Originally posted by Mihais
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history, when has Iran tried to march to mecca ?
geopolitics, most active during Khomeni's time. Tapered off since. Khomeni was the charismatic driving force not IRI. Saddam played this card a lot with the GCC to ensure adequate funds for his war. It's unclear to me whether Iran planned to march to Baghdad during that war, though Saddam was certainly looking for territorial gains.
interests, both Shia's & Sunni' revere Mecca. There have been some restrictions on Iranian pilgrims over the years due to political activity that had more to do with condemning the US & Israel but otherwise not much.
Originally posted by Mihais
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It's wierd the Arabs ratified the NPT in the late 80s, early 90s. A time when it was known that Israel had a nuke. Ambigious or not makes no difference here does it. These guys don't think whether israel will occupy their land, the point is nuke in the region , ZOMG, ZOMG.
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