John J. Xenakis
Breitbart.com
Big Peace
31 Aug 2012
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi created some controversy last week when he accepted an invitation from Iran to come and speak at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, being held in Tehran. Morsi’s visit to Tehran is being called “historic,” since it’s the first such visit by an Egyptian leader since Iran’s 1979 Great Islamic Revolution.
Iran had hoped to gain sympathy from unaligned nations for the Western sanctions, and had hoped to get endorsement of its policy in Syria. Outside the meeting hall, they placed three damaged cars — the cars that Iranian nuclear scientists were riding in when they were killed in bombings.
However, Iran received no support from Morsi, who gave a speech ruthlessly condemning the regime of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, and calling for his ouster…
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In the wake of growing tensions between Israel and Iran, as well as the ongoing conflict in Syria, the U.S. Navy has sent the Stennis Strike Group back to the Persian Gulf. This group, which departed on August 27, is based around the nuclear-powered John C. Stennis aircraft carrier, and is supported by 2,000 sailors who are now headed to the Persian Gulf as well.
