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The extent of the split became apparent this weekend. Following warnings by Okah that the peace process was faltering, MEND rebels launched a "warning strike" on Saturday, with 35 militants attacking a pipeline jointly owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. "While wishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, an Ailing President and Peace Process | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

Such divisions can only harm the prospects for peace. Even more depressingly, the one thing on which Anthony and Okah seem to agree is that the future looks grim. In an interview with TIME this month, Anthony said he was "quite pessimistic" about the chances of forging a lasting peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, an Ailing President and Peace Process | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

Following the disputed June 12 election, Montazeri publicly questioned the victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and warned Iran's security forces that they would have to answer to God for their actions against protestors. In a soul-searching letter to Iran's clerics and seminaries, Montazeri recently stated: "The goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Opposition Loses a Mentor But Gains a Martyr | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

Montazeri's transformation is a microcosm of Iran's revolutionary experience, and the evolving split among the clerics. "Montazeri began as a radical and a principle architect of the system of government that placed so much power in the hands of the Supreme Leader," said Shaul Bakhash, author of The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Opposition Loses a Mentor But Gains a Martyr | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

But on the revolution's 10th anniversary in 1989, Monatzeri dared to criticize the regime for failing to fulfill its early promise. He condemned mass executions of dissidents. And he called on the government to correct "past mistakes." After Khomeini's fatwa imposing a death sentence on Satanic Verses author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Opposition Loses a Mentor But Gains a Martyr | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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