Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Washington Post reports that when US Secretary of State “Benghazi Mike” Pompeo gave his breathless news conference last Thursday to finger Iran for the oil tanker explosions in the Gulf of Oman, he indicted Iran for another act of violence at the same time. Mary Papenfus at HuffPo notes […]
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Asia
Bolton may want War with Iran, but the Pentagon is Eyeing China
(Tomdispatch.com) – The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf has led many in Washington and elsewhere to assume that the U.S. is gearing up for war with Iran. As in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S. […]
How US “good guys” wiped out an Afghan family
By Jessica Purkiss and Mateen Arian This story was published in partnership with: The New York Times. ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) – It was 4am when Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez’s wife Amina called, an unusually early time for their daily chat. When he picked up the phone, he could hear the panic in her […]
China to Iran’s Rescue? Trump might successfully anger Beijing or Tehran, but not Both
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a news conference on Saturday that China opposes US unilateral sanctions on Iran and appreciates Iran’s continued commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, despite the breach of it by the Trump administration. This, […]
You’ll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won’t be Great Again
A major player is BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” headquartered in Shenzhen
Sri Lanka’s Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism
Even though most Sri Lankan Muslims are Sunni, it is a diverse community, with some following the mystical form of Islam, Sufism
“The Nearest in Love:” On how the Sri Lankan Death Cult Betrayed the Islamic Values of the Qur’an
“You will find that the nearest to them in love are those who say ‘We are Christians.'”
The Coming Great Satellite Space War between Nuclear-Armed India and Pakistan
In late March, India launched a rocket shooting down one of its satellites, proving it could preemptively “blind” the Pakistanis
Bangladesh to Exile 100K Rohingya Refugees to an Island “Prison”
Dumping a battered and traumatized people on Bhasan Char to face yet another threat to their survival is not a solution.
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