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Title: U.S. Follows Two Paths on Unrest in Iran and Bahrain
Post by: SethCochran on Wed 16 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has responded quite differently to two embattled governments that have beaten protesters and blocked the Internet in recent days to fend off the kind of popular revolt that brought down Egypt's government.

Obama Calls for Peaceful Response in Middle East (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1olPvezlBM#ws)

With Iran — a country under sanctions, with nuclear ambitions that have put it at odds with the West — the administration has all but encouraged protesters to take to the streets. With Bahrain, a strategically important ally across the Persian Gulf from Iran, it has urged its king to address the grievances of his people.

Source:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/world/middleeast/16diplomacy.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/world/middleeast/16diplomacy.html)