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• 03 Mar 08
  

  david waxman

  moishe iran

• 02 Mar 08
  

  liveinfreedom .
  • Shia Iran has little in common with the fundamentalist Wahhabists of the Taleban and al-Qaeda.
  • According to diplomats, the Iranians urged the US to invade Afghanistan as soon as possible and to install a government to oppose the Taleban.

  • Tehran also promised $500m for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.  

     It was enlightened self-interest. Iran did not want to be sandwiched between two enemies - Saddam Hussein to the west and the Taleban to the east.  

     It is ironic that both threats to Iranian stability were removed... by the US.

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