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Karroubi Gives Ahmadinejad Less Than 4 Years

In Crime, History, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics on 25 January 2010 tagged #Iranelection, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Green Revolution, Iran, Iranian election, Karroubi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karroubi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, Mousavi with Comments

Rumors spread today that former Iranian Presidential candidate and opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, announced his recognition of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s highly contested presidency.
However, Karoubi’s camp claims his words were misconstrued by the state run FARS News Agency. According to Karoubi’s camp, the opposition leader said that despite a questionable election the Iranian government has an obligation [...]

The Green Revolution is About More Than Twitter

In Crime, History, Internet, Iran, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Twitter, citizenship, fame on 7 December 2009 tagged #Iranelection, Al Gore, allah hu akbar, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Democracy, Gaza, George W. Bush, Green Revolution, Imperialism, International Reporting, Iran, Iranian election, Israel, Kai Hafez, Karl Von Clausewitz, Lebanon, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, Mousavi, Palestine, Robin Brown, Spinning the War, Tehran, The Myth of Globalization, Twitter, war on terror, Zionism with Comments

In ‘Spinning the War: Political Communications, Information Operations and Public Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism’, Robin Brown refers to a quote from Karl Von Clausewitz that perfectly embodies both the Brown and Kai Hafez (“International Reporting”) pieces on global media “War is nothing more than the continuation of politics“.
As both pieces prove, much [...]