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Ex-Iran Guard commander visits White House with Iraq leader
Washington Times ^

Posted on 12/12/2011 7:34:12 PM PST by nuconvert

A former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the FBI says played a role in a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 U.S. servicemen, accompanied Iraq’s prime minister to the White House on Monday, attending an event at which President Obama trumpeted the end of the Iraq War.

Hadi Farhan al-Amiri, transportation minister in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government, was part of the delegation that visited the White House to discuss Iraq’s future and Iran’s influence there, among other topics.

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Louis J. Freeh, who served as FBI director in the Clinton administration and the early months of the George W. Bush administration, said it was shocking that Mr. al-Maliki would include Mr. al-Amiri in his visit to Washington.

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To: thouworm
Louis Freeh is too tactful.

He has the reputation of being able to say the hard truth in diplomatic ways - but still the hard - and sometimes uncomfortable truth... This story's newsworthy - too bad the MSM's in the pocket of dems...

21 posted on 12/14/2011 8:01:00 AM PST by GOPJ (Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred - Proverbs 15)
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To: nuconvert

iran deal bump


22 posted on 04/15/2015 1:35:58 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: nuconvert

bump


23 posted on 09/21/2015 5:01:44 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: thouworm

That’s be Hillary at State, wouldn’t it?


24 posted on 10/10/2016 8:37:40 PM PDT by piasa
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