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Ayad Allawi Says the Surge is About Iran

Andrew Sullivan highlights an interesting interview with Ayad Allawi, Iraq's former Minister of Defense, in which Allawi makes it clear that the surge is more about applying pressure on Iran than about achieving "victory" in Iraq. Check it out.

Posted by Jonathan Stein on 01/25/07 at 11:38 AM | E-mail | Print | Digg | de.licio.us | Reddit | Newsvine | Yahoo! MyWeb | StumbleUpon | Netscape | Google |



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I beleve Mr. Bush made that very clear! The instigated unrest and the increase in troops is to insite trouble with Iran and Syria. Domination of the entire region and corporate control of the oil is what it is all about.

Posted by: Ranselar VanDerpoel on 01/26/07 at 6:15 AM

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