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June 19, 2008
Iran anti-Israel talk is actually oil price talk
That’s Jon Markman’s take, in one of his rare columns that actually makes sense.
Markman says that, in essence, Prime Minister Ahmadnejad et al deliberately make anti-Israel comments just to up the “oil insecurity premium.” It’s obviously worked.
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