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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

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Biggest Trump Lies 2015:  76% of what Donald Trump Says is Garbage

Biggest Trump Lies 2015: 76% of what Donald Trump Says is Garbage

Nik Zecevic and Margaret J. Howell | (TheLipTV video report) | – – “Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has won the 2015 PolitiFact “Lie of the […]

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The Regime Strikes Back: Syrian Gov't advances, Bolstered by Russia

The Regime Strikes Back: Syrian Gov’t advances, Bolstered by Russia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia’s aerial intervention in Syria is apparently yielding some modest battlefield advances for the Baath regime […]

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When did Justifying Large Scale Civilian Deaths in Bombardments become a Bipartisan Consensus?

When did Justifying Large Scale Civilian Deaths in Bombardments become a Bipartisan Consensus?

By Stephen Zunes | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – There’s a bipartisan effort to justify the killing of civilians in the “war on […]

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Saudi's Suffragists:  Women vote for first time, are elected to City Councils

Saudi’s Suffragists: Women vote for first time, are elected to City Councils

By Katherine Mackenzie | (Inter Press Service) | – – ABU DHABI (IPS) – The triumph of 19 women in what is being seen as […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine: Friday clashes erupt across occupied West Bank as Israeli Occupiers use Lethal Force

Palestine: Friday clashes erupt across occupied West Bank as Israeli Occupiers use Lethal Force

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Weekly Friday demonstrations took place across the occupied West Bank on Friday, locals said. Locals told […]

Juan Cole

Archaeology
In Iraq’s Ur,  Archeologists Explore History’s Potential to Unite A Divided Land

In Iraq’s Ur, Archeologists Explore History’s Potential to Unite A Divided Land

By Ahmad Thamer Jihad | (Niqash.org) | – – The best way to combat the damage done to Iraq’s antiquities during the current security crisis […]

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Christmas and Christians in the Middle East

Christmas and Christians in the Middle East

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whether Christmas is joyous sad or nervous-making for Christians in the Middle East this year depends […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Oh little town Near Bethlehem, cut off from Highway by Israeli Military

Oh little town Near Bethlehem, cut off from Highway by Israeli Military

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The movement of residents in Ras Al-Wad southwest of Bethlehem has been cut off for weeks […]

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British Muslim Family Not Allowed To Board Plane To Visit Disneyland: Are US visa officials Islamophobes?

British Muslim Family Not Allowed To Board Plane To Visit Disneyland: Are US visa officials Islamophobes?

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “On a family trip to Disneyland, one British Muslim family wasn’t allowed to get on the plane. No […]

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