Amir Taheri
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Iran and the US: An October Surprise? (opens the original)
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"October surprise" is a shibboleth that denotes a foreign intervention affecting the result of an American election that is always held in November. It was popularized by Gary Sick, a CIA analyst who served as an adviser on Iranian affairs in the Carter administration in the late 1970s, and who penned a 1991 book on his theory that Carter lost the presidential election in November 1980 after the regime in Tehran delayed the release of American diplomats held captive because of a secret deal with
Iraq Gets a ‘Yes, But’ from Europe (opens the original)
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“Yes, but with a big but!” This was the answer that speaking on condition of anonymity, French officials responded to our question whether they were impressed by visiting Iraqi Prime Minster Ali Falih al-Zaidi. The yes part was about finding the 41-year-old al-Zaidi, a young politician, with enough charisma to ensure a longer run in Iraqi politics where since the end of the Baathist rule meteoric rises and falls have been the norm. The but part was about whether the new boy on the block would sh
America 25 Years After 9/11 (opens the original)
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On Friday morning, the great city of New York once again held a ritual ceremony that has become a fixed part of its annual agenda for a quarter of a century. The names of the 2,977 men, women and children who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center's twin towers on September 11 are read aloud while millions of Americans watch the commemoration on TV with a mixture of grief and anger. This year, however, there was a small but significant change in the mise-en-scène of the annual e
America 25 Years After 9/11 (opens the original)
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This morning, the great city of New York will once again hold a ritual ceremony that has become a fixed part of its annual agenda for a quarter of a century. The names of the 2,977 men, women and children who died in the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center’s twin towers on September 11 will be read aloud while millions of Americans watch the commemoration on TV with a mixture of grief and anger. This year, however, there will be a small but significant change in the mise-en-scene of the annu
War With Iran: Time for a Rethink (opens the original)
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Long before some American politicians and pundits were beating the drums for war against Iran, Victor Davis Hanson reminded his readers that two of the nine "landmark battles in the rise to Western power" were against Persia. The battles mentioned by the respected military historian were in Salamis, where the Greek city-states, led by Athens, sunk the Persian fleet, and Gaugamela, where Alexander of Macedonia defeated Darius III. The late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal advocate of an
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