Phhhhew. I'll bet there's thousands of pseudo Jihadis that are breathing easier...
And their Moms. Don't forget all their sainted mothers...
Iran's top leader has banned hard-line Iranian volunteers from leaving the country to carry out suicide bombings against Israel.
Someone sent a message, did they ...
Iran's state television on Thursday quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying that Iran can't allow volunteers to cross its border and take military action against Israel. But he said Iran won't spare any efforts to assist Hamas in other ways.
In other words...good luck, boys. Give em hell for us.
"Youse guys could always stage a sit-in! Or maybe take over an embassy!"
Hard-line Iranian student groups asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the IDF assault on the Gaza Strip.
Lemme at em! LEMME AT EM!!
"I want to moidalize 'em!"
"Finish yer education first, sonny."
"But I've memorized the Quran! And I can shoot-off a gun! What else do I need to learn?"
Iran is Hamas's main backer, though the country denies sending weapons to the Islamic terrorist movement.
"No, no, certainly not!"
Just good wishes and happy thoughts.
The volunteers staged a sit-in at Teheran's international Mehrabad airport this week, demanding they be sent to Gaza, the online Rooz agency reported.
Worked about as well as any other student sit-in around the world ...
The volunteers, numbering up to 200 people, belonged to an Iranian group, which issued an advertisement earlier this week offering a reward of $1 million to anyone who would assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Betcha the Mad Mullahs™ would react different if someone offered a million to whack Short Round ...
#1
The Iranians finally realized that non-verbal provocations launched by the supreme leader constitute an act of war. Not that Israel is going to bomb Iran any less, mind you.
#3
"provocations launched by the supreme leader constitute an act of war"
I don't think Iran cares much about that.
What Iran REALLY cares about is being seen backing a loser. And Hamas is losing BIG.
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Believe it or not, a LOT of Iranian people love Americans and Israel more then the amount of people that wish for both of our destruction and would carry out such attacks. Seems to me the bluff didn't work IN Iran either.
#5
lftbhndagn, I believe it but how can the US help them remove their government? Any kind of prying tends to backfire and every year they have riots and seem to be waiting for something before everything collapses into status quo again.
#7
Imteresting - it forestalls Iran from giving Israel any excuse to attack and destroy its budding Nucprogs, while also indir fostering pro-Islamist, anti-US-Isr-Western destabilization in EGYPT, etal. as per the Israeli-HAMAS fight in Gaza. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PALEOS GET SHAFTED - AGAIN - BY THE GEOPOLITICS OF THEIR NEIGHBORING MUSLIMS. THERES ALWAYS SYRIA + NIGHTLY ROWBOATS.
#8
I don't think we'd be getting rose petals thrown at our feet if teh mullahs and thugocracy in Iran were smited. It's not the Arab/Persian way to show gratitude.
Typically, they ask: "why not faster, why so much collateral damage, when can you leave, support us with financial aid, don't expect oil favoritism, you bastards(!) you killed Abu Kenny!"
That said, most of Iran is educated and western-looking whether they acknowledge it or not. They'd do OK if the black turbans ate shrapnel. There would be "death to Juice!" rallies, but they'd eventually get over it
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UNFORTUNATELY, THE PALEOS GET SHAFTED
Funny how that happens over and over again. Do you suppose the Paleos will ever catch on that the entire Middle East is using them?
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The Iranians finally realized that non-verbal provocations launched by the supreme leader constitute an act of war
It is more like the Iranian government has no problem with the protests and the volunteering. That keeps the fools from remembering that they are for the most part jobless with no hope of employment soon.
The problem the Iranian government has with the fools is that most of them will never become shaheed. Either the Israelis will kill some of them, or they will linger in Gaza both disrespecting and being disrespected by the Palestinians and perhaps get a bit too fond of the hashish.
Eventually they will return to Iran, disillusioned and bitter. And that is what the Iranian government does not want to happen.
#2
I don't think it's Iran's big move. I think it is just a bone to keep the world busy whilst they press forward with their plans for world domination via a few nukes.
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ION MEMRI > IN AN OPEN LETTER TO BARACK OBAMA, THE CHIEF OF THE TORA BORA BATTLEFIELD HAS WARNED THAT THE FLAMES OF THIS GAZA FIGHT WILL "BLOW UP IN WASHINGTON".
Whew, too early in the Guam AM for anuther long Title.
