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Archives for February 2020

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Has Trump lost Iraq to Russia over his Drone Strike on Baghdad Airport?

Has Trump lost Iraq to Russia over his Drone Strike on Baghdad Airport?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iraqi establishment is interested in strengthening its military cooperation with Russia, as Baghdad seeks an alternative to the United States military after Trump bombed Baghdad airport and killed a high ranking Iraqi military commander. Al-Bawwaba reports that that the Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army, Lieutenant General Othman […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian-Israelis, 20% of Israel, are next Victims of Kushner Apartheid

Palestinian-Israelis, 20% of Israel, are next Victims of Kushner Apartheid

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – (Middle East Monitor)- Israelis of all political persuasions welcomed the Trump “peace plan”, but the Palestinian citizens of the self-styled Jewish state are angry because the deal refers to land and population swaps between Israel and Palestinian Authority territory. This confirms that Israel wants to displace them, […]

Donald Trump
“We’ve Been Attacked!” Women and Trauma in the Trump-Putin Era

“We’ve Been Attacked!” Women and Trauma in the Trump-Putin Era

Tomdispatch

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdisptach.com) – Last month, as hundreds of thousands of people showed up for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., a few miles from my home, I was at a karate dojo testing for my first belt. My fellow practitioners, ranging in age from five into their seventies, looked on […]

Africa
The 13 Countries on Trump's (mostly) Muslim Ban are little Security Challenge to US, but White Nationalism Is

The 13 Countries on Trump’s (mostly) Muslim Ban are little Security Challenge to US, but White Nationalism Is

The Conversation

By Charles Kurzman | – Over the past two decades, how many people have been killed in the U.S. by extremists from the six countries on the Trump administration’s new travel ban list? The answer is zero, according to data I have collected from Department of Justice records and other sources. Immigrants from these countries […]

Featured
Nothing could have been a better gift to Iran in the region than the Kushner Apartheid for Palestinians

Nothing could have been a better gift to Iran in the region than the Kushner Apartheid for Palestinians

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the “august leader” of the country, lambasted the Kushner Plan for the Palestinians, and took the opportunity also to blast the four Arab countries whose representatives attended its announcement. Since Saudi Arabia and the others often play the racist “non-Arab” card against Persian Iran, it must […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli security forces arrest 1 Palestinian journalist, and injure another covering protests

Israeli security forces arrest 1 Palestinian journalist, and injure another covering protests

Committee to Protect Journalists

(Beirut) — Israeli authorities should reveal the reason for journalist Mohammad Malhem’s arrest or release him immediately, and should investigate the injuries sustained by journalist Abdul Mohsen Shalaldeh and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Yesterday, Israeli security forces arrested Malhem, a Palestinian reporter for the Hebron-based radio broadcaster […]

Bill of Rights
This is how ancient Rome's republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump's impeachment trial

This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial

The Conversation

By Timothy Joseph | – The U.S. Senate has made its judgment in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, acquitting the president. Fifty two of 53 senators in the Republican majority voted to acquit the president on the abuse of power charge and all 53 Republican senators voted to acquit on the obstruction of […]

Eastern Europe
Britain got its Brexit, but will it also Get an Economic Depression and Lose Scotland and N. Ireland?

Britain got its Brexit, but will it also Get an Economic Depression and Lose Scotland and N. Ireland?

John Feffer

By John Feffer | – Edinburgh, Scotland (Foreign Policy in Focus) – If I were the European Union, I’d be wiping my hands, sighing in relief, and slamming the door after the United Kingdom’s long-delayed departure. Britain had been a noisy, pushy houseguest for 47 years, and it was only growing ruder. It spent the […]

Congress
Sen. Mitt Romney's Historic Speech Explaining Why he Voted to Impeach and Remove Trump

Sen. Mitt Romney’s Historic Speech Explaining Why he Voted to Impeach and Remove Trump

contributors

Sen. Mitt Romney’s remarks on the impeachment vote on Wednesday are below. He voted to convict Trump and remove him from office, and was the only Republican senator to so vote. It was a profile in courage. “Sen. Mitt Romney’s full speech announcing he will vote to convict Trump” The Constitution is at the foundation […]

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