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Business/Financial

Obama Assails Iran For Supplying Missiles To Hamas And Hezbollah That Are Used To Attack Israel

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Monday, February 16th, 2009

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President Obama lashed out at Iran for supplying thousands of rockets and missiles to terrorists groups that launch them in attacks on Israel. Leaders in Tehran are supplying the means of attacks, or financing, for terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, Obama said in his first formal White House news conference. Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired thousands of rockets and missiles into southern Israel, while Hezbollah terrorists in 2006 fired thousands of weapons into northern Israel,…

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