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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

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Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

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Iraq
How ISIL is losing al-Anbar Province: Corruption, Reckless Driving, Carelessness w/ Secrets

How ISIL is losing al-Anbar Province: Corruption, Reckless Driving, Carelessness w/ Secrets

Niqash.org | Baghdad | – – “Newsletters sent to Islamic State fighters in Anbar indicate the group’s problems with bad drivers and corruption. It also […]

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Authoritarianism
The rise and fall of Turkey's progressive opposition

The rise and fall of Turkey’s progressive opposition

By Nick Ashdown | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, the HDP roared into parliament on the back of a rainbow coalition […]

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The end of the Beginning:  The Fall of ISIL in Fallujah

The end of the Beginning: The Fall of ISIL in Fallujah

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After Montgomery and his troops defeated the Germans and Italians at El Alamain in northern Egypt […]

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Campaign Finance
Kochs' Victory: House of Reps. Votes to Protect Anonymous 'Dark Money'  Donors

Kochs’ Victory: House of Reps. Votes to Protect Anonymous ‘Dark Money’ Donors

TeleSur | – – The House of Representatives approved a bill that campaign finance refomers say will open the door to illegal influence on political […]

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Sufism
Who Was the mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, and Whose Rumi Is He?

Who Was the mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, and Whose Rumi Is He?

By Bismellah Alizada | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – As all the countries that call the work of Jalaluddin Rumi their own rise up against the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
PM: Israeli cut-off of West Bank water supplies in Ramadan 'inhumane and outrageous'

PM: Israeli cut-off of West Bank water supplies in Ramadan ‘inhumane and outrageous’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Prime Minister’s office on Thursday slammed Israel’s decision to cut off water supplies for […]

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FBI
Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter's ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?

Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter’s ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?

TeleSur | – – In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about […]

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British Trumpism?  Anti-Immigrant "Britain First" White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament

British Trumpism? Anti-Immigrant “Britain First” White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The assassin shouted “Britain First!” as he repeatedly stabbed Jo Cox in the stomach with a […]

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Militarization
The over-teched over-priced Weapons that Ate the Pentagon

The over-teched over-priced Weapons that Ate the Pentagon

By Andrew Cockburn | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – These days, lamenting the apparently aimless character of Washington’s military operations in the Greater Middle East […]

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