US Sec of State Clinton visits Qatar, comments on Lebanon, Iran

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SHOTLIST 1. Wide of US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, sitting with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers 2. Mid of Clinton 3. Pan of roundtable 4. Close of GCC minister 5. Pull out from close of Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Jabr Al-Thani, to other GCC officials 6. Wide of Clinton at lectern with Al-Thani 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State: "We view what happened today as a transparent effort by those forces inside Lebanon, as well as interests outside Lebanon, to subvert justice and undermine Lebanon's stability and progress." 8. Various of GCC ministers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State: "Lebanon is a sovereign, independent nation. The Lebanese people need to be empowered in order to solve their own issues without outside interference or without threats from within Lebanon. And countries like the two of ours stand ready to help, to facilitate, to support such a process. It's happened before, as has already been referenced, but we think it's imperative that everyone try to play a responsible and positive role." 10. Various of Clinton speaking with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State: "We also discussed Iran and the threat that its nuclear activity poses to the region and the world. The United States will continue to work with the international community toward a settlement that will hold Iran to its responsibilities to assure that its programme is indeed peaceful. When the members of the P5+1 meet in Istanbul at the end of the month with Iran, they will focus on practical steps that Iran must take to address the international community's concerns." 12. Mid of Clinton and Gheit STORYLINE US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lamented the collapse of Lebanon's government on Wednesday as a "transparent effort" by forces in and outside of Lebanon "to subvert justice and undermine stability and progress." Speaking at a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers meeting in Doha, Qatar, Clinton said the US, along with Qatar, stood ready to support their ally. "The Lebanese people need to be empowered in order to solve their own issues without outside interference or without threats from within Lebanon," Clinton said at a joint news conference with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Jabr Al-Thani. Lebanon's government collapsed on Wednesday after Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the Cabinet in a dispute with Western-backed factions over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. A United Nations-backed tribunal investigating the truck bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others is widely expected to name members of the Shiite militant group, which many fear could re-ignite sectarian violence that has erupted repeatedly in the tiny nation. Hezbollah's walkout ushers in the country's worst political crisis since 2008 in one of the most volatile corners of the Middle East. The 14-month-old government was an uneasy coalition linking bitter rivals: a Western-backed bloc led by Hariri's son Saad and Hezbollah, which is supported by Syria and Iran and maintains an arsenal that far outweighs that of the national army. Clinton said the issue of Iran and its nuclear programme was also discussed during her talks with the Gulf bloc, which the US and its allies view as a cover for secret plans to make nuclear arms. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/80740eb16be5c86b643bef7cc13d2bbb Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork