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Graphic: Iraq’s Ethnic Divide — And Contiguous Nations
Analysis, Political, TribesGraphic: Iran’s Shia Land Bridge to Lebanon & Mediterranean
Analysis, Multinational Plus, Tribes![Click on Image to Enlarge](http://phibetaiota.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Iran-Land-Bridge-254x300.jpeg)
Source: Cambridge Forecast Shia Crescent
Extract:
Five major elements underpin the new Shia revival. The first is the sudden militancy of Iran, which has been led aggressively onto the world stage by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This new Iranian confidence is itself based on internal developments but also three main external factors: the removal of the Taliban from its eastern border in 2001; the removal of Saddam (a chauvinist Sunni) from its border; and vastly increased oil revenues.
Graphic: Herd of Sheep Reacts to Conspiracy Theory
Analysis, Citizen-Centered, GraphicsGraphic: Big Data Sucks — At Multiple Levels
Analysis, Balance, Budgets & Funding, Collection, Corruption, ICT-IT, Innovation, Multinational Plus, Policies-Harmonization, Processing, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Threats, Tribes, True Cost![Click on Image to Enlarge](http://phibetaiota.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/big-data-curves-arnold-300x227.png)
See Also:
Stephen E. Arnold: A Fresh Look at Big Data & Big Data (-) Human Factor (+) Transformation (+) RECAP