7:47 AM BREAKING NEWS: Reshet B reports. Katyusha rockets falling in Israel's North on the town of Nahariya. At least 3 rockets in the barrage.
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Game on, Tehran? Raging conflict while the new (unimpressive) crew takes the reins? Desperate attempt to forestall pre-emptive strike on mullah-nukes? Too much wine in my evening? (actually, not a drop tonight)
At least three Katyusha rockets fired from southern Lebanon land in Western Galilee region Thursday morning, near town of Nahariya; two people reported wounded in attack. School day cancelled in town
Ynet reporters
Published: 01.08.09, 07:50 / Israel News
A Katyusha barrage was fired Thursday at the Nahariya area in the Western Galilee. Police reported that two people were lightly wounded and evacuated to the local hospital. Several residents were treated for shock.
Police sappers received reports of three rocket hits, one in town and two others in open fields nearby.
Residents rushed to take cover in shelters and fortified areas, as children throughout the town were on their way to school.
The Magen David Adom emergency services raised their alert level to the maximum following the attack.
Foresight
Northerners prepare for possible attacks / Hagai Einav
Gaza operation and deteriorating situation in southern Israel prompt northern communities to prepare for possible attacks. Kiryat Shmona, other towns inspect bomb shelters, Ziv Medical Centers instructs staff to stay nearby
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The Home Front Command ordered residents to remain close to fortified areas.
Nahariya Mayor Jacky Sabag ordered school day in town cancelled in light of the attack. School was also cancelled in the neighboring community of Shlomi.
Hizbullah's television station al-Manar reported of the Katyusha attack at northern Israel, but did not attribute the fire to the organization.
Hizbullah forces have been put on the highest alert level this week, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported on Tuesday.
Earlier in the week Ynet reported that Lebanon was anxiously following the developments in Gaza. According to Al-Hayat, Hizbullah raised its alert level after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called up thousands of reserve soldiers and said some of them would be deployed along the northern border.
A Lebanese source was quoted by the paper as saying that the Shiite group is determined "not to give Israel a chance to avenge its defeat in the July 2006 war and has therefore raised its alert level for defense purposes."
Ahiya Raved, Hagai Einav, Roee Nahmias and Sharon Roffe-Ofir contributed to the report
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4 Injured in attack up North.
8:55 AM First reports are saying that Palestinians in Lebanon fired the missiles on their own initiative and not Hizbollah. No confirmation yet on this report.
#6
I Hope and Pray that the Israelis quits possy footing around with Iran.
YES! What's needed:
A Focused and Liberal SHOCK and AWE Campaign, extended and sustained OVER, UNDER, AROUND and THROUGH Iran including plenty of left over 50,000,000 degree heat which should permanently impress and fuse Iran's ankle biters hiding out in South Lebanon.
Israel must deal with her sworn enemies because no one else will save her especially the Bad Actors and Bastxrds here in the West who are only willing to watch Israel commit suicide while they scold her.
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Attack in North hit a Nursing Home
9:28 AM Rocket launched up North were not short-range Katyushas indicating the likelihood that Hizbollah did launch them.
(from http://muqata.blogspot.com/)
#12
You're exactly right Verlaine. The Hez-beasts and their Iranian masters have stepped into the trap and the jaws or closing. Israel has 12 days to engage and, if humanly possible finish off Iran's nukes before the Obama administration takes office.
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Oil Rises as Lebanon Rockets Hit Israel, Widening Gaza Conflict Crude oil rose, rebounding from its biggest decline in seven years, after rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel, raising concern the widening Gaza conflict will threaten Middle East oil supplies.
Further rockets fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel after a salvo launched last night, Agence France-Presse reported. Venezuela said it cut crude sales in accordance with last monthÂ’s OPEC decision, following similar notices from other members including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Yesterday, crude plunged the most since 2001 as U.S. stockpiles increased more than expected.
“Investors fear that if the conflict escalates Arab countries could unite against Israel,” said Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst with VTB Group in London. “And you have a huge producer, Iran, right next door, so events like this really intensify the geopolitical risk premium that exists generally in the Middle East
#14
Reports the Katyushas from this morning were fired from next to UNIFIL base.
The Ahmed Jabril terror organization take responsibility for rocket attack in North
Hamas declines to progress with the Egyptian cease fire proposal
the question of the hour from the twitter site: Why is Hamas shooting at Israel during the 3-hour Humanitarian Cease Fire? Sederot is under heavy rocket fire the past 15 mins.
