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Entries Tagged as 'Middle East'

Why Israel will bomb Iran

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

It is nigh on inevitable. And both history and events suggest it is on the cards.
7 June 1981, Israel bombed the French-built Osiraq nuclear plant near Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
6 September 2007, Israeli jets allegedly* targeted a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor.
* “Allegedly”, because Syria never confirmed [...]

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Israel holds peace talks with Syria - On the politics of kiss and tell - and why they’re going to blow it

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

The announcement of peace talks between Israel and Syria gave me the shivers. Not because I don’t want the two to finally achieve peace. The problem isn’t the talks - it’s the announcement.
As I trawl through both Syrian and Israeli comments on media sites (for example user comments to articles in Syria News and Ha’aretz, [...]

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Tags: Middle East