Posted on May 5, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton
BEIRUT — Things are moving along, albeit slowly, for “my Iranian trip”:https://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/2006/04/iran_reporting_trip.php. I’ve discovered that I can’t just get a tourist visa and then write, although some people do that. Instead, I need to get a journalistic visa because if I go the tourist route, and I publish articles, the Iranians will likely not let …
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Iranian Hegemony: What’s Not to Like?
Posted on October 8, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton
This week’s kerfuffle over Iranian President Ahmadinjad’s speech to Columbia University and his request to go to Ground Zero indicates that we, as a country, have indeed bought tickets to absurdistan. I was in New York City for the dustup, rousting editors from their desks and pitching stories, so I got to see the crazy …
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Heading to the Gulf
Posted on July 18, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton
Hello all. I’ll be in the Northern Arabian Gulf for a few days starting tomorrow to check out the training of the Iraqi Navy, the two oil terminals there (which supply Iraq with 90%+ of its income) and maybe I’ll even bump up against some Iranians. Stay tuned…
Iran attack this Friday? Not Likely
Posted on April 4, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton
There’s some buzz that the U.S. is readying an attack on Iran, possibly as soon as this Friday. Don’t believe it. I’m due to be on board the _USS Stennis_, believed to be one of the ships taking part in this attack, next week — and it won’t even be in the Persian Gulf. I’m …
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Iran supplying Zarqawi?
Posted on May 15, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton
Omar over at Iraq the Model translates an article from az-Zamman that claims Iranian Revolutionary Guards are supplying Abu Musab al-Zarqawi with advanced weaponry, with Lebanese Hizbollah as the intermediary. Here’s what you should know about this: Zarqawi _hates_ the Shi’a community, with the fiery passion of the Sun’s core. When I was with TIME, …
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Update on Iranian trip
Posted on May 5, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton
BEIRUT — Things are moving along, albeit slowly, for “my Iranian trip”:https://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/2006/04/iran_reporting_trip.php. I’ve discovered that I can’t just get a tourist visa and then write, although some people do that. Instead, I need to get a journalistic visa because if I go the tourist route, and I publish articles, the Iranians will likely not let …
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