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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Stealing the Iranian Election — Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen — 1. It is claimed that Ahmadinejad won the city of Tabriz with 57%. His main opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi, is an Azeri from Azerbaijan province, of which Tabriz is the capital.
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Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Ahmadinejad Re-Elected; Protests Flare — TEHRAN — The Iranian government declared an outright election victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday morning, and riot police officers fought with supporters of the opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, who insisted that the election had been stolen.
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Abbas Barzegar / Guardian:
Wishful thinking from Tehran — Since the revolution, academics and pundits have predicted the collapse of the Iranian regime. This week, they did no better — I have been in Iran for exactly one week covering the 2009 Iranian election carnival. Since I arrived, few here doubted …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Results As They Came In — Yes, this obviously was a “divine assessment”. They didn't even attempt to disguise the fraud. Which, to me, tells me they panicked. This graph is a red flag to Iran and the world.
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Fox News:
Iran's Controversial Election Results Raises Questions Over Its Relations to U.S. — Some analysts believe the outcome of Iran's election could complicate President Obama's efforts to engage the country. — FOXNews.com — With the results of Iran's election raising serious doubts …
tehranbureau:
Alerts from Tehran — *Hour/time given U.S. Eastern (unless otherwise noted) — From James Spencer, a political and security analyst specialising in the Middle East, relays the following: — Hadi Ghaemi reported concrete barriers installed around the Interior Ministry:
Daniel Pipes Blog:
Rooting for Ahmadinejad — The heart and the head sometimes go in different directions, and they do for me today as Iranians go to the polls to vote in their country's semi-legitimate presidential elections. — Many problems afflict those elections - including restrictions on who may run for president …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Reverberations as Door Slams on Hopes of Change
Reverberations as Door Slams on Hopes of Change
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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Landslide or Fraud? The Debate Online Over Iran's Election Results
Landslide or Fraud? The Debate Online Over Iran's Election Results
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CNN:
Ahmadinejad wins landslide in disputed election
Ahmadinejad wins landslide in disputed election
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minutemenamericandefense.org:
Statement From M.A.D Officers — Rule Of Law Without Excuse — Minuteman American Defense (M.A.D.) and its officers wish to submit this following statement: — First we wish to offer our deepest regrets to the Flores family of Arivaca, Arizona for the loss of their loved ones by this terrible event.
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KVOA-TV:
Head of a minuteman group arrested for double homicide — TUCSON, AZ - Three people have been arrested in connection with last months deadly double homicide in Arivaca that left a nine-year-old and her father dead. One of the people arrested for the homicide is the National Executive Director …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Obama auto team called shareholder lawyer a “terrorist” — When we last left the negotiations between Chrysler's senior bondholders and Barack Obama's auto task force, Thomas Lauria and his clients alleged that the government used intimidation tactics and threatened to sic …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN DESPERATION GETS UGLY.... The conservative drive to connect violent right-wing extremist James von Brunn, who murdered a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this week, to the American left continues to confound. Dave Weigel had a terrific report on this yesterday, including this gem:
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Blogger's baby was a hoax — Woman captivates thousands in anti-abortion movement with false story of difficult pregnancy — Beccah Beushausen photographed near her home, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. (David Pierini / Chicago Tribune / June 10, 2009) — The unmarried mother's story …
Orange County Register:
Mark Steyn: The smothering embrace of nanny government — A society of adults-turned-children cannot survive. — Recommend — Willie Whitelaw, a genial old buffer who served as Margaret Thatcher's deputy for many years, once accused the Labour Party of going around Britain stirring up apathy.
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Why I went on “The O'Reilly Factor” — (UPDATED after The O'Reilly Factor aired) — I was surprised when so many people I respect told me not to appear on “The O'Reilly Factor.” I'd attacked Bill O'Reilly for his jihad against Dr. George Tiller, and he asked me on to discuss my “accusations.”
Tomoko A. Hosaka / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Detainee move to Palau is tentative — KOROR, Palau (AP) — The president of Palau is flattered by all the publicity he's had since agreeing to take in more than a dozen Guantanamo detainees, but he said Saturday their transfer is not a done deal.
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