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Bush Trip Gave Irresistible Urge to Tweak Tail of Superpower
[Times-UK] Richard Beeston - When the White House announced that President Bush would travel to the Middle East this week to bolster support among America's vulnerable Arab allies in the "Persian Gulf," there was always the risk that militants in the Iranian regime would feel forced to respond. Commanders in the naval wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) may have been ordered or encouraged to cause mischief in the Strait of Hormuz. There is also the temptation to tweak the tail of the world's only superpower.