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Israeli pressure on Iran

Gregg Carlstrom | July 4, 2009 10:36 AM | 0 | recommend (0)

Israel officials are putting pressure on the U.S. to do something about Iran's nuclear program -- though it's not clear to me what they want done.

Industry and Trade minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said yesterday he's worried about U.S. "appeasement" towards Iran.

And Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., said the "clock [is] ticking" towards an Iranian nuclear bomb that could "wipe Israel off the map." Oren made his comments during a "conversation" with Jeffrey Goldberg, whose main role at The Atlantic appears to be copying down statements from his friends in the Israeli government. (You can view some video of the conversation here, but the parts about Iran are mysteriously missing.)

But what do they want done? More economic sanctions? The John Bolton solution? I don't see any constructive ideas here -- just criticism.

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Iraqi Elections

Polls close in Iraq; media reports suggest strong turnout, relative calm

Gregg Carlstrom | March 7, 2010 9:27 AM | 0 | recommend (0)
An Iraqi man on a bicycle displays his ink-stained finger after voting in Baghdad on March 7, 2010. (Photo: AP)
A handful of insurgent attacks around the country killed two dozen people, but Iraqi security forces seemed generally confident; the vehicle ban in Baghdad, scheduled to last all day, was lifted before noon. Anecdotal reports suggest a strong turnout across the country.

Iraqi Elections

Campaigning stops, voting starts; scattered violence in Baghdad, Mosul

Gregg Carlstrom | March 4, 2010 9:59 PM | 0 | recommend (0)
Iraqi policemen show their ink-stained fingers after voting outside a polling station in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad. (Photo: Reuters)
Iraq's campaign season wrapped up today, 48 hours ahead of the election, as soldiers and medical personnel voted early. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police will be on duty Sunday for the general election, when millions of Iraqis will vote at some 10,00 polling centers around the country (and abroad).

The Riyadh Conference

Saleh to GCC: We just need $44 billion

Gregg Carlstrom | February 28, 2010 9:59 AM | 0 | recommend (0)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (right) receives Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, at Khoraim Gardens on Feb. 23. (Photo: Saudi Press Agency)
Gulf countries pledged roughly 10 percent of the $44 billion in foreign aid the Yemeni government wants to receive over the next five years. And the news was quickly overshadowed by violent rallies in southern Yemen, where police used tear gas and live ammunition on separatists and the government declared a state of emergency in one governorate.

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