Schlagwort: Hostage Crisis
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Jim Chrystie: Iran – Carter Imposes Sanctions
[Militant, No 498, 11 April 1980, p. 16] President Carter and the strategists of US imperialism are caught in a contradiction. They know that the new sanctions against the Iranian people will not ensure release of the American hostages. But direct military intervention would provoke a mighty explosion. and almost certainly seal the fate of…
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Militant: Iranian Fiasco
[Editorial, Militant, No 501, 2 May 1980, p. 2] The abortive attempt to rescue the 50 American hostages from the embassy in Tehran was a desperate measure on the part of Carter. The President himself had earlier said that any such attempt would almost certainly lead to the death of the hostages. Yet clearly, the…
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Militant: Iranian Fiasco
[Editorial, Militant no. 501, p. 2] The abortive attempt to rescue the 50 American hostages from the embassy in Tehran was a desperate measure on the part of Carter. The President himself had earlier said that any such attempt would almost certainly lead to the death of the hostages. Yet clearly, the pressure of public…