Posted 16/12/2004 @ 0:35:22 GMT Coming Geopolitical Quakes
The world can now count on one geopolitical earthquake every 10 years. Between 1985 and 1995, it was the fall of the Berlin Wall, the implosion of the Soviet Union, the collapse of communist parties the world over, and America's emergence as the world's only superpower.
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Posted 15/12/2004 @ 20:10:31 GMT Bush Urges Syria, Iran Not to Meddle in Iraq
WASHINGTON -- President Bush urged Syria and Iran not to meddle in Iraqi internal affairs on Wednesday after Iraq's defense minister complained the two were helping the Iraqi insurgency.
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Posted 15/12/2004 @ 19:36:48 GMT US Clarifies Trade Sanctions To Allow Dissident Views
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department on Wednesday clarified U.S. trade sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan, allowing publication of dissident and academic views from these countries.
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Posted 15/12/2004 @ 17:34:37 GMT Neocon V. Neocon On Iran
In the weeks after September 11, 2001, Clifford May, a former journalist and Republican National Committee official, launched a new think tank called the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).
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Posted 15/12/2004 @ 16:14:26 GMT Iran Can't Be Bought Off
LOS ANGELES -- Can economics trump values? The European Community has placed a bet that they can. In a new round of negotiations France and Germany believe they can buy off Iran's ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons. If history is the judge, the tack is a chimera. Failure should prompt another course: challenge the values and their foundation.
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Posted 15/12/2004 @ 9:33:8 GMT Iraqi Minister Says Iran Is Source Of 'Terrorism'
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan accused Iran of orchestrating terrorist attacks in Iraq, saying its neighbor country was the "most dangerous enemy of Iraq". "Iran is the most dangerous enemy of Iraq and all Arabs," Shaalan said. "The source of terrorism in Iraq is Iran."
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Posted 15/12/2004 @ 9:26:8 GMT Keeping Faith in Reform, and Islam, in Iran
TEHRAN -- Mohsen Kadivar is a lonely voice in Iran these days. A charismatic cleric with a salt-and-pepper beard and a spirited smile, Kadivar became a hero to Iranian youth during his 1999 trial for challenging Iran's rigid theocracy.
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