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Juan Cole

Al-Shabab
Nearly 300 dead in Somalia Terrorist Attack (largely ignored by US TV News)

Nearly 300 dead in Somalia Terrorist Attack (largely ignored by US TV News)

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – “In our 10-year experience as first responders in Mogadishu, we haven’t seen anything like this,” the Aamin Ambulance service posted on Twitter. Somali officials say the death toll from Saturday’s truck bombing in Mogadishu has risen to 276, with another 300 people injured. Medical personnel in the Somali capital have described […]

Climate Change
Singer Marc Anthony to Trump: You will be held Accountable for needless American Deaths in Puerto Rico

Singer Marc Anthony to Trump: You will be held Accountable for needless American Deaths in Puerto Rico

Juan Cole

Marc Anthony calls Trump approach to Puerto Rico disaster “tone-deaf, idiotic, callous and disrespectful”

Bill of Rights
Under Trump, Gitmo continues to Gnaw away at tattered US Rule of Law

Under Trump, Gitmo continues to Gnaw away at tattered US Rule of Law

Juan Cole

Extra-Judicial denial of habeas corpus or trial leaves ‘Enemy Combatants’ in Limbo

Archaeology
Yes, White Supremacists, some Vikings were Muslims & Thor was Brown

Yes, White Supremacists, some Vikings were Muslims & Thor was Brown

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The archeological identification of stylized Arabic text for God (Allah) and Ali (the prophet Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law) in burial garments of the Vikings in Sweden has thrown white supremacists into a tizzy. While the garments could just be the result of trade with the Middle […]

Fossil Fuels
Oklahoma's Ominous Earthquakes: the Price of Fracking (Video)

Oklahoma’s Ominous Earthquakes: the Price of Fracking (Video)

Juan Cole

Hydraulic Fracturing implicated in severe seismic activity and plus it releases heat-trapping gas methane

Donald Trump
Elbaradei:  Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

Elbaradei: Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration (actually UN Ambassador and far right Evangelical Nikki Haley) has decertified Iran from compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Nuclear Deal of 2015. It would be interesting to know how many of Haley’s stupid and inaccurate talking points were provided […]

art and photography
Painting of the Day:  “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Painting of the Day: “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Juan Cole

Safavid Miniature by Riza-yi Abbasi of Isfahan

Donald Trump
Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal

Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal

Juan Cole

Foreign Minister warns that Europe will take the Russian and Chinese side on the Iran issue against the USA

Donald Trump
Trump wants 10-fold increase in Atom Bombs but is after Iran, which has none

Trump wants 10-fold increase in Atom Bombs but is after Iran, which has none

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As far as I can figure, the US presently has about 6,800 nuclear warheads, though it aims at going down to 4018 once it dismantles those scheduled to be decommissioned, by 2023. The Russian Federation has about 7,000 nuclear warheads, though it aims at going down […]

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