Informed Comment - Part 1187

Generational Wars and Short Memories: The 9/11 Hijackers Were Iraqis, Right?

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – I was teaching the day the airplanes hit the World Trade Center. It was the second meeting of “The Communist […]

Rebecca Gordon

Corruption

Top Ten Signs the US is the most Corrupt nation in the World (2018 Edn.)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans

Thousands of US Citizens Jailed Over Debts as Small as US$28

TeleSur | – – One in three Americans has been reported to a private collection agency with the majority of cases affecting Latin American and […]

Juan Cole

Iran

In Irony, Ahmedinezhad calls for Free Elections in Iran

Middle East Monitor |- – Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose 2009 re-election prompted mass unrest over alleged vote rigging, has called for “free” presidential […]

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Climate Change

Seas Rising ever Faster as Humans burn more Fossil Fuels (NASA Image)

Image via NASA NASA’s Earth Observatory writes: “Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, according to a new study based on 25 […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad

The Age of Total War in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the most distressing take-aways of the Syria War since 2011 is that the United […]

Juan Cole

Israel

Saudi dreams of an anti-Iran Axis with Israel Evaporating: Khashoggi

Middle East Monitor | – – The well-known Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has started a relationship with Israel and […]

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Corruption

Israel: Netanyahu’s Top Allies Arrested in Ongoing Corruption Probe

TeleSur | – – A former Netanyahu spokesman and the former director of the communications ministry are among the persons arrested. Two close associates of […]

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Donald Trump