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Whose Death Matters More?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Was Albert Einstein much more important than Joe Schmoe down the block? Is a terrorist worth as much as a U.S. Marine?

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Is the Iranian Revolution Dead? Have the Mullahs Won?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Don't believe everything you read in, say, the Washington Post.

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Alexander Haig, My Old Boss

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Warm memories of working down the hall from Haig in the early 80s.

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The Streets of Tehran and Washington

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Iran today is a preview of what they intend to do to us if they win a war they declared 31 years ago.

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Another Showdown at the Mullahs’ Corral

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

I believe that the Iranian regime has assembled the largest armed force in history to protect it from the Iranian people’s righteous indignation on Thursday. (See also Richard Fernandez: "Iranian Punch.")

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What Is Iran Planning for Thursday?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Some kind of attack against Israel? A massive crackdown on the opposition?

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The Iranian Revolution Devours Its Young

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Khamenei has ordered the massacre of the country’s youth, especially journalists, academics, and activists. (Also read: "Iran Has Nuclear Warhead, Says Soviet Physicist.")

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Iran’s Death Spiral Accelerates

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

An FDR-style bank run bespeaks of the slow descent of the Iranian state into the inferno.

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The Pundits Join the Revolution

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

It's becoming clearer to many that the mass movement aimed at regime change in Iran is truly that.

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A New Escalation in the Islamic Republic’s Struggle for Survival

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

It is a rare moment, one that should be seized by the West on both strategic and moral grounds.

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Flying Barely

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

They make you turn off your telephone, so I didn’t get any pictures …

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Obama Considers Helping Iranian Democratic Dissidents?

Saturday, January 9th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

Faster, please. (Also read Roger L. Simon: Obama’s Bush Obsession: Et tu, Associated Press?)

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Kerry Rejected by Besieged Mullahs — So Much for the ‘Talking Cure’

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 - by Michael Ledeen

John Kerry doesn't get his audience with the Islamic Republic, as the revolution gets ever closer to killing it off.

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The Iranian Body Snatchers at Work

Monday, December 28th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

The Iranian regime will stop at nothing to quell the growing revolt of the people.

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Massive Protests at Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s Funeral

Monday, December 21st, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

The power of the dissident cleric has only grown since his death on Sunday.

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The Extended Finger from the Mullahs’ Clenched Fist

Friday, December 18th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

Iran crosses the border and takes over an oil well in Iraq — and once again, the West turns the other way.

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The Left: From Progressive to Oppressive

Sunday, December 13th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

Once revolutionary progressives, they are now either reactionary oppressors, or apologists for a stultifying status quo.

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New Confrontation in Iran: Mousavi vs. Regime Thugs

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

Mousavi's wife gets assaulted. Later, he personally dares the Basij to take his life. (See also Roger L. Simon: Iran demonstrations escalate; Obama absent as usual)

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The Ironies of History: From Pearl Harbor to Iran

Sunday, December 6th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

Will December 7 be the biggest challenge yet to the dying Iranian regime?

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The Iranian Time Bombs

Saturday, December 5th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

A warning about the Iranian penetration of Latin America.

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Iran’s Nukes and Other Illusions

Monday, November 30th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

The Great Powers sternly demand that Iran be nice. The mullahs give them the finger. Now what?

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Iran: They’re Just Killing Themselves

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

Murders, "accidents," and other deaths reveal the Iranian regime in disorder.

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Feds Move Against Iranian Mosques in U.S.

Friday, November 13th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

The move is certain to spark the difficult but necessary debate on national security vs. freedom of religion.

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Iran’s ‘Starfish Revolution’

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

The "Green Path of Hope" has been driven not by top-down leadership, but by the spontaneous and creative actions of millions of Iranians.

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It’s the Religious Ideology, Stupid

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 - by Michael Ledeen

The FBI seems to have developed a conditioned reflex that requires it to announce, within seconds of any act of murder, “there is no evidence of terrorism.”

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