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Iran emerges as thorn in U.S. side
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
It is supporting militant groups, foiling American policy in the Middle East and Afghanistan, officials say.
WASHINGTON - Although President Bush has made toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein his top foreign-policy priority after dismantling the al-Qaeda terrorist network, Iran has emerged as the main troublemaker for the United States in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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Iranian Dissidents Find an Unlikely Ally in President Bush
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Part I
La Lutta NMC
American criticism provides unexpected morale boost to the opposition movement Part one of a two-part series
Parvin Darabi is probably one of very few progressive activists who endorse President Bush's notion of an axis of evil.
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The Third Force: Who are the true architects of Iran's future?
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Part II
La Lutta NMC
If there is a democratic future to be had in Iran, it is clear that it will not be fashioned from the good intentions of the ruling clerics.
It was hoped that the presidential election in 1997 of the reformist cleric, Mohammed Khatami, presaged an age of democratic progress in Iran.
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Caspian Oil Exports Ground To A Halt
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RFE/RL
Iran's export plans for Caspian Sea oil have suffered a new setback because of access problems at its northern port. The trouble is one of many for Iran's campaign to promote oil swaps as an alternative to pipelines supported by Russia and the United States.
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Ben Laden: The Ayatollahs Hero
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Iran Press Service
The official rhetoric of president Mohammad Khatami's government
Condemning the 11 September attacks on the United States and generally speaking, a condemnation of "global terrorism", didn't hide a deep pro-Al Qa'eda feeling among high-ranking Iranian ayatollahs, who, given the "complexity" of the operations, tend to believe that Mr. Osama Ben Laden, the leader of "Al-Qa'eda", must have been "inspired" by divinity.
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It's Economics, Stupid: U.S. Could Hold the Key to Mideast Peace
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La Times
It's difficult to find much cause for optimism in a meeting that praises the intifada just days after a Palestinian bomber slaughtered a room full of Israelis celebrating Passover. But such is the state of the Middle East that the Arab League summit in Beirut last week still qualifies as a glimmer of light.
Despite its dreary praise of the Palestinian war against Israeli civilians, the league took a historic step, on paper at least, by offering peace for land
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Syria giving Hezbollah free rein, Israel says
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Ha'aretz Daily
Israel believes that Syrian President Bashar Assad has been ignoring Jerusalem's warnings concerning the ongoing activities of Hezbollah on the northern border.
Well-informed sources claim that Assad - who, they say, is also disregarding U.S. warnings on the matter
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Russia receives Iranian envoy, faces down US over nuke plant
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AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi visits Moscow Wednesday seeking badly-needed support after Washington placed Iran alongside Iraq and North Korea as a member of an "axis of evil" developing weapons of mass destruction.
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Will Sharon exorcize dybbuk Arafat, or beatify him?
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Ha'aretz
Israelis of all political stripes questioned the aims of the IDF offensive in the West Bank, prompting speculation that if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's goal was to exorcize his personal dybbuk Yasser Arafat, Israel's focus on Arafat as the godhead of terror could backfire, with the Palestinian leader already taking on the mantle of a living, breathing martyr.
Israel has repeatedly stressed that the massive IDF operation was meant to head off Palestinian suicide attacks and other terror strikes which have rocked Israel to the core.
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Their hate for America bonds Pakistan's Islamic extremists
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The Associated Press
Pakistani tribesmen sit in a hotel in Wana, on the Afghan border, criticizing their president's decision to ban Islamic groups.
WANA, Pakistan - In Pakistan's wild country along the Afghan border, al-Qaida fugitives and homegrown Islamic extremists are teaming up to confront Pakistan's government and its American allies.
Pakistanis and Afghans familiar with extremist organizations say their aim is to punish President Pervez Musharraf for abandoning the Afghan Taliban and banning several militant groups in Pakistan in connection with the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
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Shooting Error
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TNR
Although it happened almost a year and a half ago, who can forget twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Dura dying in his father's arms at Netzarim Crossing in the Gaza Strip, a victim of routine and intentional Israeli brutality.
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