THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER The foiled plot by agents of the Iranian regime to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. has officials in the Obama administration furiously scratching their heads for an “appropriate” response. All too often with Iranian provocations, U.S. policy options swing ineffectually between the uncreative (economic sanctions) to the unrealistic (military strikes)….
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U.S. Denies Iran Claims That Saudi Plot Defendant Belongs to Exile Group
THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials on Wednesday denied Iranian news reports that a man charged in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States is actually an agent of an exiled Iranian opposition group. “We note that these reports originate solely with Iranian state media sources, which have…
Iranian Opposition: No Role In Plot
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Real Time Brussels Blog The Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, has forged a core of support at the heart of Europe by flying in U.S. political heavyweights for lavish conferences. In January, it was former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton (and his body double), former New…
Iranian exiles say Iraq poised to attack Camp Ashraf
Agence France Presse (BRUSSELS) – Iraqi forces are preparing to attack the Ashraf Camp in Iraq housing thousands of outlawed Iranian dissidents, the leader of an Iranian opposition group, Maryam Rajavi, told AFP on Wednesday. The attack is “imminent”, said Rajavi, who heads the National Council of Resistance of Iran. She warned of a potential…
Iranian-Americans to Obama: “Thank you for foiling the terrorist plot, now stand with Iranian people in their quest for regime change”
PRNewswire Urging America to get on the “Right Side of History”, Groups Ask Obama to Unshackle Main Democratic Opposition Against the Regime LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Iranian-American communities in the United States are applauding the Obama administration and U.S. law enforcement agencies for their work in foiling the plot hatched by the…