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		Ar-Curunir on Feb 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT... Honestly, having lived in the Middle East for 22 years, I’m not sure what Iran-sponsored terrorism is being talked about here. The only plausible thing is the Yemeni conflict, and that’s more about US allies Saudi and UAE bombing the shit out of a poor country (Yemen).

toyg on Feb 27, 2022 [–]

"Iran-sponsored terrorism", in the US press, is any support for enemies of Israel - even when they are nation states building conventional forces.

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