May 11, 2012

Israeli Attack on Iran May Enrage Muslim World

Ahmed Rashid, Haaretz

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Iran is far more likely to mobilize on the basis of the much wider support it can muster in the Muslim world, which is already seething with anti-American and anti-Israeli feelings.

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TAGGED: Pakistan, Israel, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran

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