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th the announcement that top Hamas leader Khalid al-Meshaal is to step down after 16 years, triggering a succession race. Meshaal has had to leave Damascus (after 13 years) because he indicated support for the Syrian uprising. People close to him claim that he's had "offers of welcome" from Egypt's ne
uch talk. When reformist MP Mohammed Reza Tabesh criticized Jafari's remarks in parliament, the hard-line majority shouted him down with cries of "Allahu Akbar." "When people see their top military commander and officials speaking of the inevitability of war, the belief sinks in," says Barzegar. Whether
th the announcement that top Hamas leader Khalid al-Meshaal is to step down after 16 years, triggering a succession race. Meshaal has had to leave Damascus (after 13 years) because he indicated support for the Syrian uprising. People close to him claim that he's had EFTA00711878 "offers of welcome" f
such talk. When reformist MP Mohammed Reza Tabesh criticized Jafari's remarks in parliament, the hard-line majority shouted him down with cries of "Allahu Akbar." "When people see their top military commander and officials speaking of the inevitability of war, the belief sinks in," says Barzegar. EFTA00711
a key player in the region. And after all, what could he do that would deter a regime in a fight for its life? Pull U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford from Damascus? Impose a travel ban on Assad and his family? Press the Europeans to freeze Assad's money? In a world of symbols, these steps may make an important p
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030075 →in clandestinely from Homs to the al-Jazeera TV network showed a speech by a senior defector from the ruling Baath party being greeted with shouts of Allahu Akbar (God Is Greater), often regarded as the jihadist war cry. At first sight the defection of more than three hundred members of the ruling Baath party i
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Barack Obama
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Lebanon
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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George W. Bush
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Tehran
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Tunisia
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Hosni Mubarak
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Hillary Clinton
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Cairo
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Yemen
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Fatah
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Marc Rich
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Jerusalem
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Joe Biden
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Bahrain
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West Bank
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