January 19, 2012

MIDDLE EAST

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Iran’s Nuclear Showdown

Time to find a peaceful solution for tensions between Iran and Israel seems to be running out. The past foreshadows a future answer to this conflict.

It has been a war of words. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has often called for Israel to be “wiped off the map,” and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei labeled the country a “cancerous tumor.” All the while, the nation insists its nuclear programs are for “peaceful purposes.”