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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Paris COP21 will only slow Climate Change: Here's What's going to happen to you and your children

Paris COP21 will only slow Climate Change: Here’s What’s going to happen to you and your children

By Katja Frieler | (The Conversation) | – – At the Paris climate summit, delegates are deciding on a global goal for temperature rise. At […]

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Top 10 Signs the US is the Most Corrupt Country in the World

Top 10 Signs the US is the Most Corrupt Country in the World

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply […]

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How U.S. Interventions Dismembered the Middle East

How U.S. Interventions Dismembered the Middle East

By Adil E. Shamoo | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Despite everything, hawks are still pushing President Obama to send ground troops to […]

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Russo-Turkish Conflict over Syria & Iraq Boils: "Manifestations of impotent Rage"

Russo-Turkish Conflict over Syria & Iraq Boils: “Manifestations of impotent Rage”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Turkish and Russian government have continued their war of words that followed on the shooting […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Obama: "Who will rid me of this Troublesome 'caliph'?  Someone? Anyone?

Obama: “Who will rid me of this Troublesome ‘caliph’? Someone? Anyone?

By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – In the many strategies proposed to defeat the Islamic State (IS) by presidential candidates, policymakers, and […]

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Israel
Trump Cancels trip to Israel after Parliamentarians slam him as Neo-Nazi

Trump Cancels trip to Israel after Parliamentarians slam him as Neo-Nazi

By IMEMC | – – After criticism from both the left and the right, Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will delay his visit to […]

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American Jews
Mark Zuckerberg Stands With Muslims & Fox goes after Him

Mark Zuckerberg Stands With Muslims & Fox goes after Him

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks video report) | & Media Matters | – – 1. Media Matters Tweet: Fox co-hosts attack Mark Zuckerberg over […]

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Iraq
Iraqis wrangle over who should free Mosul: Kurds, Russia, US or Shiite Militias?

Iraqis wrangle over who should free Mosul: Kurds, Russia, US or Shiite Militias?

Iman Asaad | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) | – – Who would be the best to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State group? A survey of […]

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Robert Gordon U in Scotland Strips Trump of Honorary Degree

Robert Gordon U in Scotland Strips Trump of Honorary Degree

Contessa Brewer | (CBSN video news report) | – – “In the wake of his controversial plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., Robert […]

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