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2004-10-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Countdown: Iran's hardliners tighten their squeeze

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-07 2:33:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A Phantom? Really?

"Aging" don't hardly cover it. Fat, slow, smokey and easy meat for an F-15 or a Hornet, is more like it.

Posted by mojo 2004-10-07 4:50:49 PM|| 2004-10-07 4:50:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 According to observers, what the hardliners are doing is drying the roots of the reformism movement, and sowing in their place the seeds of neo-conservatism, a movement best embodied in Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,..

One problem: this plan does nothing to address the unhappiness of the population. When Ardeshir Publiq gets mad enough, it's going to be beddie-bye time for the "hardliners".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-07 11:12:20 PM|| 2004-10-07 11:12:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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