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Wikileaks and the New McCarthyism: Maybe we Just Need a More Open Government
A big issue in the Wikileaks controversy has to do with restrictions on freedom of speech in a democratic society, and the use of pressure […]
Map: Modern Iran
Modern Iran Click to go to map, click again to enlarge. Informed Comment Map Page (Under Construcion)
Jamiol: The Embarrassment of Wikileaks Leaks
Paul Jamiol on Reactions to the Wikileaks: Courtesy “Jamiol’s World”
Israel’s Mega-Fire and Climate Change’s Drying Mediterranean
You can’t relate a one-off event like Israel’s massive forest fire near Haifa to climate change, which has to be measured over a long series. […]
Charges Against Cheney Filed by Nigeria in Bribery Case
The Lagos Guardian reports that the Nigerian government has preferred charges against former US vice president Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the full names […]
The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
The real background of the modern Middle East: Map: The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
Map Ethnic Groups in Iran and Central Asia
Ethnic Groups in Central Asia (click for stand-alone map and click again to enlarge) From the very useful Perry-Castaneda map collection at the University of […]
Bad “Weather” between Obama and Karzai Forestalls Meeting
Update: President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Friday but is said to have gotten stuck on Bagram Base and could not meet […]
The Karzai Problem in Afghanistan: Wikileaks
The bodies of the six US troops — killed Monday by a newly recruited Afghan border guard who turned Taliban — arrived back in the […]
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