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Iran Blames US, Britain For Suicide Bombing

The Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Iran's Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 3...

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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Yemen, Iranian Revolution, Quds Force, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-Quds, Houthis, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qods Force, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Israel, Saada, Sana'A, Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Quds), Al-Qaeda, Irgc, Al Qaeda, Smart Power, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Soft Power, Mideast, Shia, Shi'a Militias, Shiites, World News

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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The Guardian: Ahmadinejad Not Jewish, Family Didn't Convert

The Huffington Post | T.J. Ortenzi | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Just a couple weeks ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium inside the U.N.'s grand hall and suggested that there was a worldwid...

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HuffPost Review: Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Katya Wachtel | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Christian Parenti, Afghanistan, Mullah Omar, Kabul, Fixer Documentary, Shia, Taliban, James Nachtwey, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, Kalashnikov, Kandahar, Mullah Dadullah, NATO Afghanistan, Nato, Taliban Beheading, Fixer, Ian Olds, Ajmal Naqshbandi, Rolodex, Northern Pakistan, Occupation Dreamland, Journalists, Foreign Correspondents, Journalists Afghanistan, World News

This is the story of one of the thousands of silhouettes who roam war-zones every day so that we, thousands of miles away, can grasp what is happening on the front-line of wars that affect life on this continent too.

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Iraq Sunni-Shia Marriage Payment Program Seeks To Mend Sectarian Divide

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Iraqi Sunni Shia, Foreign Affairs, Sunni, Shiite, Shia, Iraq, Sunni Shia, Iraqi Marriage Program, Sunnis, Advocacy, Shiites, World News

The Iraqi government, in an attempt to mend the ethnic, sectarian divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims that has long plagued that country, is offerin...

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A Woman's Place, in Lebanon

Nadya Khalife | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Switzerland, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Grassroots, Free Patriotic Movement, Women and Politics, Sunni, Hezbollah, Christians, Shia, Muslim, World News

Lebanese women won the right to vote in national elections 19 years before women in Switzerland. Yet political participation by Lebanese women remains dismal at the national level.

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Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Sectarian Tension Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Redeployment, Shia-Sunni-Alliance, US Soldiers, Gulf War, Iraq-Sectarian-Violence, Us-Iraq Security Agreement, Iraq Sofa, Shia, Iraq, Sectarian Violence, Iraq Security Iraq Violence, Iraq Withdrawal, Iraq Pullout, World News

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

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An Exclusive Interview with a Pro-Ahmadinejad Cleric in Qom, Iran

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

A recurring theme in many of the cleric's answers is his very strong belief that "foreign" Western powers, particularly England, are behind the current unrest in Tehran

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Baha'is Subject To Persecution In Iran, Labeled As Spies (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Baha'i, Islam, Dwight Bashir, Iran Human Rights, Trita Parsi, Bahai, Foreign Affairs, Islamic Revolution, Shia, Iran, Sunnis, Kit Bigelow, Advocacy, Baha'i Fasting, Bahai Iran, World News

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Morocco Cuts Ties With Iran

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Bahrain, Iran, Morocco, Shia, Sunnis, Sunni, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Morocco Iran, Iran Morocco, World News

RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam ...

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Al-Maliki Pulling Ahead In Iraqi Election Early Returns

english.aljazeera.net | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Shia, Elections, Dawa, Iraq, Basra, Sunni, State of Law Coalition, Nassiriya, World News

Early indications suggest Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, has strengthened his position as the country's leader after a strong showing by h...

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Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Diplomacy is as important for keeping Iraq stable as it is for making sure that US troops are not targets of attacks by insurgents, or caught in the crossfire of an explosion of sectarian violence, as we begin to pull back.

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I Want A VP Who Is Smarter Than Me

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Wasilla, Vice President, Debate, Middle Class, Joe Biden, Maverick, Shia, Intellectual, Nuclear, Anti-Intellectual, Intelligence, Vice President Debate, Elite, Folksy, Sarah Palin, Washington, Alaska, Sunnis, Hockey Mom, John McCain, Home News

I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?

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New Feuds Form In The Wake Of The "Surge"

The Guardian | Jonathan Steele | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Surge, Kurds, Success of the Surge, The Guardian, War Wire, Shia, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Home News

Back in Baghdad for the first time this year, I was consumed by the issue of change. What's different, I would ask almost every Iraqi I met. "What abo...

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McCain Gaffe Alert: Iran

Moira Whelan | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Sunni Shiite, John McCain, John McCain 2008, War With Iran, Sunni, Iran, Nonproliferation Treaty, Shia, Politics News

There should be real questions about whether McCain -- as well as his foreign policy team -- has any knowledge of US-Iranian relations.

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Al-Sadr Considers Restarting Full-Scale Fight Against US-Led Forces

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Warwire, Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Shiite Cleric Al-Sadr, Shia, Shiite Militias, Shia Militias, Us Forces, Politics News

BAGHDAD — Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces _ a wor...

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McSame As Bush: McCain's Road To Iran

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Wmd, Therealnews, Real News, Bush, Al Qaeda, Matthew Palevsky, Sunni, Mccain, Iran, Shia, The Real News, Iraq, Home News

McCain's "straight talk" on the wages of war and Iran has the irony of a recovering alcoholic doing Johnny Walker ads.

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