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Archives for February 2019

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Turkey, NATO ally, Rejects US "Coup Attempt" in Venezuela

Turkey, NATO ally, Rejects US “Coup Attempt” in Venezuela

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is no surprise that Iran should be supporting the Venezuelan government of Maduro, given that both typically take anti-imperialist stands. What is astonishing is that NATO member Turkey has piled on the criticism, along with the Turkish press. It is s sign of US-Turkish relations being at their nadir. […]

Iran
Facebook takes Down Vast Iran-Led Manipulation Campaign

Facebook takes Down Vast Iran-Led Manipulation Campaign

Glenn Chapman

The operation dating back to as early as 2010 had 262 pages, 356 accounts

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Siege of Gaza producing "Grotesque" Medical Crisis: European Doctors

Israeli Siege of Gaza producing “Grotesque” Medical Crisis: European Doctors

Middle East Monitor

“Israeli snipers have been firing military grade ammunition and maiming bullets at the border at unarmed demonstrators, killing 257 to date

Israel/ Palestine
Spanish Firm Rejects Israeli Tender for Jerusalem Railroad as Stealing Palestinian Land

Spanish Firm Rejects Israeli Tender for Jerusalem Railroad as Stealing Palestinian Land

Maan News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF announced, on Friday, that it had refused to participate in a tender to build a section of the railway in occupied East Jerusalem as it violates international law. An international tender to build and operate Jerusalem’s second light rail line has many companies rejecting to participate as […]

Climate Change
Global Warming caused Enormous city-sized Hole discovered in Antarctic Glacier

Global Warming caused Enormous city-sized Hole discovered in Antarctic Glacier

Juan Cole

In an academic paper in the journal Science Advances nestles a short sentence that at first glance is hard to detach from the specialist prose and mathematical formulas that dot it. On profile T3-T4, we confirm the formation of a cavity 4 km [roughly 2 and a half miles] wide by 350 m [0.2 miles] […]

Donald Trump
Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

Conn M. Hallinan

This time around, the U.S. is pretty much alone.

Israel/ Palestine
Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000

Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000

Middle East Monitor

More than 60 years later, the Bedouin villages have yet to be legally recognised by Israel

Climate Change
European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

The Conversation

Our new data-driven best estimate is a death toll of 56 million by the beginning of the 1600s

European Union
Europe declares independence of Trump, Creates Channel for Iran Trade

Europe declares independence of Trump, Creates Channel for Iran Trade

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In what French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called “an important geo-political gesture,” France, Germany and the UK have swung into action with the backing of the European Union to set up a mechanism, called Instex, which will permit European firms and banks to continue to trade with Iran without […]

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