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Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
This is the archive of my Iran election live-blogging from Sunday, June 14. For the latest updates, click here . 3:16 PM ET -- Silence. The best video from today's march yet, via reader Alex: 3:14 PM ET -- The "recount" kicks off. "The Fars news agency also reported that the ...
There Will Be Blood
swampland.blogs.time.com — The Washington Post's increasingly strident op-ed page offers a double-barreled neocon assault on President Obama's Iran position... today by Charles Krauthammer and Paul Wolfowitz. And it's interesting to see these fellows--among the smartest of the ... (more) There Will Be Blood
Why We Protest - IRAN
iran.whyweprotest.net — Anonymous Iran Why We Protest - IRAN User Name Remember Me? Password Connect with Facebook Even if... a ballot is silenced, the voice behind it cannot be. Register Welcome to the Why We Protest - IRAN. How-to surf securely and avoid censorship: ... (more) Why We Protest - IRAN
Iran Presidential Election 2009
Iran Presidential Election 2009
demotix.com — ABOUT THE ELECTIONS Iran's 10th presidential election were held in Iran on 12 June 2009. The Islamic... Republic News Agency announced that the election was won by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent, with 66% of the votes cast; Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who ... (more) Iran Presidential Election 2009
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Weekend Opinionator: Watching Iran, Re-Fighting Iraq
Opinionator — ... that Sullivan said of Iraq in late 2002: “So I’m hoping - yes, hoping - for war soon.”) Meanwhile, Pletka has a Twitter exchange with a certain khoobehi, which Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney characterizes as “backing down”: khoobehi:… “5 days later, the uprising is little more than a symbolic protest, crushed by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.” your NYT oped: agree about coup but disagree in that it is failing. also crckdwn is basij not rev guard. some revguard helping ppl. Pletka: sorry perhaps unfair but fundamentally unsure reins of power will B retaken by ...

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