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Subject: Therefore, any Iranian foothold in Iraq gen. Therefore, any Iranian foothold in Iraq - whether through its Shiite allies or through historical ties from when the Persian Empire ruled many regions of the world - will result in the same American reaction If Iran is permitted to control the vast oil resources of southern Iraq -which adds an economic and geographic dimension to this crisis - and in addition to this, Tehran's possession of nuclear weapons, even on г limited scale, then the entire Gulf region will be under threat of becoming a great oil reservoir for Iran.
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