Save the left bank Arabs

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: April 6, 2007| Author: DANIEL BRETT | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

04-06-2007

Headline: Save the left bank Arabs
Byline: DANIEL BRETT
Edition; Up Front
Section: Opinion
Page: 12

Friday, April 6, 2007 -- Iran's capture of 15 British navy personnel at gunpoint on the Shatt al-Arab, purportedly in Iraqi waters, is inextricably linked to the regime's long-term ambition to impose its territorial control over the strategic waterway and hold Baghdad hostage to its interests.

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