. Those who threaten destruction risk being destroyed themselves."
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres saying Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be wiped off the map would not go unanswered.

 
"It is not in my nature to forecast oil prices or the kingdom's future production volume because there is a combination of factors that affect this vital commodity and which are impossible to predict."
Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Naimi said in an opening address to the Euromoney conference in Riyadh.

 
"The ministry is in full control on crude oil exports from the south. There are specialized companies with modern techniques to measure the exported quantities."
Acting Iraqi oil minister Hashem al-Hashemi commenting after it was alleged that 60-million barrels of crude were unaccounted from Iraqi production in 2005.

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