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Jt Chiefs Chairman warns against striking Iran
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7-3-2008 9:20 PM
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Scholar adds that such a strike "could be a political bonanza for Iran" "Just as Hezbollah became so popular [in the aftermath of the war between Hezbollah and Israel in the summer of 2006], Iran could gain credibility in the Arab street."
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