Roger Cohen’s latest on Iran: The End of the Beginning.
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Neda Agha Soltan died Saturday in Iran. She was an Iranian student who was shot by a single bullet amid the protests following the Iranian election. Her last moments were captured on a video that has gone beyong viral to global.
Via the NY Times and The Writing Life II:
A Poem for Neda Agha Soltan (1982-2009)
Written by Mandana
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Stay, Neda—
The [...]
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I’m balancing running my business, a part-time job and 3 blogs these days. Needless to say there are not enough hours in the day. So before I dash out the door… Here’s the must read of the day from John Kerry in the NY Times: With Iran, Think Before You Speak.
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Iran is spinning out of control. The whole world is watching as Stuart noted below.
Will Bunch posted this tonight… For What It’s Worth:
Shots were fired at the protests today and at least one person is reported to be dead. President Obama spoke on the situation there tonight with an “emphasis on non-violence“:
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There are Traditional Media on the ground in Iran including NBC, ABC and, if they haven’t been thrown out as was ordered yesterday, the BBC.
Yet we get more information directly from the site of demonstrations, meetings and rallies from the bloggers and tweeters that are on the ground.
Marc Ambinder suggests we approach this uncensored or [...]
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Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan have begun serious talks on a regional effort to militarily combat Islamist extremism, terrorism and the Taliban in their joint countries.This is the second meeting in one month on this topic and economic issues confronting the region. Those talks include the growing heroin trade estimated to fund the Taliban $100 million [...]
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CNN’s Christian Amanpour sat down with the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for a video interview. While the US is taking a stronger stand against the inaction of Pakistan, per US Defense Minister Gibbs, the Pakistani government is demanding an end to the drone attacks. Amanpour interviews the Prime Minister is an almost demanding [...]
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The confirmation hearing for Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is under way today.
The WaPo reports, “Kerry said he expects Clinton to face some tough questioning from committee members today, with one likely subject her husband’s business dealings, but said he expected the atmosphere to remain deferential and serious.”
The NY Times reports that John Kerry, [...]
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Israel’s position on the Palestinian issue is well known. Each side had agreed to a six month cease fire. Both sides accused the other of violations. 3 days after the end of the six month cease fire Israel attacked what they say were Hamas headquarters. I can only trust that they know what the hell [...]
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Since the third and last, (thank god), debate I’ve essentially over-occupied myself with reading one of the most instructive and yet discouraging books I’ve ever read: State of Denial by Bob Woodward. While many of you may have pushed through this very detailed account of the actual execution of war planning and war execution, I’ve [...]
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