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Kolesar

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1. Iran is using Hamas to fight a proxy war against Israel

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 05:01 PM

Jan 2013

I find that to be objectionable.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2012/11/egypt_and_gaza_missiles_how_iran_s_fajr_5_rockets_are_smuggled_to_hamas.html

Where do these missiles come from? Iran. How do they get around Israel’s land and sea blockade of Gaza? When you look at the map and read the intel, there’s only one possible answer: Egypt.

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Hagel: Window closing on Iran and diplomacy [View all] bananas Jan 2013 OP

Iran is using Hamas to fight a proxy war against Israel Kolesar Jan 2013 #1

This isn't actually true Report1212 Jan 2013 #3

k, so help us out a bit here with Lebanon & Israel, about 10 years' worth, please & thanks very much patrice Jan 2013 #4

I spent a lot of time looking for that story Kolesar Jan 2013 #6

Must be a freakingly large window if it takes decades to close... nt Democracyinkind Jan 2013 #2

Because Hagel hasn't spent the last 10 years or so blustering at Iran, when he TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #5

He's saber rattling at the very first chance to do so. Last round, he voted to attack Iraq, this Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #9

Nope, he's not a saber rattler. Never has been. Just stating the facts--and also reiterating TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #11

It is a threat of military action, prior to his so much as being confirmed. Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #15

Guy...Hagel is famous for NOT being a saber rattler. That's one of the reasons why Repubs and TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #17

Add Biden to that great team n/t Inuca Jan 2013 #7

Gotta keep that military machine moving. Gregorian Jan 2013 #8

I believe Iran is more keen to listen to North Korea than Chuck Hagel. Selatius Jan 2013 #10

Logic fail - the Korean War ended in 1953, but they got their first nuke a few years ago. bananas Jan 2013 #12

Well, to be fair, I was talking about the last three years. nt Selatius Jan 2013 #13

NK is supposedly about to test an enriched Uranium nuke. Socal31 Jan 2013 #14

Note that Barrigans were not a State making war and that the statement says this: Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #16

Translation.... Xolodno Jan 2013 #18

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