>>>http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/20091111392884765.html
>>>http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200911084430400848.html
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>>>Silence is deafenning.
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>>Not much silence in the Middle East. Israel has stirred up an almost unprecedented level of anger throughout the Arab world.
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>And they are usually so slow to anger ...
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>In fact, I think most of the Arab world is bloody sick of Hamas and suspicious that it has become far too close to Iran, which most of them fear more than they do Israel.
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>>I don't know if you heard this or not, but the New York Times reported today that Israel asked the U.S. three times last year for its blessing and assistance in bombing the suspected nuclear development site in Iran. The U.S. refused.
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>The insidious war-mongers Bush and Cheney obviously playing a very subtle and devious game ...

The US has chosen to use 'covert methods' to achieve a slowdown or stopping of nuclear development in Iran.