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Confirmed: Obama Surrogates Were Negotiating With Iran And Syria During Election (Plus: Results Thus Far A Little Short Of Spectacular) (UPDATE: Just How Many Delegations Did Obama Send To Assad?)
mererhetoric.com - 2/2/2009
Confirmed: Obama Surrogates Were Negotiating With Iran And Syria During Election (Plus: Results Thus Far A Little Short Of Spectacular) (UPDATE: Just How Many Delegations Did Obama Send To Assad?)
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Changes Remember that time when it looked like Obama's top advisers were meeting with Assad and telling him to drag his feet on negotiations until after the Obama inauguration? Syria spent a year desperately trying to cut a deal with Israel while Olmert was still in power. Then Assad met with ...
breitbart.com - 1/31/2009
Iran says Obama's offer to talk shows US failure
— breitbart.com — US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed,... the government spokesman said on Saturday. "This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought and the system of ... (more) Iran says Obama's offer to talk shows US failure

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michaelyon-online.com - 1/31/2009
How Can the World Be Blind to Israel’s Existential Threats?
— michaelyon-online.com — Published: 01 February 2009 I heard Benjamin Netanyahu, the person who could soon become Israel’s new prime... minister, speak this week at the Jerusalem Conference. The most pressing point that he talked about was that under no circumstances should ... (more) How Can the World Be Blind to Israel’s Existential Threats?

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran launches homegrown satellite
news.bbc.co.uk - 2/3/2009
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran launches homegrown satellite
— news.bbc.co.uk — Iran has launched its first domestically made satellite into orbit, state media reports. TV commentary said Monday's... night-time launch on a Safir-2 rocket was "another achievement for Iranian scientists under sanctions". The satellite was designed for ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran launches homegrown satellite

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Sister Toldjah:  Team Obama has been in “discreet talks” with Iran and Syria … for months

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Report: Obama advisors have been meeting with Iran, Syria since before the election
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... organization of scientists which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. Former defense secretary William Perry, who served in Obama’s election campaign, participated in some of these meetings focused on “a wide range of issues that separate Iran from the West: not only their nuclear program but the Middle East peace process, Persian Gulf issues,” Boutwell told AFP. The Pugwash official declined to name the other participants, except to say they had considerable clout. Omri Ceren’s righteously outraged that Obama would undermine Bush by meddling in foreign policy, particularly ...

It's Official: Obama Gives Rusty a Headache
The Jawa Report — ... for reminding me that I had intended to post about it, but then got sidetracked by ripping my eyebrows out. Obama sends surrogates to meet with America's enemies before election . For some reason I can't get my outrage level up on this one. I don't know, maybe my expectations are just so low that nothing surprises me any more about his Oneness? Let's put this at mildly disconcerting . I think what worries me more than that are reports that Obama is drumming up the grassroots for support of his trillion dollar porkfest. Now, normally this wouldn't bother me either, but ...

Team Obama has been in “discreet talks” with Iran and Syria … for months
Sister Toldjah — So much for Obama’s “one president at a time” stance! In related news, the HuffPo reports that General Petraeus and Def. Sec. Gates have both been pushing back on Obama’s desire to withdraw all combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months: WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops ...

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