Iran

Pols Want Obama To Hit Iran Harder, Make Its Bank 'Radioactive'

Susan Crabtree | October 14, 2011, 1:03PM

Iranian Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Shahab 3 missile and Pres. Obama

Republicans and even some Democrats are coming down hard on President Obama's policy toward Iran and Syria just three days after the Justice Department released information about a foiled Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S.

A Friday House hearing devoted to examining the threats posed by Iran and Syria quickly devolved into attacks on Obama's record toward the two Middle Eastern dictatorships.

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) lambasted the administration's execution of Iran human rights protections passed into law last year, calling its record "truly pathetic and inadequate" and arguing that "a pack of Iranian boy scouts could do better by far."

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