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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Iran war

Iran war stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - The Iranian regime’s first response against pro-Mousavi protesters last week was not the Revolutionary Guard but its volunteer branch, the Basij militia, CNN reports. Iran says the militia, created by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, numbers 12 million; the actual count is probably a smaller—but still effective—300,... More »

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Iran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iran war • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Ayatollah Khomeini • Basij militia

OPINION

 Israel Should Attack Iran 


Jun 11, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - No matter who wins tomorrow’s presidential election in Iran, the threat of its nuclear program won’t go away, and that’s why Israel should attack sooner rather than later, writes former UN ambassador John Bolton in the Wall Street Journal. Attacking Iran now won’t be... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Israel • nuclear program • John Bolton • mullahs • Iran war

OPINION

Washington's War Drums Beating Loudly

Amid US, Israeli, Iran saber-rattling, 'all options on the table'

Jul 3, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Is Washington, or its Israeli allies, really ready to attack Iran? "The threats, counterthreats, and counter-counterthreats … have reached new levels of hysteria in recent days," Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Rumblings of an Israeli strike prompted Tehran threats to close oil-shipping lanes. That would be... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • Israel • Joint Chiefs of Staff • Adm. Mike Mullen • oil price • Iran war • Liz Cheney

 Obama, Clinton
 Spar on Iran, Gas 

Dems hit competing morning talk shows

May 4, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obama likened Hillary's stance on Iran to George Bush's "cowboy diplomacy" on Meet the Press today, while Clinton took to ABC to defend the gas tax and told voters mired in the Jeremiah Wright controversy "We should move on." Tim Russert ignored her advice, however, and devoted... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • NBC • ABC • Tim Russert • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • NAFTA • NBC News • gas tax • campaign • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Election 2008 • ABC News • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary • Iran war

Ahmadinejad Calls on US
to Quit Iraq

'No one likes them,' Iranian prez says of coalition forces

Mar 3, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - As he headed home after his historic visit to Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the American occupation, CNN reports. “No one likes them," the provocative Iranian president said of the US-led coalition. "We believe that the forces which crossed oceans and thousands of kilometers to come to this... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Nouri al-Maliki • State Department • Iraq government • Iraq Civil War • Iraq war • Iran war

Iranian Prez Arrives in Iraq

Ahmadinejad visit deepens ties with neighbor

Mar 2, 08 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - In an historic visit, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Iraq today predicting “a new chapter” for relations between the two countries, despite a tense history and a feud with Baghdad’s American allies. Ahmadinejad, who won’t be protected by US forces during his two-day trip, met... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Saddam Hussein • Shiite • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Nouri al-Maliki • United States • Sunnis • Jalal Talabani • Iraq war • Iran war

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