Author: Neil MacFarquhar

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U.K. Base Would Be Ambitious Target for ‘Gig Economy’ Warfare

The U.S. war in Iran unleashed small-scale attacks by local criminals or disenfranchised young men hired anonymously to target Jewish and American sites in Europe and North America, experts say.

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AfghanistanAl QaedaBush, George WHamasHezbollahHussein, SaddamIranIran-Israel Proxy ConflictIraqIslamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt)September 11 (2001)TerrorismUS and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)War and Armed Conflicts

How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran

The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 set the path for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.

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