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Iran and the French Connection

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Europe and the Middle East, Iran

By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi Published March 11, 2005 As Washington considers backing the European Union’s proposal for trade benefits for Iran, troubling revelations emerged this week about Tehran’s continued mislead-and-cheat tactics to hide the extent of its nuclear weapons program. 

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Axis or Not

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Middle East, Syria

May 19, 2004 By Nir Boms As news of the Abu Ghraib scandal and Nicholas Berg’s beheading dominates the headlines, American media have all but ignored one of the most significant developments since President Bush’s now-famous 2002 “axis of evil” statement: the presidential signature on sanctions against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. In accordance with [...]

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