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		<title>Sincerest apologies</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/sincerest-apologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sincerest apologies to all of you who continue to check Medius Oriens for something worth reading. I&#8217;m going through an international move now and for the next couple of weeks, so any posting that happens will be minimal. I&#8217;m grateful you keep coming back and I can assure you that September will bring about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1837&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why did Sadr meet with Assad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no surprise that Moqtada Sadr (click here for a profile) is still active in Shia politics even though we&#8217;ve not seen him for a long time. Some have wondered if he has been hiding out in the holy city of Qom in Iran since the 2007 ceasefire in Iraq; but his absence from view [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1832&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The US doesn&#8217;t want democracy, ctd.</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/the-us-doesnt-want-democracy-ctd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to my comments from this morning, a very sage friend passed along this quote from Augustine, City of God, 19.12: Whoever gives even moderate attention to human affairs and to our common nature, will recognize that if there is no man who does not wish to be joyful, neither is there any one who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1824&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of course the US doesn&#8217;t really care about democracy breaking out in the Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, they do. But not really. If they did really want widespread democratic reform, they&#8217;d be harder on countries like Saudi Arabia for human rights abuses and for their refusal to implement the most basic principles of democracy, such as free and fair elections. They&#8217;d also crack the whip on countries like Egypt, whose pseudo-democratic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1819&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Palestinian film</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/new-palestinian-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first animated Palestinian film tells the story of Fatenah, a lonely woman who cannot get breast cancer treatment. Initially, it appears it is going to be another fulmination against Israel, since Fatenah is stopped at a checkpoint and refused entry for medical attention by the Israelis. But Mohammed Harmassi claims it is far from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1814&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gathering throughout Iran</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/gathering-throughout-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 10th anniversary of the student uprising in Iran. Recently, I referred to The Economist&#8217;s cover of that 1999 uprising, featuring Ahmad Batebi. In memory of those who suffered during that uprising and in the ongoing one, protesters are said to be gathering throughout Iran as I write, in at least the following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1808&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan&#8217;s First National Park has opened</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in May, we mentioned the establishment of the Band-e Amir National Park. The US Department of State blog today recalled the celebration of 18 June. Ambassador Eikenberry and several regional Afghan leaders joined together on June 18 to celebrate Afghanistan’s first national park — Band-e-Amir. The park, which features six lakes in central Bamyan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1803&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did Twitter cause the violence?</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/did-twitter-cause-the-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a really stupid piece in the Telegraph, Will Heaven argues that the so-called &#8216;Twitter Revolution&#8217; has actually been the cause of some of the violence in Iran. While he is no doubt correct that it was unrealistic to expect Twitter and Facebook could have brought down the regime, he is foolish to suggest these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1795&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IRGC takes over</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/irgc-takes-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daragahi&#8217;s story yesterday in the LA Times indicated the IRGC are taking on a much more significant role. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the elite military branch, said the guard&#8217;s takeover of the nation&#8217;s security had led to &#8220;a revival of the revolution.&#8221; &#8220;These events put us in a new stage of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1789&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Father&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://mediusoriens.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/happy-fathers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Father&#8217;s Day in Iran. Remember today how many fathers have been detained and therefore are not able to celebrate with their families, and also how many fathers are without their children who have been arrested and jailed. More and more reports are coming out of torture and abuse in the prisons, making this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediusoriens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6782939&amp;post=1787&amp;subd=mediusoriens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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