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lf Hitler, his recent, ignoble fall from grace reveals the Iranian president for what he really is: the dispensable sword of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The marriage of Khamenei and Ahmadinejad should be understood in the context of Iran's internal rivalries. Since the death in 1989 of the revolut
rivate "slush funds." Beyond that, Libya has also reportedly offered Russia a naval base in Benghazi while Syria has offered Moscow a naval base at Tartus. These events suggest that in return for arms sales host states are being pressured to give Moscow access to foreign bases. We have also seen this
the year 2015 — an absolutely laughable assertion that defies the laws of gravity, markets, and reality. EFTA00712380 And lastly, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most powerful man in Iran, told a gathering of Qu'ran reciters this past week, according to the DC-based Iran Times, that "the Islamic Republ
ent in 2009 by killing hundreds, not thousands.) The Russians require stability in Damascus only partly for the sake of naval rights in the port of Tartus. Syria and Iran are the two remaining levers the Kremlin has in the Middle East. Moreover, the collapse of a pro-Moscow dictatorship in the Middle
the Iranian nation.... This is the same as 'Islamic Awakening,' which is the result of the victory of the big revolution of the Iranian nation," said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran also broadcast speeches by Hezbollah's leader into Bahrain, cheering the protesters on. Bahraini officials say that Iran went further, providi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023465 →rs shot have been identified as Muhammad Awadh Qanbar and Murad Hajoo, who died in Maddiyah. A third soldier was shot in the port city of Banias. In Tartus, Der'aah and the Kurdish city of Qamishli, Alawite elite units have replaced the regular army with orders to crush the demonstrations. Some special
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023470 →Entities connected to both Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Tartus

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
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Tehran
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Damascus
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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George W. Bush
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Vladimir Putin
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Saddam Hussein
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Middle East
LOCATIONKremlin
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Bill Clinton
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Marc Rich
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Yemen
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Tunisia
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Cairo
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Fatah
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White House
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