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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? - HRW

Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? – HRW

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities in recent weeks have arrested at least 50 peaceful political activists, blocked at least 62 […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Aerospace Campaign in Syria:  Did Putin kill ISIL's so-called 'caliph'?

Aerospace Campaign in Syria: Did Putin kill ISIL’s so-called ‘caliph’?

TeleSur | – – The statement came a day after Russia said it killed several senior leaders, 30 field commanders and up to 300 of […]

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In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar

In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I’ve been a booster of renewable energy for years and years. I can remember when readers […]

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Constitution
Don’t Slow Down on Impeachment

Don’t Slow Down on Impeachment

Robert Reich. | Yes! Magazine | – – The three previous presidential impeachment inquiries rested on less evidence of obstruction of justice than is already […]

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Iraq
Iraq Deployed Shiite Volunteers to defeat ISIL, but now has a Militia Problem

Iraq Deployed Shiite Volunteers to defeat ISIL, but now has a Militia Problem

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) |. – The Iraqi government’s next big problem is coming into view: The group of powerful Shiite Muslim militias […]

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Afghanistan
Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits 'Not Winning'

Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits ‘Not Winning’

TeleSur | – – The Trump adminstration plans to deploy 4,000 more troops, extending the nearly The official says troops will train Afghan soldiers, and […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on […]

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Children
From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?

From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?

By Karen J. Greenberg | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “This is a war against normal life.” So said CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward, describing the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

By Nader Habibi | (Conversation) | – – The recent decision by half the nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a few other […]

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