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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel Strike on Iran Nuclear Facilities Would Need 100 Planes

Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed.
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Netanyahu and Ahmedinejad

Rising Likelihood of Israeli Strike on Iran: U.S. Official

In the wake of U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon's visit to Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a U.S. official has indicated that there is an increasing likelihood that Israel would initiate military action against Iran.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L), Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listen to a question during joint news conference in the President House in Islamabad on February 17, 2012.

Iran's Nuclear Push May Pull Region into Arms Race: UK Diplomat

Iran is clearly trying to develop nuclear-weapons capability -- and if it succeeds, then it will set off a dangerous round of nuclear proliferation across the Middle East -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in an interview published on Saturday.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is pictured during an interview with Russian television in Damascus

Russia and Iran Arming Assad: U.S. State Dept.

After eleven months of revolt, the Syrian army and security forces have killed at least 7,000 civilians in a brutal and horrific campaign that has placed the country in the virtual civil war.
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Iran Defaults on Rice Payments to India: Traders

Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western sanctions.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran Crisis: Obama Vows to Protect Israel

Iran has repeatedly threatened Israel with destruction. U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed that his country will do everything it can to protect long-time ally Israel.

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