Report on Iran fuels Arab fears

Source: latimes



Report on Iran fuels Arab fears

Some analysts say Tehran may feel free to interfere in the Mideast, but a few are relieved that chances of a U.S. attack have dimmed.
By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer


December 6, 2007
CAIRO -- The dwindling possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran is changing the dynamics of Middle East politics and raising Arab concern that Tehran may now feel emboldened to strengthen its military, increase its support for Islamic radicals and exert more influence in the region's troubled countries.

Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations opposed military action against Iran's nuclear program. But, analysts said, those governments were privately relieved that U.S. threats helped to further preoccupy Tehran, which had irritated much of the Arab world with its deep involvement in the politics of Iraq and Lebanon and support for the radical Palestinian group Hamas.


The U.S. intelligence report released Monday, which says Iran does not have an active nuclear weapons program, has eased international pressure for sanctions and invigorated the Islamic Republic's hard-liners. This comes as the Arab world has been trying to counter Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rhetoric and his government's influence over the presidential turmoil in Lebanon, the politics in Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

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Just like clockwork.

:argh:

that's how stupid all of this bullshit has become.

religious, military, corporate, and political takeover of the press - editors and journalists groomed to do what you are witnessing. With a dumbed down numbness and transparency. Corporate blackwater press - all busy working for Republicans.