Month / September 15, 2012
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No Sympathy
In the last few days, Mitt Romney has doubled down on his statement that President Obama “sympathized” with the mobs that attacked US embassies in Cairo and Libya that left dozens — including Ambassador Christopher Stevens — dead. Romney’s statement was made in response to the American Embassy in Egypt’s condemnation of an anti-Muslim video…
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Libya: Building a New Nation
Last February, Libya joined many other nations in the Arab world by overthrowing a dictator that had repressed their country for decades. Muammar Gaddafi, the “mad dog of the middle east” was toppled after several months of struggle, with the help of extensive NATO air support. In the past year, Libya has been through a…
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The Malian Coup D’etat
On March 21st, I spent the day working with a midwife at a rural health clinic in a tiny Malian village. I was studying abroad with a program focused on public health and development and had been for three months. That evening, a fellow American student stationed at a clinic in the capital Bamako called…