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Despite nuclear deal, U.S. and Iran locked in regional shadow war
Washington Post ^ | July 16, 2015 at 5:37 PM | Missy Ryan

Posted on 07/16/2015 3:05:27 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Even as their highest-ranking diplomats were shaking hands this week on a landmark nuclear accord, the United States and Iran continued moving weapons, money and fighters across the Middle East in an uninterrupted shadow war.

At secret CIA bases in Jordan, U.S. operatives continued to arm and train fighters being sent into Syria to oust a critical ally of Iran.

In Saudi Arabia, U.S. military advisers remained in place at a command center selecting targets for airstrikes in Yemen against Shiite rebels allied with Tehran. […]

The agreement to curtail Iran’s nuclear program was hailed by President Obama and other world leaders as a step toward stability in the Middle East. But there are already competing theories about whether the deal will help to defuse other disputes, or lead hard-liners to dig in and use the expected jolt to Iran’s economy to escalate long-running proxy wars. …

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dhimmitude; iran; jordan; obama; rop; saudiarabia; shadowwar; worldwar3

1 posted on 07/16/2015 3:05:27 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I really do wonder just what Iran promised Obama for pulling this off....maybe some pocket change of his own...there’s just no way an American would sell us out this big.


2 posted on 07/16/2015 3:08:58 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Once you accept Obama is a foreign agent acting on behalf of terrorist organizations, it becomes quite simple really.

The fact that he has advisers that are Muslim Brotherhood members, should tell us all we need to know.

It evidently hasn’t. Congress just keeps on allowing him to destroy.

Never in the history of the United States has Capital Hill and the SCOTUS missed more clues.


3 posted on 07/16/2015 3:12:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: caww

Agreed.... he is not one of us.


4 posted on 07/16/2015 4:01:18 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: Olog-hai

“Missy Ryan”. Such gravitas!


5 posted on 07/16/2015 5:16:28 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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