Comment: Iran, Turkey, Cyprus and the balance of power in the Middle East
BY ROBERT ELLIS
• Wed, Jul 25, 2012
The civil war in Syria fails to overshadow the main item on the agenda – the looming confrontation with Iran.
The head of Britain’s MI6, Sir John Sawers, recently warned that Iran will become a nuclear weapons state within two years, by which time Israel or the United States will have to decide to launch a military strike.
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