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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Curtains for Trans Atlantic Trade Deal?  Greenpeace Leak Exposes Corporate Takeover

Curtains for Trans Atlantic Trade Deal? Greenpeace Leak Exposes Corporate Takeover

By Deirdre Fulton | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – The secret documents represent roughly two-thirds of the latest negotiating text, and in several cases […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Foreign Workers Burn Buses After Massive Layoffs

Saudi Arabia: Foreign Workers Burn Buses After Massive Layoffs

TeleSur | – – The workers set at least seven buses on fire to protest Binladen construction group firing of at least 70,000 laborers after […]

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Republican Party
Trumping Terrorism with Torture?

Trumping Terrorism with Torture?

By Rebecca Gordon | (Informed Comment) | – – Why do Republican candidates for the presidency keep promising to commit war crimes? Donald Trump guarantees […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Russia declines to ask Syria to halt Bombardment of East Aleppo

Russia declines to ask Syria to halt Bombardment of East Aleppo

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent interview with Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter gives some idea of […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
US spends as much as next 11 countries on War Industries; why do Cruz/Trump want to Spend More?

US spends as much as next 11 countries on War Industries; why do Cruz/Trump want to Spend More?

Bear F. Braumoeller | (The Conversation) | – – One of the prominent themes in this year’s presidential primaries is the state of the American […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Al-Qaeda Everywhere:  US support for Oppressive Gov't's made Bin Laden's Killing Moot

Al-Qaeda Everywhere: US support for Oppressive Gov’t’s made Bin Laden’s Killing Moot

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US government has never understood insurgency for the most part. Smart USG officials with whom […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
After Obama-Salman Summit, will Saudi finally rein in Wahhabi Radicalism?

After Obama-Salman Summit, will Saudi finally rein in Wahhabi Radicalism?

Christopher R. Hill | Project Syndicate | – – DENVER – US President Barack Obama supposedly “cleared the air” with Saudi King Salman before the […]

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Republican Party
Does Trump's problem with Women voters extend to GOP Women?

Does Trump’s problem with Women voters extend to GOP Women?

Ana Kasparian & John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | – – “Donald Trump’s favorability, or lack thereof, continues to plummet among female voters. Even […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s cement ban prevents hundreds of Gaza families from rebuilding homes

Israel’s cement ban prevents hundreds of Gaza families from rebuilding homes

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s punitive ban on cement imports into the Gaza Strip has prevented hundreds of families from […]

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