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Gaza War may strengthen Iran’s hand

Posted by seumasach on November 28, 2012

Kaveh Afrasiabi

Asia Times

29th November, 2012

NEW YORK – Now that the dust of the eight-day Gaza war has settled, the war’s shift of geostrategic fortune in favor of Hamas’s Iranian military patron state is rather unmistakable. Israeli leaders may publicly boast of inflicting heavy damage to Hamas’s rocket capability, yet the fact remains that they failed to reach their ultimate objective of dismantling that capability, which is sure to be replenished and strengthened in the months to come.

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