#16
Ahmed Jibril heads the PFLP-General Command. He's of Paleo descent, and was a captain in the Syrian army before breaking the group off from PFLP. PFLP-GC is a Syrian sock puppet.
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Reports the Katyushas from this morning were fired from next to UNIFIL base.
Why am I not surprised? But, uh, just for future reference, when the UN tries to broker a ceasefire with promises of a UN security force to enforce it, keep this little incident in mind.
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Well, my guess is everyone is going to bitch out Israel for "oppressing" the Palestinians, and they're going to bail. Obama's only comment was that he felt sorry for the civilian casualties (i.e., his Palestinian buddies).
Then, Obama is wanting to tube the economy so that his "new world order--one world government" thing can get rolling, and this is a prime time to do it. The Dems already were successful in tipping the economy for their "October Surprise" and now they want to finish it. Like I said before, we're going to be watching the Presidency of (sociopath) Bill Ayers throughout Obama's term. His one goal is to take the US (vicariously his daddy) down. It's a personal thing.
Remember when Biden said, "something's gonna happen (after Obama takes office), and it might not seem like what we're going to do is the right thing, but you have to trust us that it is the right thing,"
Whatever "IT" is, it's already been planned. Everything else is just fluff, and designed to guarantee the "cooperation" of the populace. Nothing like taking people's money as a way to get them to cooperate . . .
With Gaza and the north hammering Israel, "SOMEONE" is going to have to come into the situation and bring "peace." My guess, Obama. And he'll make Jerusalem an "international city" under the auspices of the UN.
We'll see.
I agree that Israel should wipe out Iran's nukes now rather than later, since "later" is up in the air, and more like never with Obama leading the US.
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And here it is . . . the beginning of the new world order. All these pesky wars. All this economic turmoil . . . who will save us. OBAMA WILL SAVE US, and the WORLD (start music).
(from drudge)
PARIS – The leaders of France and Germany appeared to put disagreements over economic policy behind them Thursday, calling on the U.S. to join global efforts to address the financial crisis.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, leading a two-day conference with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the future of capitalism, said the crisis has shown that no country can go it alone on economic policy. "In the 21st century, there it is no longer a single nation who can say what we should do or what we should think," he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the system "cannot continue as it is" and called for better-regulated financial markets.
. . .
"Leaders should look beyond financial markets, she (Merkel) said, singling out the American budget deficit and China's current account surplus — or trade balance — as problems upsetting the global economy.
A Congressional Budget Office report estimates that the U.S. federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year — and that is before President-elect Barack Obama's sweeping stimulus package is calculated.
(WHICH WILL GET US IN THE HOLE FOREVER)
Merkel said the International Monetary Fund has not managed to regulate global capitalism, and she called for the creation of an economy body at the United Nations, similar to the Security Council, to judge government policy.
But no more: "In capitalism of the 21st century, there is room for the state," he (Sarkozy) said.
So, there is more to the Katusha's than one might think . . .
WAR + BAD ECONOMY + SOCIALIST USA PRESIDENT = new world order
Maybe they'll listen to someone from a long time ago . . . .
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.
But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.
A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman)
#28
My wish: Obama vs. Cicero in debate on the fundamentals of democracy. Oh wait, Obama's too busy deciding which FAMILY DOG will get him the most public brownie points . . .
A deficit during a RECESSION makes sense. It doesnt make sense during a boom. Guess who ran a massive deficit during a boom. Can you spell B-U-S-H?
There has been some coordination of macro economic policy since Bretton Woods. Google that, if you dont know what it is. Yes, it IS an inevitable result of economic ties between nations. NO it doesnt mean the end of sovereignty. hell the euros cant even manage to coordinate macro econ policy among themselves very well, and the EU is supposed to be this eevil superstate.
and yes, there is a role for the state in modern capitalism. Social welfare goes back to Bismarck. Economic regulation in the US goes back to the 1880s, and in a bigger way to Theodore Roosevelt.
Note Bene, if you think Obama is a commie on economics, you would NOT feel comfortable living in Israel.
Calm down. Take a deep breath. Obama has so far proposed a more moderate admin than I for one expected.
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I think he would have a hard enough time vs. Clay Jenkinson, nevermind Cicero...so long as we don't have a Alcibiades on our hands. He changes his story so much I personally cannot believe a word he says.
