Epstein Secrets

e Rod-Larsen Sent: Tue 8/14/2012 4:49:35 PM Subject: August 10 update 10 August, 2012 Article 1. The Washington Post Egypt's scapegoat for the Sinai attack David Ignatius Article 2. TIME As the Sinai Goes, So Too the Golan Heights? Tony Karon Article 3. Foreign Policy Jim Baker: Realists h

fense minister. Moreover, Alfoneh pointed out that Soleimani's relationship EFTA_R1_00537950 EFTA02029069 with a mid-level cleric and student of Khamenei's in the late 1970s may have been the catalyst for his own proximity to the current supreme leader and his subsequent rise. But Soleimani's alread

t activities, but it said no settlements after the agreement. Egypt did not say, for instance, stop the building activities in Yamit (settlement in Sinai), but when the situation was resolved the settlement was demolished. In Gaza, have they [the Israelis] not left it? Therefore, our stance ought to

are high, however, that the next session will lead to no diplomatic yellow-brick road. Round two could be a success, and lead to a round three, if Khamenei agreed to do five things: (1) Stop all uranium enrichment to 20 percent purity, which is near bomb-grade; (2) ship abroad the entire stockpile of 2

od? In the Egyptian-Israeli context, it might be possible to open negotiations on improving access to Gaza, strengthening security arrangements in Sinai, and updating the price of Egyptian gas exports. If the Syria EFTA_R 1_02029432 EFTA02689783 10 situation calms down (a big "if'), then Damascus

day, things look different. Tehran is full of rumors that, deeply depressed, Ahmadinejad may be thinking of stepping down. The media controlled by Khamenei maintain a daily barrage of attacks against the president. The other day, the newspaper Kayhan ran this headline: "Ahmadinejad on Way to Anathema

od? In the Egyptian-Israeli context, it might be possible to open negotiations on improving access to Gaza, strengthening security arrangements in Sinai, and updating the price of Egyptian gas exports. If the Syria EFTA_R1_02029498 EFTA02689826 10 situation calms down (a big "if'), then Damascus

day, things look different. Tehran is full of rumors that, deeply depressed, Ahmadinejad may be thinking of stepping down. The media controlled by Khamenei maintain a daily barrage of attacks against the president. The other day, the newspaper Kayhan ran this headline: "Ahmadinejad on Way to Anathema

y shifts and the chaos in Egypt. The new Egyptian border policy has made little difference, but Egypt's revolution and its reduced policing in the Sinai have had a profound effect. For the past year, Israel has allowed most everything into Gaza but cement, steel and other construction material — oth

gime's survival than the nuclear programme. The Islamic regime in Iran has not and will not live on its nuclear programme. It lives on its economy. Khamenei is worried that if he doesn't negotiate, the west will find it easier to justify isolating his country. This, in turn, will make it easier to gain

od? In the Egyptian-Israeli context, it might be possible to open negotiations on improving access to Gaza, strengthening security arrangements in Sinai, and updating the price of Egyptian gas exports. If the Syria EFTA_R1_02030838 EFTA02690484 10 situation calms down (a big "if'), then Damascus

day, things look different. Tehran is full of rumors that, deeply depressed, Ahmadinejad may be thinking of stepping down. The media controlled by Khamenei maintain a daily barrage of attacks against the president. The other day, the newspaper Kayhan ran this headline: "Ahmadinejad on Way to Anathema

right direction and ironic, on a number of levels. It takes a right-wing government to curb extreme right-wingers (Begin successfully uprooted the Sinai settlers as part of the implementation of the peace treaty with Egypt; Ariel Sharon pulled out the IDF and evacuated the settlers from the Gaza Str

Their Supreme Leaders have consigned thousands to death in the 1980s (Khomeini) and treat articulate liberal democrats today to prison and torture (Khamenei). Faith and the state are also interlocked, but differently, in the richest kingdom of the region. Saudi royalty and Wahhabi theocracy linked up a

urplus for export. A short-term hiccup in Israel's plans is the increasing vulnerability of gas imports from Egypt due to recurring sabotage of the Sinai pipeline. Its current domestic supplies -- obtained from the Mari-B field off Ashkelon -- will be depleted before the Tamar field starts productio

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 revolution's father, Ayatollah Ruh

od? In the Egyptian-Israeli context, it might be possible to open negotiations on improving access to Gaza, strengthening security arrangements in Sinai, and updating the price of Egyptian gas exports. If the Syria EFTA00584772 10 situation calms down (a big "if'), then Damascus may be interested

day, things look different. Tehran is full of rumors that, deeply depressed, Ahmadinejad may be thinking of stepping down. The media controlled by Khamenei maintain a daily barrage of attacks against the president. The other day, the newspaper Kayhan ran this headline: "Ahmadinejad on Way to Anathema

ahri's own Egypt. The Arab revolution has opened Cairo's prisons and released many of his EFTA00584938 28 old comrades who have regrouped in the Sinai where they have already begun attacking Israeli targets. Zawahri began his life in terror helping to kill President Anwar Sadat for the crime of ma

hment." Iran's hardline rulers have put a positive spin on the Arab Spring, saying it will spell the end of U.S.-backed governments in the region. Khamenei has called it the "Islamic Awakening" and said it was inspired by Iran's 1979 revolution, which replaced the U.S-backed Shah with a Muslim theocrac