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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

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Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Anzalone:  The Muslim Brotherhood Myth

Anzalone: The Muslim Brotherhood Myth

Christopher Anzalone writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood & the Demonstrations: Fact vs. Fiction Since the start of mass popular […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Egypt at Virtually Speaking

Cole on Egypt at Virtually Speaking

Here is part of an interview I did Monday evening with Susie Madrak via Virtually Speaking’s Blogtalk Radio: The full interview is here: Listen to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Google Gandhi Released, Interviewed

Egypt’s Google Gandhi Released, Interviewed

The Egyptian military government, which is still running the country in accordance with martial law “emergency rules,” on Monday released from custody Wael Ghonim, the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Meyer:  Clinton’s Fear-Mongering about Egyptian ‘Chaos’

Meyer: Clinton’s Fear-Mongering about Egyptian ‘Chaos’

Carlyn Meyer writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment The Egyptian Uprising is not a Revolution – “Chaos’ Fear a Cynical Red-Herring Over the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Foreseeing Egypt’s Unrest

Foreseeing Egypt’s Unrest

I noticed a lot of television commentators wondering why no one predicted the unrest in Egypt. I’d just like to draw attention to the number […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Christians, Muslims "One Hand" in Egypt's Youth Revolution

Christians, Muslims “One Hand” in Egypt’s Youth Revolution

Sunday saw a return to Egypt of themes of national unity across the Christian-Muslim divide that recalled the heyday of early Egyptian nationalism in 1919, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Amr: Official Egyptian Press Tall Tales about the Protesters

Amr: Official Egyptian Press Tall Tales about the Protesters

Ahmed Amr writes from Egypt in a guest column for Informed Comment The campaign against the Egyptian protest movement by Egyptian officialdom, has been two-pronged. […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt:  I ask Myself Why

Egypt: I ask Myself Why

I ask myself why. Why would authorities in a European county like Switzerland entertain the idea of trying George W. Bush for torture if he […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
5 Year Old Child Heads Demo in Alexandria Egypt

5 Year Old Child Heads Demo in Alexandria Egypt

5 Year Old Child Heads Million Strong Demo in Alexandria Egypt He is chanting about freedom, the nation, the need for the regime of Hosni […]

Juan Cole

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