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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Robert Rotberg | (The Conversation) | – – Terrorists are in it as much for the loot as for the ideology. . . . ISIS, […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey:  Erdogan's Domestic War for a Presidential System

Turkey: Erdogan’s Domestic War for a Presidential System

By Rosa Burç and Burak Çopur | TeleSur | – – The current war against the Kurds and oppositional voices is being waged to push […]

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Employment
Why Americans are Angry:  The Minimum Wage Trap

Why Americans are Angry: The Minimum Wage Trap

By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about […]

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Russia
Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – – When 25 million Syrians–half of them refugees abroad or at home […]

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George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – George W. Bush came out of political exile on Monday to be his brother JEB!’s surrogate […]

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Campaign Finance
Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Political sugar daddies have a strong grip on the 2016 election. These billionaires know what they […]

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Iraq
Confirmed:  ISIL used Mustard Gas Against Kurds in Iraq

Confirmed: ISIL used Mustard Gas Against Kurds in Iraq

TeleSur | – – A chemical weapons investigator confirmed earlier reports that the extremist group used the banned chemical weapon. [ISIL] used chemical weapons against […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UK Government to Ban Universities, Public Bodies from BDS of Israel

UK Government to Ban Universities, Public Bodies from BDS of Israel

By IMEMC | – – On February 14th, 2016, the UK Government announced that it would be setting up guidelines to prevent public bodies from […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why is ISIL still trying to Slaughter and Enslave the ancient Yazidi Minority?

Why is ISIL still trying to Slaughter and Enslave the ancient Yazidi Minority?

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – On February 3, the New York Times quoted the desperate plea of a Yazidi, a […]

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