Middle East worries over possible US strike on Iran one month after protests began
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U. S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran's currency reached a new low a month since the start of protests that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown. Two nations, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have signaled they won't allow their airspace to be used for any attack. But America has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln a...
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