January 4, 2008
Why U.S. strategy on Iran is crumbling
By Marc Lynch, Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 2008
‘Everywhere you turn, it is the policy of Iran to foment instability and chaos,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Gulf dignitaries in Bahrain last month. But in reality, everywhere you turn, from Qatar to Saudi Arabia to Egypt, you now see [...]
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December 9, 2007
Gulf countries speak out against military option in Iran
By Ali Khalil, AFP, December 8, 2007
Gulf countries, cautious about the nuclear standoff between the United States and Iran, signalled loudly at a regional security conference on Saturday their opposition to any military option against Tehran.
Washington, wrong-footed by its own National Intelligence Estimate in its accusations that [...]
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ANALYSIS, OPINION & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Iran’s new Arab friends
December 7, 2007Iran’s new Gulf friends
By Martin Walker, UPI, December 5, 2007
A curious event took place in the Gulf as the new National Intelligence Estimate appeared in Washington, undermining the Bush administration’s threats and angry rhetoric by revealing that Iran had suspended in nuclear weapons program back in 2003.
The arch-demon of President Bush’s rhetoric, Iran’s President Mahmoud [...]