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On 1/6/09 2:02 PM, "cwhitney" <<a href="chuck.whitney@ucr.edu">chuck.whitney@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="1"><FONT FACE="Gill Sans"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:8.5pt'><B>D. Charles </B><I>(Chuck</I></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Gill Sans"><I><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'>)</SPAN></I><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'><B> </B></SPAN><B><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:8.5pt'><I>Whitney<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'><B>From: </B>Reza Aslan <<a href="reza.aslan@ucr.edu">reza.aslan@ucr.edu</a></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>><BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'><B>Date: </B>January 6, 2009 11:40:46 AM PST<BR>
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Just a brief note to say that I am now a columnist at the Daily Beast. My first two columns can be seen here<BR>
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1. How Opium Can Save Afghanistan<BR>
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<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-19/how-opium-can-save-afghanistan">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-19/how-opium-can-save-afghanistan</a><BR>
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2. Which One's the Terrorist?<BR>
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<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-02/which-ones-the-terrorist">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-02/which-ones-the-terrorist</a><BR>
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Reza Aslan<BR>
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing<BR>
University of California, Riverside<BR>
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