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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Is Putin's Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?

Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?

Ronald Suny | (The Conversation) | – – U.S. intelligence agencies – 17 of them – agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the […]

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100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It

100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It

TeleSur | – – New clean schemes push the nation further forward as a leader in search for alternative technologies. Demonstrating that renewables are a […]

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Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?

Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?

Farhang Jahanpour | ( Tehran Times | – – TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing […]

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Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation

Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation

By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | – – Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely […]

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Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts

Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts

By John Church, Christopher Watson, Matt King, Xianyao Chen, and Xuebin Zhang | (The Conversation) | – – Contributions to the rate of global sea-level […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran

Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning […]

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Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank

Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank

TeleSur | – – Jared Kushner was an adviser to the Trump campaign and an employee at his own real estate company when the firm […]

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America’s Special Ops Perpetual World War

America’s Special Ops Perpetual World War

Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – The tabs on their shoulders read “Special Forces,” “Ranger,” “Airborne.” And soon their guidon — the […]

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Turkey's Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is 'Disrespectful'

Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’

TeleSur | – – Erdogan told journalists after Eid al-Fitr prayers that “It (the list of demands from Qatar’s neighbors to lift the ban) is […]

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