Washington Times: On Oct. 23, 1983, the government of Iran sent a truck bomb into the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, destroying the building like a child smashing play-doh. Two hundred and forty-one men were killed, and countless others were wounded. It was mass murder.
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IAEA chief says Iran must come clean or face ‘backfire’
RFE/RL: Muhammad el-Baradei, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, has warned Iran that it must “come clean” about its controversial uranium-enrichment activities or face new UN sanctions.
Iran to shut Bandar Abbas crude units in Jan, May
Reuters: Iran will shut a crude unit at its Bandar Abbas refinery in January and a second in May to boost capacity by 40 percent, part of its multi-billion dollar move to cut dependence on gasoline imports, a National Iranian Oil Co source said on Thursday.
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Iran: WHO expert
Reuters: Cholera has jumped the border from Iraq to Iran, highlighting the need for neighboring countries to boost their defenses against the deadly disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: Quds force
Daily Telegraph: The Quds Force is a special paramilitary unit attached to Irans Revolutionary Guards whose mission is to help organise, train and equip militia in the Middle East.
Iran ‘arming Taliban with roadside bombs’
Daily Telegraph: Iran is supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan with the same bomb-making equipment it provides to insurgents in Iraq, according to British military intelligence officers.
Iran-Syria sign billion dollar gas deal
AFP: Fellow US foes Iran and Syria have signed an agreement for Tehran to export a billion dollars worth of gas every year to its chief regional ally, Iranian state television reported on Thursday.
Bush says Iraq exit would bolster Iran
Los Angeles Times: Warning that a premature American departure from Iraq would create turmoil throughout the region, President Bush said Wednesday that his determination
Ahmadinejad: Iran’s “international mission” to limit Israeli power
DPA: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran had an ‘international mission’ to stop Israeli hegemony in the Middle East, state news agency IRNA reported Thursday.
Syria, seeking investors, turns cautiously to Iran
New York Times: Ahmed Ansare likes to think of himself as a pioneer. His petroleum recycling business, the Damascus Petrochemical Refinery Company, was the first private Iranian company to set foot in Syria, the first of many, it now seems.
