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Persian Gulf States Provoke Iran With Military Exercises Using False Pretext

by John Glasor (source: antiwar.com) May 1, 2012

The US-backed Sunni [Persian] Gulf states are really in competition with Iran for regional hegemony ››read more


US Strikes A Military Pose for Iran

by Kaveh L Afrasiabi (source: Asia Times Online) May 1, 2012

For all the talk of the United States' long-standing hegemony in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, its military superiority is not without shortfalls that, in turn, show significant flaws in its ability to maintain a "credible military threat" against Iran, the stand that nowadays complements its coercive diplomacy vis-a-vis Iran's nuclear program. ››read more