Mr Khamenei denounced what he claimed was a ruling by the US President Barack Obama to disarm Palestinians - an apparent reference to US opposition to efforts by Hamas to obtain weapons such as missiles and rockets.
I'm minded by his reference to US misogyny in one of his stories called The Feminist, in which a well-meaning chap called Paul attempts to correct centuries of valuing women for their looks alone by calling a party-goer "one ugly bastard".
"The tears that have been shed internationally have been of the crocodile variety," he said in an apparent reference to US allies, notably Germany, which have expressed concern about the activities of the NSA and GCHQ and the extent of their ability to intercept communications.
But Assad ruled out joining the coalition against Isis even though his air force also continues to strike Isis positions, saying: "We cannot be in an alliance with countries which support terrorism" – a reference to US support for other rebel groups in Syria.
Follow the common sense of your people," he said, in an apparent reference to US President Barack Obama.
If for example the US decided to impose a tax calculated with reference to US revenues on all companies, that could be quite costly for British multinationals, such as GlaxoSmithKline, BP and Barclays, all of which are big in America.
From outside the Philippines, it's difficult to see past his headline-grabbing exhortations to "kill all the drug addicts," or his reference to US President Barack Obama as a "son of a whore," but there is whole lot more at play here.
Our taxes are used, without reference to us, for weapons to kill in the Balkans.
Viz. the toxic trolling that dogs online discourse about trans issues, with its anonymous threats of GBH and frequent use of the pronoun "it" in reference to us.
Ben-Menashe said he wanted to make sure Le Roux was "kosher," so he asked around about him with what he cryptically referred to as his "American friends," an apparent reference to US law enforcement or the Intelligence Community.
