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Archives for July 2016

Internet
How Twitter robots spam critics of Saudi Arabia & Shiite Muslims

How Twitter robots spam critics of Saudi Arabia & Shiite Muslims

contributors

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | – – For several weeks now there has been growing evidence that Twitter is being used for a covert and highly organised propaganda operation which disparages Shia Muslims while supporting the Sunni Muslim governments of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The tactic is to deluge Twitter with multiple […]

Featured
Are the Muslim Khans better Americans than Donald Trump?

Are the Muslim Khans better Americans than Donald Trump?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump lashed out on Saturday against Ghazala and Khizr Khan over their speech Thursday night in which they criticized the casino and hotel moghul for his unconstitutional tirades. The Khans said at the Democratic National Convention in a speech they crafted, that Trump had ‘sacrificed […]

Democratic Party
Russian & Iranian Press deplore Hillary Clinton Hawkishness; Israelis complain she’s Dove

Russian & Iranian Press deplore Hillary Clinton Hawkishness; Israelis complain she’s Dove

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – How is the international press responding to the Democratic National Convention and the formalization of Hillary Clinton’s status as the party’s standard-bearer in the presidential campaign? BBC Monitoring helped me find these reports, which I’m paraphrasing or quoting from their translation: Boaz Bismuth in the Hebrew […]

Extreme Weather
Baghdad facing Invasion of . . . Cockroaches, as Temps reach 122° b/c Climate Change

Baghdad facing Invasion of . . . Cockroaches, as Temps reach 122° b/c Climate Change

contributors

Niqash.org | – – Last week Baghdad faced a new threat: A plague of cockroaches, brought out by higher summer temperatures. All sorts of strange stories about the insect invaders emerged. Over the past week in Baghdad residents in the city have started to worry about an invader other than the extremist Islamic State group. […]

Pollution
Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

contributors

TeleSur The accusations mark the second round of charges related to the investigation into the Flint water crisis. Six Michigan state employees were charged Friday in connection with dangerous lead levels in the city of Flint’s drinking water, the Detroit Free Press reported. The criminal charges were filed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette against […]

Arab Americans
Muslim-American Parents of KIA Vet to Trump: Here’s the Constitution

Muslim-American Parents of KIA Vet to Trump: Here’s the Constitution

contributors

ABC 15 Arizona | (Video News Report) | – – “FULL: Khizr Khan son was 1 of 14 American Muslims who died serving – Democratic National Convention Khizr Khan’s son, Humayun S. M. Khan was a University of Virginia graduate and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Khan was one of 14 American Muslims who died […]

Democratic Party
When Dems ditched Workers for Professionals, they opened Door for Trump

When Dems ditched Workers for Professionals, they opened Door for Trump

contributors

  Adam Barnett/ Thomas Frank | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – The Democrats ditched the working class in favour of a professional elite leaving Trump – a master of ‘resentment politics’ – to hoover up their votes. An interview with Listen Liberal! author Thomas Frank. Now that the Republican Party has chosen a coiffured gargoyle as its nominee for […]

al-Qaeda
Top Five Ways to tell if a Terrorist is still al-Qaeda despite name Change

Top Five Ways to tell if a Terrorist is still al-Qaeda despite name Change

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leftist Beirut newspaper al-Safir comments scathingly on the name-change of the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front led by Abu Muhammad al-Julani, to the Syria Conquest Front. Here are some reasons that the name change isn’t going to work: 1. Al-Julani got permission from 9/11 […]

censorship
Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

contributors

TeleSur | – – Erdogan’s political purge following the failed coup keeps on going, with the net ever widening. Turkey is shutting down over 100 media outlets and is purging over 1,000 military personnel, it was announced Wednesday as President Tayyip Erdogan’s government continues to tighten its grip on power after a failed military coup […]

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