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I do agree that many of the news sites linking to the new fatwa story are biased against Iran and the Iranian regime. But then again if such a story was to be reported surly those opposing the regime in Iran would be the first to do so.

There are really no neutral information sites online or even offline, only some more nuanced than others. Still, The Telegraph, even if it is conservative, is one fairly large and respectable newspaper and if they are printing a story that is corroborated by a multitude of other sources then, in my opinion there has to be something to the article. Of course it could be a propaganda campaign, but then again it might not.....

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by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Mon Feb 27th, 2006 at 12:07:22 PM EST
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My reading of it would suggest that something was said along those lines. I doubt that the story would be fabricated whole.

Every link in the communication chain seems to have reason to spin it against the Iran as much as possible though. I would suggest this is part of a power struggle within the Iranian government, especially with elections for the electors for the Supreme Guide coming up this year. The hard-liners are possibly manoeuvring for position using this issue, which adds a whole other layer of complexity to the situation.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Feb 27th, 2006 at 12:13:46 PM EST
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Fatwa or not is irrelevant. The Iranians have said that nuclear weapons would not provide security for them, and have insisted on a nuclear weapons-free mideast. The Neocons, ironically, agree that nuclear weapons would not provide security to Iran. Those who claim that Iran "must" want nuclear weapons since it lives in a dangerous neighborhood are engaging in a fallacy called Subverted Support -- trying to explain a phenomenon when there's no evidence that the phenomenon exists in the first place.

by CyrusI on Fri Mar 10th, 2006 at 04:41:36 PM EST
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Good point, and welcome to ET, Great King :-)

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by DoDo on Fri Mar 10th, 2006 at 04:56:20 PM EST
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I suppose we have Jerome's DKos diary of today to thank for it.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 10th, 2006 at 05:15:05 PM EST
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