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• “Better To Have Tried & Failed. Than Not Have Tried At All ,” – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab;

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 521
  “Better To Have Tried & Failed,” – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab; Global Black Alliance Calls for His Release “It is better to have tried and to have failed than to never have tried at all…. . As stewards of the free world, Allah must know what is in our hearts through our actions. Western society is ...
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• U.S. can best advance Iranian justice from the sidelines

  
  The Platform — Authority: 561
  Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, the Shah of Iran, returns salute of honor guard drawn up at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran (1953). AP file photo. It’s easy to forget that the fall of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, came as a shock…
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• After Khomeini: President Ahmadinejad’s Hardliner Populism and Nuclear Policy

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 509
  Saïd Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and Director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook University.  He is the founder and president of the Association for the study of Persianate Societies and the editor of the Journal of Persianate Studies . His new ...
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• Exhorting the Iranian people, denouncing the regime

  
  xpostfactoid — Authority: 430
  An opposition leader finds "proof of life" in the Iranian peoples protest: As we are gathered here, according to the information reaching us, all the major cities of Iran are closed down: Tehran, Tabriz, Mashhad, Qum... The people have identified the true criminal. It was obvious before, it is true, but some people ...
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• Allah Akbar and Marg bar Diktator

  
  Vancouver Secrets — Authority: 136
  Wouldn’t want to be a Mullah tonight… I am not sure they’ll be able to quell this uprising. Wall to wall sound in Tehran’s night as nobody sleeps and adds their voice to the shouts of “Allah Akbar and Marg bar Diktator ( death to the dictator )”. The custom was started in opposition of the late Shah back ...
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• Iran Militia Halts Former President’s Speech

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  On Saturday night in Tehran, members of a pro-government militia broke into a mosque where former President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist leader, was speaking, forcing him to break off before concluding his remarks. As my colleague Nazila Fathi reports, “about 50 vigilantes armed with chains, batons and pepper spray ...
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• Best Of 2009: World News At A World Class Standard

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 129
  It is, as expected from a reporter of such integrity and experience, an intensely fascinating and clarifying insight into the present foggy turmoil.Tony KoorlanderNewsroom MagazineBideford, Devon UKPublished: July 3, 2009By Tony KoorlanderIt’s Never Crowded At The TopListen To John Simpson’s BBC Radio 4, The ...
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• Break the CIA in Two By Ray McGovern

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 521
  http://consortiumnews.com/2009/122209a.html Break the CIA in Two By Ray McGovern December 22, 2009 Editor’s Note: Exactly 46 years ago, President Harry Truman looked back on the still-young CIA, which he had helped create, and was alarmed at how its original purpose – to provide unvarnished information to top ...
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• New “Tickle-Me-Khomeini” Doll the Must-Have Toy for Iranian Kids this Christmas

  
  Carbolic Smoke Ball — Authority: 483
  TEHRAN – Hasbro, Inc. will expedite shipments of its popular “Tickle Me Khomeini” doll to Iran this week after hundreds of holiday shoppers were injured while waiting in line to obtain one of the much sought-after dolls. The cuddly, plush, “Tickle Me Khomeini” features the Grand Imam with his customary ...
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• Grand Ayatollah Montazeri & The Second Revolution

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 585
  Grand Ayatollah Montazeri died on Sunday. His burial on Monday, shown in the video above, turned into the largest protest against the Iranian regime since at least June. Here is a report on the burial that appeared on Al Jazzera. If you do not know about Grand Ayatollah, it provides a suprisingly good two minute ...
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• Iran Special Analysis: After Montazeri — From Protest to Victory?

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 634
  For an observer 1000s of miles away, the movement of events was dream-like. Initially, as Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s body was moved from his house to the Imam Hassan Mosque, the report were “30,000 to 40,000″ on the streets. An hour later, as the procession moved from the mosque to the Massoumeh Shrine, where ...
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• Don’t ask, don’t think: The problem with schools in Muslim countries

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 471
  Guest post by Soroush Seifi Originally published in the Toronto Star, May 21, 2006, D11 My name is Soroush. I was born in Iran 21 years ago and now reside in Toronto. I lived through the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. But this article is not about me. It is about a disturbing trend in education in Muslim countries. ...
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• Iran’s Ayatollah Montazeri buried in Qom amid protests

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Tehran, Dec 22 (DPA) Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri was buried in the religious city of Qom Monday, a day after he died at the age of 87.According to witnesses and opposition websites, tens of thousands of people, including a large number of local opposition figures, attended the ...
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• The Latest from Iran (21 December): The Montazeri Funeral

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 634
  0630 GMT: A LiveBlog from Qom is claiming “hundreds of thousands” are now in the streets. Reported chant : “Montazeri is not dead; the Government is dead.” 0615 GMT (0945 Tehran & Qom): The mourning ceremonies for Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri began about 30 minutes ago in Qom, with his body ...
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• Death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri sparks off protests in Iran

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Dubai, Dec. 21 (ANI): Iran has sent riots squads into the holy city of Qom to quell protests over the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, the Islamic Republic’s most senior dissident cleric, the BBC reports.Montazeri died of a heart attack at the age of 87. His grandson, Nasser Montazeri, said he had died in his ...
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• Making Memories of HOSSEIN ALI MONTAZERI (1922- 2009)

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 114
      “He didn’t fear expressing his views, critical of the current supreme leader or the policies of the government” said Baqer Moin,Iranian journalist and author .     Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died on the night of Saturday 19, December 2009 . He was 87 years Old . Hossein Ali Montazeri was one ...
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• Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri Died In Sleep

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  By Meena KarDec.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who had been kept under house arrest for several years, has died at the age of 87 years, in his home. The news of his death was confirmed by Nasser Montazeri, the grandson of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.The latest update related to ...
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• Iran cleric Montazeri dies

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 551
  Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Irans most senior dissident cleric, has died, official media has reported. Montazeri, 87, was an architect of the 1979 Islamic revolution who fell out with the present leadership. He had been held under house arrest for several years. "Hossein Ali Montazeri passed away ...
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• Iran’s Ayatollah Montazeri dies (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Tehran, Dec 20 (DPA) The Iranian Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, a fierce critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has died.Montazeri died Saturday night in his sleep at his home in the religious city of Qom after a long illness, the reports said.The ayatollah had been banished from politics since the late ...
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• The Latest from Iran (20 December): Montazeri Death; Regime Scrambles for Legitimacy

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 634
  0825 GMT: Sane’i Message for Ashura. Ayatollah Yusuf Sane’i has spoken to students about the protests during the holy month of Moharram and specifically on the day of Ashura (27 December), reiterating the need for non-violent demonstration: “If you respond to violence with violence then your reform movement ...
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