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US, Iran and Rumors of Conspiracy

The US and Iran may be facing a common enemy.
People watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as he appears on a screen during a live broadcast to speak to his supporters at an event marking Resistance and Liberation Day, in Bekaa valley May 25, 2013. The leader of Lebanese guerilla movement Hezbollah said his group would stay in the Syrian war "to the end of the road" and bring victory to its ally President Bashar al-Assad. Hassan Nasrallah, head of the militant Shi'ite Muslim group, said in a televised speech on Saturday Syria and Leb
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The people of the Middle East cannot stop imagining or inventing "conspiracy theories." They also often disagree on whether to believe or question them. But whatever the background or assumptions surrounding [conspiracy theories], each contains many elements of truth, even if they involve an alliance between Washington and Tehran!

Today, many in Beirut question the concurrence of a series of events. What could have possibly led to such a concurrence:

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