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| New York Times: US Eases Iran Sanctions | |
| 2013-09-11 | |
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported. The Treasury Department said in a statement that it had cut the bureaucracy for obtaining exemptions in order to expedite the provision of health services, disaster relief, wildlife conservation and human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... projects in the country, it was reported. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Good thing they already cut up the Tomcats.. |
| Posted by: USN,ret 2013-09-11 17:38 |
| #4 How about the removal of anti-ballistic missile batteries from Eastern Europe? Nevermind. What is Kazakhstan worth? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-09-11 11:51 |
| #3 Not surprised. The deal that ended the Cuban missile crisis also involved a secret agreement (not revealed until 25 years later)to pull US nuclear missiles out of Turkey. A lesser-known aspect of that deal removed US listening posts from Turkey as well. Which begs the question: What other, secret agreements will come out of this? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-11 10:33 |
| #2 ...which in this case, the White House or Tehran, applies to both. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-11 09:31 |
| #1 Nb: Debka says this is part of the payoff for Putin's Syria deal. Because, as Fred points out in his piece this morning, confidence building gestures do not work when the other side is untrustworthy. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-09-11 08:03 |