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Archives for October 2018

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Dissident Journalist Khashoggi Visits Saudi Consulate in Istanbul then Disappears

Saudi Dissident Journalist Khashoggi Visits Saudi Consulate in Istanbul then Disappears

AFP

Washington (AFP) – A veteran Saudi journalist who has been critical of the government has gone missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported. Jamal Khashoggi, who writes opinion pieces for the Post, has not been seen since entering the consulate in the afternoon, according to his fiance who […]

Featured
Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush is supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. But Bush is more honest than the judge. He was asked by journalists during one of his campaigns if he had ever used cocaine. He made waves when he declined to answer the question. He later admitted that the reason he did […]

Saudi Arabia
Saudi: The Banana Republic with very few Bananas

Saudi: The Banana Republic with very few Bananas

Daniel Martin Varisco

Stockholm ( MENA Tidningen) – The Saudis are feeling offended that another country might criticize their dismal record of human rights. Last August Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted that a Canadian citizen, Raif Badawi, and his sister Samar should be released from a Saudi prison. Their arrest was due to their promotion of human […]

Iran
Iran fires Ballistics Missiles in Syria for 1st Time, Punishing ISIL for Ahvaz Attack

Iran fires Ballistics Missiles in Syria for 1st Time, Punishing ISIL for Ahvaz Attack

Kay Armin Serjoie

Co-Author: Amir Havasi | – Tehran (AFP) – Iran said it struck jihadists on Monday in Syria with ballistic missiles and combat drones in retaliation for a deadly attack on an Iranian military parade, warning the “real punishment” was still to come. Last month’s shooting in the Iranian city of Ahvaz killed 24 people and […]

Israel/ Palestine
Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’

Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’

Maan News Agency

Since 30 March, Israeli troops have killed 151 people – including 30 children

Featured
"We Fell in Love":  The Trump-Kim Jong Un RomCom

“We Fell in Love”: The Trump-Kim Jong Un RomCom

Juan Cole

Also, “I love Saudi Arabia!”

Supreme Court
Eisen calls “Cover-Up” as Charges swirl Trump is Micro-Managing FBI Kavanaugh Inquiry

Eisen calls “Cover-Up” as Charges swirl Trump is Micro-Managing FBI Kavanaugh Inquiry

AFP

“it is malpractice for WH to rule out Swetnick, Yale boozing”

Afghanistan
When US Allies Murder US Soldiers: Blowback From U.S. Policy in the Greater Middle East

When US Allies Murder US Soldiers: Blowback From U.S. Policy in the Greater Middle East

Danny Sjursen

(Tomdispatch.com) – He was shot in the back, the ultimate act of treachery. On September 3rd, a U.S Army sergeant major was killed by two Afghan police officers — the very people his unit, the new Security Force Assistance Brigade, was there to train. It was the second fatal “insider attack,” as such incidents are […]

Iraq
Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated

Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated

Middle East Monitor

Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, holder of the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” Qasem, who held the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, posted a short live video on Facebook’s Instagram, revealing that she had received a message read “your turn is coming.” […]

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