Nir’s Notes

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A Democratic Middle East?

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments · US and the Middle East, Voices of Democracy

By Nir Boms and Erick Stackelbeck FrontPageMagazine.com | October 4, 2004 On Oct. 1, over 30 Middle Eastern American groups gathered at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., to discuss something that is only whispered about in their native lands: freedom. The Middle Eastern American Convention for Freedom and Democracy, a conference organized [...]

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Radio Free World

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Voices of Democracy

  July 13, 2004, 8:57 a.m. Radio Free World Liberty-starved countries see a boom in clandestine radio. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck Although it often seems like a solitary outpost of democratic sanity, the U.S. is not alone in waging the war of ideas. Since 9/11, over a dozen privately owned, pro-democracy radio stations [...]

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