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Medea's Blog Day #1 Iran  Citizen Diplomacy
Medea's Blog Day #1 Iran Citizen Diplomacy
Medea Benjamin November 22, 2008 DAY ONE in Tehran What an extraordinary day! After arriving at our hotel in the middle of the night, I woke up early raring to go. Our hotel is in a great location downtown, and I took some time before our meetings to buy some beautiful crafts in the nearby ...
Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
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American Foreign Policy Project
americanforeignpolicy.org — Among the many challenges that will greet President-elect Obama when he takes office, there are few, if any, more urgent and complex than the question of Iran. There are also few issues more clouded by myths and misconceptions. In this Joint Experts' ... (more) American Foreign Policy Project
Israeli Air Force chief: We are ready to deal with Iran | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
Israeli Air Force chief: We are ready to deal with Iran | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — "We are ready to do whatever is demanded of us" in order to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, IAF commander Maj. -Gen. Ido Nehushtan told German magazine Der Spiegel in an interview published Tuesday. Nehushtan told the magazine that whether a ... (more) Israeli Air Force chief: We are ready to deal with Iran ...
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Top Obama Bundler Hobnobs With Iranian Regime in Tehran
Gateway Pundit — ... Benjamin, top Obama bundler Jodie Evans and Col. Ann Wright in Tehran. With the Iraq War pretty much over and won the women of Code Pink are now focusing on Iran. This week the co-founders of Code Pink are traveling in Iran on a "peace" mission. LT Nixon blogged about this anti-American group's trip to Tehran and their Iranian friend Rostam Pourzal. The Code Pink blog also has a report: What an extraordinary day! ...

Top Obama Bundler Hobnobs With Iranian Regime In Tehran
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... are there to support the regime. Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin, top Obama bundler Jodie Evans and Col. Ann Wright in Tehran. With the Iraq War pretty much over and won the women of Code Pink are now focusing on Iran. This week the co-founders of Code Pink are traveling in Iran on a “peace” mission. LT Nixon blogged about this anti-American group’s trip to Tehran and their Iranian friend Rostam Pourzal. The Code Pink blog also has a report: What an extraordinary day! After arriving at our ...

Carol Platt Liebau: A Disgrace to Womankind
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall BlogHere is the blog entry from the Code Pink blog describing the trip to Iran currently being enjoyed by Code Pink's co-founders, Medea Benjamin and ...

CODE PINK: YOU GOT (HATE) MAIL!
Gateway Pundit — The Code Pink founders, including top Barack Obama bundler Jodie Evans are currently hobnobbing with representatives of the awful Iranian regime in Tehran. They posted about their adventures at the Code Pink blog yesterday and included this photo from Tehran: Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin, top Obama bundler Jodie Evans and Col. Ann Wright in Tehran. They are having a marvelous time blasting the US and ranting ...

Lunatic Monday: Code Pink And HuffPo
Pirate's Cove — Let’s start with the ladies in that atrocious, stomach-churning, eye bleeding color of pink DAY ONE in Tehran What an extraordinary day! After arriving at our hotel in the middle of the night, I woke up early raring to go. Our hotel is in a great location downtown, and I took some time before our meetings to buy some beautiful crafts in the nearby stores and chat with the storeowners. After a hearty Iranian breakfast that included delicious tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh eggs, cheese, yoghurt, flat bread and mouth-watering olives, the ...

Lunatic Monday: Code Pink And HuffPo
Stop The ACLU — Let’s start with the ladies in that atrocious, stomach-churning, eye bleeding color of pink DAY ONE in Tehran What an extraordinary day! After arriving at our hotel in the middle of the night, I woke up early raring to go. Our hotel is in a great location downtown, and I took some time before our meetings to buy some beautiful crafts in the nearby stores and chat with the storeowners. After a hearty Iranian breakfast that included delicious tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh eggs, cheese, yoghurt, flat bread and mouth-watering olives, the “work day” began for the three of us—myself, ...

Code Pink Hearts Iran’s Mullahs
Pajamas Media — ... the country, without any involvement from the human rights organizations which rely on locals to report on imprisonments and death sentences. China, whose population is 18 times greater than Iran, executed 470 individuals last year. On a per capita basis, then, Iran is by far the number one country in the world to administer death sentences to its citizens. A few days before Fatemeh’s execution, Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, two wealthy American women and co-founders of Code Pink, arrived in Tehran on a “citizen diplomacy” trip. Well known for their radical stances and for ...

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