Below is an interesting story from today’s news, followed by links to some other stories that might possibly have some relevance to the current events.

Six Killed in Southwest Iran Bombings (AP)
Excerpt: Bombs killed six people and wounded more than 30 others Tuesday in Ahvaz, a southwestern city with a history of violence involving members of Iran’s Arab minority, Iranian state media reported. The bombs exploded outside a bank and a state environmental agency building in Ahvaz, the capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province, which borders Iraq, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said.

“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose…” — Kris Kristofferson

From the Washington Post: Professionals Fleeing Iraq As Violence, Threats Persist

Excerpt: Iraq’s top professionals — doctors, lawyers, professors — and businessmen have been targeted by shadowy political groups for kidnapping and ransom, as well as murder, some of them say. So many have fled the country that Iraq is in danger of losing the core of skilled people it needs most just as it is trying to build a newly independent society.

“It’s creating a brain drain,” said Amer