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    Steven Saudi Arabia did not break off diplomatic relations with Iran in 2005 - this is a substantive error of…
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    • Blair doesn't really have much choice in this. Firstly, any attack on Iran without at least 2 prior Chapter 7…
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    • Actually, Iran has signed the additional safeguards protocols and there is no bar to IAEA inspectors having physical access to…
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    • I'm not so sure about that - I suspect that Bush is pretty unhappy with Dick'n'Don these days, and I…
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    • I think this slightly overstates the position that Iranian officials and commentators express. Whilst the government consistently states that it…
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    • There is absolutely no chance of Syria, or Iran for that matter, being invaded. The US has neither the troops…
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    • Well, as far as culprits for this go, the likeliest perpetrators are Wahhabi/Salafi extremists who consider Shia muslims to be…
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    • The whole oil bourse thing is, er, crap. The problem is the Euro, which already exists and doesn't seem to…
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    • Sorry Susan, but I've never come across a reputable terrorism analyst that has suggested that the Cole or African embassy…
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    • I don't doubt the "sincerity" of neocon intentions with regards to Iran - although I suspect that manufacturing the wider…
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    • Actually, the pattern of behaviour that we have seen to date suggests that this will not be the case at…
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    • I'm sure that the Jerusalem Post is doing its patriotic duty by leaking Israeli military plans. When are people going…
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    • The problem, Booman, is that there was a process of liberalization of Iran's politics and civil life in the wake…
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    • I don't understand why your friend is so discouraged - the US military must have eliminated some 10% of the…
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    • It's really strange that the UK goverment went right over the cliff of emabarrassment in prosecuting Kathy Gunn over such…
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    • It's an outlier. If we accept the Pape construction regarding suicide bombing, the Iraqi Shia might be tempted down that…
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    • Interesting. A few things to add though. Firstly, it's clear that the Shia religious parties have the upper hand in…
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    • Whilst I've no doubt that there are attempts to do some covert penetration of Iran, the amount of such activity…
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    • Another problem with the Risk approach to strategy is that players forget that the blank spaces on the board are…
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    • Well, you  know whilst it's all very well wondering why they didn't plant WMD, there are some pretty standard technical…
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