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Conference ponders possible war with Iran

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Published 01/30/09

Middle East experts from around the world gathered at the Naval Academy this week to discuss America's current war in Iraq, and the potential next fight: Iran.

Colleen Dugan - The Capital
Davidsonville resident Ted Seymour shows off one of his  hand-stamped Middle Eastern tapestries on Wednesday during the two-day "Gulf and the Globe" conference at the Naval Academy. Mr. Seymour, who retired in 1997, worked for the Arab-American Oil Co.
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Some participants at the two-day gathering cut straight to the chase Wednesday.

"The threat to energy, that is what this is all about," Simon Henderson, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said of the West's interest in Iran.

"The Persian Gulf is the most important source of oil for the world's economy," he said. And there is no chance the United States can wean itself from the need for oil in the foreseeable...

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