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this is a critical juncture. Every one of these awakening countries needs to make the transition from Saddam to Jefferson without getting stuck in Khomeini. Why has the Arab awakening produced so few new leaders? Partly because the electoral process is still playing out in places like Egypt and Yemen,
ts, the officials said. That effort in recent days has included quietly rounding up hundreds of university students in the country's largest city, Aleppo, and the stabbing deaths of several suspected opposition figures by pro-Assad hit squads, U.S. officials said. Anti-government activists reported r
broke out in 1999 was crushed without mercy. Recalling Khatami Khatami was either a man powerless to defend the movement or a faithful son of the Khomeini order who was given leeway by the regime's powers that be. He couldn't defy the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or run afoul of the Islamic
passes to a group known as Unit 450, which coordinates logistics for chemical weapons, and to individual geographic commands, such as Unit 416 for Aleppo and Unit 417 for Damascus. When handling the weapons, Sakat said he was instructed to use a simple word-substitution code, known as the "Khaled 4"
leaves Iran after months of domestic turmoil. 26 March 1979 Signature of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in the White House. 1 April 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic of Iran after a national referendum. 2 April 1979 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo. February 1980 Israel and Egypt
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023153 →fying Industrial Zones. Mahmoud Abbas elected President of the Palestinian Authority. Assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. Aleppo Understandings. UN Security Council Resolution 1595 establishes an International Inde- pendent Inquiry Commission (UNIIC) into the assassination of
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023158 →Entities connected to both Khomeini and Aleppo

Bashar al-Assad
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Barack Obama
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United States
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Damascus
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Saddam Hussein
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Hosni Mubarak
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Cairo
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Tunisia
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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Jerusalem
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Marc Rich
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Middle East
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Bahrain
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John Kerry
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