Hamas wanted a prize fight and now they got it. Those working against Israel and trying to make it a 3 round limit now that their boxer is getting pummelled so as to let the judges decide the winner rather than have a KO. Smoke any location a rocket has been fired from and do it before they call the fight.
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same site:
Over 450 Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, since start of Cast Lead operation.
Today officially marks the legal end of Abu Mazeen's presidency. According to PA law, Hamas now controls the Presidency of the Palestinian Authority - including within Palestinian Occupied Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Will Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazeen) step down? Will Hamas fight to take control? Who does the (American trained) Palestinian Police now take orders from? Will America demand that PA law be upheld and Hamas legally take over, or will it demand a coup and keep Abu Mazen in power?
According to PA law the presidency now automatically goes to the Speaker, but (Hamas) Speaker Aziz Dweik is currently in jail in Israel, making (Hamas) Gaza-based Deputy Speaker Ahmed Bahar next in line. Abu Mazeen is claiming he can extend his presidency for up to another year (he has been taking lessons from Ehud Olmert).
#38
This northern salvo is a shot at the UN. They are administering the ceasefire in Lebanon, and making all the noise in Gaza about the humanitarian crisis. They clearly cannot manage either.
It will not take long for the truthers to accuse the Israelis of fired the rockets themselves, as it put the UN in a very embarrassing position.
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A number of Netters are arguing that, as per this posting time, ISRAEL may not think this is an actual HIZB-LED ROCKET STRIKE given the IDF's lack of strong counterresponse yet to same???
A senior Iranian politician met Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Damascus on Wednesday as the Palestinian Islamist group considered an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Ali Larijani, speaker of parliament and one of the major figures in the Islamic Republic, met Mashaal and several high level officials from Hamas at the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, witnesses said.
The meeting stretched into the early hours of Thursday, with no details emerging from the deliberations. Larijani earlier met leaders of Islamic Jihad, a smaller Palestinian group with close links to Iran.
Just making sure everyone knows the game plan ...
Iran and Syria are the major backers of Hamas, and Syria hosts members of Hamas' exiled leadership, including Mashaal. The two countries have influence on Hamas but little is known about what advice Tehran and Damascus have been giving Hamas in the current crisis.
Larijani also met President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to discuss the "dangerous situation" in Gaza, the official Syrian news agency said. He is the second Iranian official to visit Syria since Israel's ground invasion of Gaza began on Saturday.
Saeed Jalili, a senior Iranian security official, met Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials in Damascus this week, before Egypt announced a plan for a truce in Gaza brokered by France.
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There will never be peace in the Middle East until Iran is dealt with!!!!
A group of Iranian hackers says they have managed to bring down the Israeli secret service's web site to voice solidarity with Gazans.
Ashiyaneh, a group of Iranian hackers announced they had carried out the cyber attack against Mossad's web site to protest the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.
"The Zionist Regime considers the merciless killing of the defenseless people in Gaza as its right and assumes that the world people will keep silent about it," the hacker group announced in a statement.
The head of the group has said the fact Mossad's web site has been hacked despite high security measures makes the spy agency a laughing stock.
It is more than two hours that the web site is down and the Israeli intelligence service has failed to resume the function of the Web site, the report added.
Iran criticizes the lack of action by regional Arab countries and international organizations toward the current onslaught in Gaza by Israel.
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Iran is trying their damnedest to get involved in this.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has condemned the Israeli military attacks on Gaza which has so far left 282 people dead. In a condolence message released on Sunday, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei denounced Israel, describing its attacks as a "deliberate massacre" of innocent and defenseless civilians.
"What pain greater than Muslim silence on this humanitarian tragedy?" the Leader asked, lamenting the lack of world action on the issue. "Instead of standing up to Israeli war crimes and defending innocent Gazans, some Muslim leaders have paved the way for Tel Aviv to commit these crimes against humanity," he continued.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the contributions of the Bush administration toward the "genocidal Israeli assaults" against Palestinians have further tarnished the US image and world standing.
The UN Security Council has been unable to force an end to Israeli attacks against Gaza due to the intervention of the United States. Washington once again used its veto powers on Sunday to block a resolution calling for an end to the massive ongoing attacks against the impoverished region. The US, a staunch ally to Israel, has so far vetoed over 40 anti-Israeli resolutions sought by the council since 1972.
According to Ayatollah Khamenei, those who masterminded the "abysmal catastrophe" should be personally tried and met with severe reprimand. Monday has been declared by the Leader as a day of national mourning.
