: re: Saudis Applaud a Tougher Line Against Tehran

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From: barry levine
Date: Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:23 AM
Subject: re: Saudis Applaud a Tougher Line Against Tehran
To: "letters@nytimes.com"


To the Editor:
  Long before Osama bin Laden set his sights on attacking the U.S., he
was bent on the overthrow of the House of Saud and of the Mullah's in
Iran.  Indeed--until president Bush stupidly called for a
"crusade"--Tehran and Riyadh were active partners with us in pursuit
of the  perpetrators of the attacks of 9/11.  It is therefore a cause
for wonderment that this newspaper cites allegations that Iran
harbored members of al-Qaeda as "fact". If that can be substantiated,
it would be a far bigger news story than one more execution among
many.
Barry Haskell Levine



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