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Archives for August 2016

Far Right
The Republicans who fear that Trump isn't Belligerent Enough

The Republicans who fear that Trump isn’t Belligerent Enough

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By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, “Never Trump”? The Enemies of My Enemy May Be War Criminals By Rebecca Gordon It’s not every day that Republicans publish an open letter announcing that their presidential candidate is unfit for office. But lately this sort […]

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Saudis bomb Sanaa during "Million-Person march"

Saudis bomb Sanaa during “Million-Person march”

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Houthi Ansarullah Movement that controls most of north and west Yemen staged what was by all accounts an enormous demonstration in the capital of Sanaa on Saturday. It may have been the single largest demonstration in the country’s history. While it was unlikely actually to […]

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Juan Cole, “The Idea of Peace in the Qur’an” (Kluge Center Blog)

Juan Cole, “The Idea of Peace in the Qur’an” (Kluge Center Blog)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole | Library of Congress | John W. Kluge Center | – – The past summer I had an appointment at the John W. Kluge Center that allowed for research in the Library of Congress collections, and have written most of a book about peace in the Qur’an or Koran, the Muslim scriptures. This […]

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Near-War:  US Planes almost tangle with Syrian MiGs, which bombed area of US troop Embeds

Near-War: US Planes almost tangle with Syrian MiGs, which bombed area of US troop Embeds

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The fighting that has broken out between Kurdish YPG fighters and the Syrian Arab Army in Hasaka, northeast Syria, is hardly a new thing. There were clashes in April. Syria says that the Kurds brought it on themselves by trying to expand into government-held territory. As […]

Displaced and Refugees
Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany

Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a campaign event on Wednesday evening, that there is no relationship between the influx of some one million migrants and refugees into Germany in the past year and the incidents of radical Muslim violence in the country. She pointed out […]

Islam-hatred
Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told

Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told

contributors

By Peter Hopkins | (The Conversation) | – – Rio 2016 is proving not just to be a platform for sporting prowess, it is also helping to shake up some traditionally-held cultural misconceptions too. In the West, many regard traditional Muslim dress like the hijab as a sign of oppression, with women forced to wear […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza power plant runs out of fuel amid longstanding electricity crisis

Gaza power plant runs out of fuel amid longstanding electricity crisis

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an)– The besieged Gaza Strip’s only power plant announced on Thursday that it was unable to operate on more than one generator after exhausting its fuel reserves. In a statement, the electricity supplier noted that efforts were being made to obtain fuel in the coming week. Even at […]

Syria
The Haunting Image of a Syrian Boy Who’s Only Known War

The Haunting Image of a Syrian Boy Who’s Only Known War

contributors

TeleSur | – – The image is haunting: A boy sits silent and stone-still in an ambulance, hands resting in his lap, his feet dangling from the chair as though suspended in mid-air, staring straight ahead, dust and dried blood covering his face like a mask. With a shock of thick, brown hair dissecting his […]

Democratic Party
Sanders: Aetna's Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like

Sanders: Aetna’s Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like

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By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Aetna threatened federal government with withdrawal from Affordable Care Act if controversial merger didn’t go through, new reporting reveals Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini bluntly told the Justice Department in July that the healthcare behemoth would drop out of the Affordable Care Act exchanges if its […]

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