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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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Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)

Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I told this story back in 2005 but it is a good story, has held up, […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
From Ugly American to American Bully

From Ugly American to American Bully

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I came of age during America’s Cold War with the Soviet Union, witnessing its […]

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How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass

How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about […]

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astronomy and outer space
US Government Scientists Go 'Rogue' in Defiance of Trump

US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump

TeleSur | – – Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. […]

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Donald Trump
Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire

Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Since his inauguration, Donald J. Trump has not been making a good impression in Iraq, where […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See:  Going Local, remaining Indivisible

In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See: Going Local, remaining Indivisible

By H Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” Writing decades ago, the poet Theodore […]

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Donald Trump
Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure

Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure

David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Council of Europe condemns illegal Israeli siege of Gaza as ‘collective punishment’

Council of Europe condemns illegal Israeli siege of Gaza as ‘collective punishment’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a report on Tuesday outlining the dire […]

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Donald Trump
Trump’s Visa Ban is about anti-Muslim Bigotry, not Security

Trump’s Visa Ban is about anti-Muslim Bigotry, not Security

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters is reporting that on Wednesday, Trump will announce a halt to the issuing of visas […]

Juan Cole

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