June 20, 2014
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Geopolitics
Islamabad (Chan Pir Badshah) blast
A report of a blast at the Chan Pir Badshah shrine in Islamabad that injured at least 39, with the poster warning of fierce blow-back and offering sympathy to the…
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Brown Pundits
150,000
A thank-you from the poster as Brown Pundits nears 150,000 page-views, about 30,000 a month since its late-January relaunch, crediting the contributors and the newcomer Naveen.
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Geopolitics
Iraq: Indian Partition and Afghan Jihad combo package?
The post finds two parallels in Iraq’s crisis: a Sunni elite fearing electoral swamping by a Shia majority recalls the run-up to Partition, while divided rebels and an Iran-Saudi proxy…
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Geopolitics
Iraq’s Reverberations in India
Reporting Indian Shia anxiety over ISIS threats to Najaf and Karbala, the post questions whether India should take sides in a regional proxy and civil war, given its limited capacity,…
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Geopolitics
History of Iraq (and Middle East)
Sketching the Middle East as Sunnis against Sunnis and Sunnis against Shias, the post notes that Shi’ism’s heart is Iraq rather than Iran, fears minorities will be crushed, and asks…