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Historian says Iraq “democracy” doomed to failure

Iraq Pepe Lepew - December 9, 2009 37

This was actually an article in a local paper about a historian and Middle East expert spreaking at the University of Montana. It was...

Educating the Masters

Iran Khirad - December 9, 2009 15

16 Azar, or National Student Day is a commemoration of December 7th, 1953, when three students at Tehran University were killed after protesting the...

Killing Them Softly

Human Rights Khirad - December 2, 2009 36

Since the 13 Aban demonstrations nearly a month ago, the international nuclear debate has been ratcheted up, and the domestic scene of the Islamic...

30,000 Reasons to Leave Afghanistan

Afghanistan AdLib - December 1, 2009 326

The numbers appear to be leaked by The White House, 30,000 more troops for Afghanistan. Some of the buzz from the MSM is that Pres....

Afghana-Stand-or-Go?

Afghanistan AdLib - November 24, 2009 45

President Obama is going to announce his plans for Afghanistan after Thanksgiving. It may be ironic that by then we will be done giving thanks. Word...

Don’t! NO!!! …much about history…

Humor AuntieChrist - November 16, 2009 17

However, any mistake in mere expression or arrangement is excusable; but when you come to fancy geography, differing from the other not by miles...

Truth and Consequences

Afghanistan AdLib - November 9, 2009 112

There's this site I know, you may have heard of it. It starts with an H as in "Hell". They have a story up...

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Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and detains activists including Greta Thunberg

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