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Who'd know what genocide is better than Muslims?
The contention in Iranian political circles that the country is immune to the global financial meltdown has been brought under question. The common perception in Iranian political circles is that the country has largely remained unaffected by the recent economic crisis gripping world countries.
The chairman of Iran's Expediency Council, Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, questioned the validity of Iranian immunity on the issue on Thursday, saying that the country will face extreme difficulties due to its reliance on oil exports. "The government has real problems in determining its budget for next year and will have difficulty preparing a budget able to receive a Majlis vote," Hashemi-Rafsanjani said.
The senior Iranian official called on the government to take serious measures to ensure that the global economic crisis does not severely influence the country. His remarks are considered tacit criticism as they come days after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Tehran has enough foreign exchange reserves to last for "three years" and can thus manage its affairs even if oil prices hit zero.
The Iranian government is extremely reliant on oil revenues and is vulnerable to price fluctuations. As a result of the sharp downward spiral in oil prices, some economists have predicted that Tehran will face a considerable budget deficit within months.
In September, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that Iran would face a fiscal deficit if crude oil prices fall below $90 a barrel. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has also warned that the economy will face major problems should oil prices fall below $60 a barrel.
President Ahmadinejad has refuted the claims, saying that falling oil prices will have no serious impact on the country's economy even if they reach "5 dollars" a barrel. "Some arrogant countries say Iran will be hit by falling oil prices, but we tell them that the financial crisis in the West did not affect us, so the fluctuations in the oil market will not gravely affect us either," he told reporters on the sidelines of an international press exhibition in Tehran last month.
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man... i feel so terribly heartbroken over this troubling news...
NOT
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Iran hasn't finished paying for the rebuilding of the Hezballoh infrastructure yet (Rockets were paid for but not many offices or residences for Hezb big shots).
I'm also willing to bet a lot of the Mullahs had much of their embezzled wealth in hedge funds, fannie mae, WAMU, Etc.
Tehran has launched a campaign to promote an economic reform plan after parts of the proposal faced public disapproval in October.
In July 2008, the Iranian government announced that a value-added tax (VAT) mechanism would be introduced in the country by autumn, under which businesses would have to pay 3 percent of their sales receipts as tax. As the date for the implementation of the plan approached, merchants from Tehran's Bazaar -- the commercial heart of the country -- went on strike in protest at the VAT plan.
Following 10 days of widespread demonstrations across Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that he would introduce a bill to delay the implementation of the tax mechanism by at least one year. According to Tabnak, economic experts in the country have launched a campaign directed at ending the controversy surrounding the reform proposal; the plan is currently being discussed in various economic circles.
Critics of the plan demand that the Iranian government permanently revoke the program, arguing that the mechanism would contribute to creeping inflation.
Proponents of the plan, however, insist that VAT will help the country shift its dependency from oil revenues to indirect taxation.
The committee responsible for promoting the reform plan is actively organizing meetings and briefings across the country to prepare Iranian commercial circles for the long-anticipated economic changes.
President Ahmadinejad has long promised a populist economic platform that would challenge cronyism and corruption. After 4 years of Ahmadinejad administration, however, the Iranian president has been the recipient of severe criticism. Sixty leading economists from major Iranian universities have recently criticized the president in an open letter, saying he has not taken corrective measures to deal with the economic decline in the country.
President Ahmadinejad responded to the criticism by saying that his economic reform package -- submitted to parliament -- will eventually be able to resolve the economic problems gripping the country.
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the irainian non economy at its best. central planners challenging cronyism and corruption? Unlikely, in fact all good systems analysts know, that a systems top goal is self preservation. any tinkering at the edges is just sleight of hand. all systems are only as good as thier own sensory organs, what expectation can be extrapolated from this announcement? Clearly only one, the economics of this cabal are non economics, and thus incapable of reforming themselves. Iran and its identity crisis, not unlike russia and its identity crisis. both non economies in service to themselves as elitist identities, with overtly high coeficients of fiction.
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEO) says the country plans to construct five additional nuclear reactors in the next five years.
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Right after they pay for the last few installations. Or have they figured out how to balance their suddenly-gutted budgets on $50/barrel oil sales?
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A senior Iranian politician met Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Damascus on Wednesday as the Palestinian Islamist group considered an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Ali Larijani, speaker of parliament and one of the major figures in the Islamic Republic, met Mashaal and several high level officials from Hamas at the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, witnesses said.
