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Iran Looms Large in Campaign

Iran is the new Iraq on the stump

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 26, 2007 5:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – Iran is beginning to dominate the campaign rhetoric of White house hopefuls of both parties as Iraq once did, reports CNN. Tough US sanctions against Tehran and growing indications of some kind of military intervention to halt the development of nuclear weapons are being compared... Read full story »

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