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loophole around sanctions," a hawala trader told me. "The Iranian nation has no other option." Economic frustration is compounded because President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been lifting subsidies for everything from bread to gasoline — probably sound economic policy, but very unpopular. Western sanctions have succ

intention of arming the rebels. As for coordinating arms shipments, presumably from Gulf Arab states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Nuland described the White House's role much more vaguely. "This is a loose coordination mechanism," she said. Then on May 24, the AP reported that the "Obama administration is prep

ed. If the Obama administration fears that al Qaeda and other Sunni extremists will dominate the post-Assad political process, then the report that White House intends to coordinate allies like Saudi Arabia and Qatar to make sure money and arms gets into the right hands is welcome news. The problem is that

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for Americans to loathe it, from its harsh suppression of the Green Movement to the anti-Semitic rants and other outrageous statements of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Unfortunately the belligerent rhetoric in Iran feeds belligerent rhetoric in the United States and vice versa, in a process that yields beliefs on

ground was about to start enriching uranium. Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that senior White House staff asked during that time period whether Iranian regime elements might be trying to goad Israel into launching airstrikes. "The White House," Sa

48K). Former Iranian President Reached Out To Saudi Crown Prince. The New York Times (7/28, Fassihi, 18.61M) reported that former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known for denying that Holocaust and calling for the elimination of Israel, wrote "written a chummy letter to his country's most ardent Arab foe":

nding legislative and policy issues in a wide-ranging interview on July 24." Asked about a July 15 Yahoo News report that "said the CIA has received White House clearance to conduct offensive cyber operations, Rep. Langevin said, "I can't comment on that since I have not been briefed on that." He added, "I c

noon in Tehran. On Sunday, Ah- madinejad led a vic- tory rally near Vali-e Asr BEN amts/lie Associated Press Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad react as he speaks at a rally in Tehran on Sunday. Tens of thousands attended waving the nation's flag, the symbol of his campaign, square attende

Ameri- cans. higher-quality care.' And around those goals, there are lots of ways to get there? Some of those ways, though, run counter to the White House's earlier posi- tions and those of Obama's political base. While supporters from his left have advocated a government-run option — championed by an

ei's foreign policy advisor, publicly criticized officials who have treated the negotiations dismissively. Presumably, he was thinking of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has compared Iran's nuclear program to a train without brakes. Iran is now at the outset of what promises to be a raucous presidential electi

stration initiative that has succeeded on its own terms, and yet failed as policy, than Iran. By engaging the regime in Tehran, and being rebuffed, the White House has been able to enlist China, Russia, and the European Union in imposing tough sanctions on Iran. By steadily ratcheting up those sanctions, the a

uild them after China and then North Korea did, despite chilling rhetoric from the one-party states that easily matched anything Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said about Israel. No Arab country built them after Israel did. Yes, Pakistan followed India into the nuclear club, but no other country in the

olicy right." The pettiness was striking: "The White House kept a dossier on Holbrooke's misdeeds and Clinton kept a folder on churlish attempts by the White House's AfPak office to undermine Holbrooke." Diplomacy died. Serious negotiation with the Taliban and involving Iran in talks on Afghanistan's future — b

ference that was held in Saudi Arabia last week, King Abdullah called for a dialogue between different Islamic sects. The Shiite Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially attended the summit. The Saudi King invited eight sects to the dialogue: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'I, Hanbali (i.e. the four Sunni schools)

ran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, that conclusion should solidify support for what would then become the inevitable Israeli strike. A refusal by the White House to seek such a joint resolution would itself suggest that, while "all options are on the table," the likelihood is that that is precisely where the

48K). Former Iranian President Reached Out To Saudi Crown Prince. The New York Times (7/28, Fassihi, 18.61M) reported that former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known for denying that Holocaust and calling for the elimination of Israel, wrote "written a chummy letter to his country's most ardent Arab foe":

nding legislative and policy issues in a wide-ranging interview on July 24." Asked about a July 15 Yahoo News report that "said the CIA has received White House clearance to conduct offensive cyber operations, Rep. Langevin said, "I can't comment on that since I have not been briefed on that." He added, "I c

ng on the table" seriously. Mr. Obama's nomination of Iran dove Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense reinforces that impression, as do reports that the White House blocked Pentagon and CIA plans to arm the opposition that's fighting to overthrow Iran's client regime in Damascus. An America that won't help proxie

enei's foreign policy advisor, publicly criticized officials who have treated the negotiations dismissively. Presumably, he was thinking of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has compared Iran's nuclear program to a train without brakes. Iran is now at the outset of what promises to be a raucous presidential election