Schlagwort: Sanctions
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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…