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As we now know from unnamed US officials in the Arab media, the Obama administration is currently looking at ways to lure key officials, constituencies and army leaders away from the iron-fist policy pursued by the Assads in the hope that an Egypt-type scenario may obtain in the near future.
Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011
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As we now know from unnamed US officials in the Arab media, the Obama administration is currently looking at ways to lure key officials, constituencies and army leaders away from the iron-fist policy pursued by the Assads in the hope that an Egypt-type scenario may obtain in the near future.
Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011
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As we now know from unnamed US officials in the Arab media, the Obama administration is currently looking at ways to lure key officials, constituencies and army leaders away from the iron-fist policy pursued by the Assads in the hope that an Egypt-type scenario may obtain in the near future.
Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011
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The summit is the first top level Arab meeting since protests fueled by joblessness and other economic woes in Tunisia forced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee, bringing an end to his iron-fist, 23-year rule of the country.
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The iron-fist control of Bashar Assad remains pervasive, backed by the relentless support from Tehran.
Saad Khan: Where Is the Revolution? Saad Khan 2011
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As we now know from unnamed US officials in the Arab media, the Obama administration is currently looking at ways to lure key officials, constituencies and army leaders away from the iron-fist policy pursued by the Assads in the hope that an Egypt-type scenario may obtain in the near future.
Nicholas Noe: A Third Way on Syria Is Still Possible Nicholas Noe 2011
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The iron-fist control of Bashar Assad remains pervasive, backed by the relentless support from Tehran.
Saad Khan: Where Is the Revolution? Saad Khan 2011
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However, Khamenei's iron-fist policy has backed the regime into a corner, in which the slightest concession will have a snowball effect.
Mahmood Delkhasteh: Iran's Green Movement Moves to Bypass its Leaders 2010
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Among his clients: Kim Jae-kyu, the ex-intelligence chief who assassinated then-President Park Chung-hee, a former army general who ruled South Korea with an iron-fist for 18 years, at a party in 1979.
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However, Khamenei's iron-fist policy has backed the regime into a corner, in which the slightest concession will have a snowball effect.
Mahmood Delkhasteh: Iran's Green Movement Moves to Bypass its Leaders 2010
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