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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

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Bashar al-Assad
If East Aleppo Falls to Regime, is the Syrian War over?

If East Aleppo Falls to Regime, is the Syrian War over?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters is reporting that the Syrian Arab Army and its Shiite militia allies have taken Malah […]

Juan Cole

Bush
The other Casualty of Iraq War:  The Country's Whole Health System

The other Casualty of Iraq War: The Country’s Whole Health System

Ahmed Aber | (The Conversation) | – – Thirteen years ago, American and British troops launched Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraqis were promised freedom from […]

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Culture
Goodbye to Abbas Kiarostami, a Filmmaking Legend Whose Vision ‘Transversed His Persian Roots’

Goodbye to Abbas Kiarostami, a Filmmaking Legend Whose Vision ‘Transversed His Persian Roots’

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( Global Voices) | – – News trickled out of a Paris hospital on the evening of 4 July that Iranian […]

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Foreign Policy
A new American Century or a Century of Wars and Refugees?

A new American Century or a Century of Wars and Refugees?

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Vladimir Putin recently manned up and admitted it. The United States remains the planet’s sole […]

Juan Cole

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The Real Problem with the Iraq War:  It was Illegal

The Real Problem with the Iraq War: It was Illegal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I won’t disguise my impatience with the of the Chilcot Report on Britain’s involvement in the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli commander testifies: soldier unjustified in point-blank Hebron execution

Israeli commander testifies: soldier unjustified in point-blank Hebron execution

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli army commander testified on Wednesday in the ongoing trial of Elor Azarya, an Israeli soldier accused of shooting and killing […]

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Iraq War
Surprise!   It was a War Crime

Surprise! It was a War Crime

By Rebecca Gordon | (Informed Comment) | – – So now it’s official. The British Chilcot Report confirms what the world has known for 13 […]

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Iraq
The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

An Interview with Anand Gopal by Charles Davis | ( TeleSur) | – – The United States is winning the war on terror, just as […]

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Democratic Party
H. Clinton and Ed Snowden:  Some Animals are more Equal than others

H. Clinton and Ed Snowden: Some Animals are more Equal than others

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hillary Clinton has repeatedly attacked Ed Snowden for being careless with government information. So it is […]

Juan Cole

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