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Iran, Iraq, the U.N. 598 Resolution, and Chemical Weapons

Yesterday the Persian Journal published a very succinct but insightful article on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, who helped to end it and how.
You can understand the not wholly misplaced distrust the Iranians hold against the United States and the United Nations. Whilst the U.S. aggressively sought to mediate an end to the bloody conflict – [...]

Bush Hypocrisy? the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)

Does history not teach those in power anything? Is President Bush comfortable placing his gut instincts (thus far proven rudimentary to say the least!) in a covenant with evil? Can the U.S. once again make a pact with truly bad people under the hackneyed expression, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”?
As previously mentioned, [...]

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