perrspectives.com - 12/23/2008
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Coming in the wake of Russian warships passing through the Panama Canal and visiting Cuba, conflicting reports that Moscow intends to sell an advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Iran are ratcheting up tensions with the United States. But more worrisome...
topics.nytimes.com - 12/29/2008
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topics.nytimes.com —
News about Ali Khamenei, including commentary and archival
articles published in The New York Times. Highlights From...
the Archives Chief Cleric of Iran Defends President By NAZILA FATHI Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement of support for President ...
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Ali Khamenei News - The New York Times
thinkprogress.org - 12/30/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, on Fox’s Hannity and Colmes, Iran war
hawk John Bolton said that Israel’s recent bombing campaign...
in Gaza is all the more reason for the United States to bomb Iran now. “So while our focus obviously is on Gaza right now, ...
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Bolton: Gaza Crisis Means We Should Attack Iran Now
washingtontimes.com - 12/19/2008
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By: cedarhill Gotta love this. Finally -- Community
Organizers for Terrorism. Maybe they can get Fannie and...
Freddie to loan Tehran the money to complete the bomb. Then the Outreach person can schedule a trip to Tel Aviv's nuke crater in 2009. December ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Obama to create Iran outreach post
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Russian Missile Sales to Iran May Raise Prospect of Israeli Strike
Crooks and Liars —
... its plans for nuclear weapons in 2003, the IAEA announced in November that Tehran now has enough enriched uranium (if not the know-how) for one atomic bomb. And while upcoming elections in Israel may delay any decision to launch an assault against Iranian nuclear facilities before a deployment of the Russian S-300 systems is complete, a victory by the hard-line Likudnik Benjamin Netanyahu makes that prospect more likely.
(This piece is crossposted at Perrspectives.)
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An Instahoglets Christmas Eve
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... - Jon Perr looks at conflicting tales of Russia selling advanced S-300 air defense missiles to Iran. Various reports have regularly claimed that the S-300 is destined for Iran for a few years now but I'll believe it whan it happens. All trace back to either Israeli intelligence or false Iranian boasting. It's true that both sides' hardliners use the threat of the other to keep their grasp on power.I suspectRussia is being deliberately obscure right now to pressure the US in other negotiations such as those on missile defense and the replacement for the START treaties. "Screw us ...
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