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Negotiating with Terror Sponsors
Weekly Standard ^ | Apr 13, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Posted on 04/13/2012 5:57:35 PM PDT by nuconvert

In today’s Wall Street Journal, Steve Hayes notes what will be missing in this weekend’s attempted negotiations with Iran: a serious discussion of Iran’s broad sponsorship of terrorism, particularly against American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, the Obama administration would be wise to remember an example of Iran’s brazen terrorist plotting from the not-so-distant past. The foiled plot to assassinate a Saudi ambassador on American soil says much about how the Iranian regime sees the U.S. government and its relations with Iran’s neighbors.

The Obama administration revealed the details of the plot in October 2011. At the time, the U.S. Treasury Department designated several Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps – Qods Force (IRGC-QF) officials who were named as participants in the plot.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irgc; terrorism

1 posted on 04/13/2012 5:57:43 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: All

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


2 posted on 04/13/2012 6:25:10 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: nuconvert

The way a nation deals with foreign nations which support terrorism or piracy, is to make it so damnably uncomfortable for the sponsoring nation that they eventually want to kill or drive off the terrorists or pirates themselves. It is pain inflicted to cause diversion of intent.


3 posted on 04/13/2012 6:33:17 PM PDT by SatinDoll (No Foreign Nationals as our President!)
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To: nuconvert
>Negotiating with Terror Sponsors "

Boner agrees to split the greens fees with Bammy.

4 posted on 04/13/2012 6:37:35 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: nuconvert

islamist greets islamist


5 posted on 04/13/2012 10:42:46 PM PDT by onedoug
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