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Old 10-03-2013, 08:24 AM   #7
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By 2000, Iran was surrounded only by nations considered enemies. Iran apparently even had a hand in making the Maliki government possible. Iran considered Sunni's a threat to their people - Shiites. However, what is an enemy and friend tends to be far more complex.

Worse were American government liars inspired by the 'axis of evil' myth. Iran had captured some 200 Al Qaeda fleeing from Iraq. They even presented Americans the photocopies of those Al Qaeda passports in Geneva. (In an ongoing conferences with Americans that included German and Italians as a cover.) Iran provided the names of Al Qaeda they had captured.

Then the George Jr administration proclaimed Iran was protecting Al Qaeda. More lies, based in the extremist attitudes of Cheney, Rumsfled, Feith, and Wolfovitz) that only made reconciliation with Iran impossible.

To better understand what was happening (and being stifled by the wackos in Washington), see two separate conferences with Iran conducted by Dobbins and Crocker.
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