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(Archived document, may contain errors) 333 February 27, 1984 MOSCOW STALKS THE PERSIAN GULF INTRODUCTION The recent upsurge in fighting in the Iran-Iraq war and Iran's threat to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz have focused attention on the Persian Gulf, an epicenter of world politics.
USAID has deployed a disaster response team to Sudan to coordinate humanitarian aid as fighting rocks the country. The team will work with partners to identify priority needs and safely deliver assistance to millions of Sudanese in need. The United States is mobilizing to ramp up assistance to the people of Sudan ensnared between the warring factions.
The cuff comments and so on. this one may not be so much off the cuff. he said this in the past as well. but the thing is, the situation in syria is incredibly complicated. you have turkey involved there against kurdish fighters they claim are terrorists and some people they appear to be allying with are related in some way or another to isis. you have the united states with 2,000 troops there, also fighting against the regime and occasionally clashing with russian troops, thereby treading a fine line between a confrontation between the two most heavily nuclear armed powers in the world and th...
Important. one important way of doing that i think is to make clear to companies and countries around the world if they're caught helping iran repress and censor people they will be sanctioned by the united states. >> so iranian leaders have responded in an interesting way, acknowledging the economic hardship of their people, and they've been trying to bring some unity by making this argument that their unrest is fueling some kind of satisfaction among the country's enemies. they've also argued the u.s., uk, saudi arabia, leaders are all waging a proxy war with social media to incite protester...
voices the regime of bashar al assad has for 14 months tried to silence with batons and bullets and mortars and murder. these are men, women and children who 14 months ago began raising their voices, asking semifor change, reform. an end to corruption, discrimination. basic freedoms that most of us in the world take for granted. they spoke out peacefully and were with met with tear gas, tanks and torture. there's no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they'll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. just over 300 yards from wher...