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

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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Christians
Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik:  'Self-Radicalized,' 'Terrorism,' 'Lone Wolf' and Double Standards

Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik: ‘Self-Radicalized,’ ‘Terrorism,’ ‘Lone Wolf’ and Double Standards

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Federal officials are now investigating the San Bernardino massacre as an “act of terrorism” rather than […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria:  Mission Impossible

Syria: Mission Impossible

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – p>Imagine this new TV series coming to HBO in 2016. The planet faces an […]

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al-Qaeda
How Turkish President Erdogan went Wrong:  Dividing and Not Ruling

How Turkish President Erdogan went Wrong: Dividing and Not Ruling

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Receb Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, was once seen as a political breath of fresh […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Refugees in Jordan's Camps Reply to Dr. Ben Carson

Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Camps Reply to Dr. Ben Carson

AJ+ | (Video report) | – – “After a recent visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson described it […]

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Climate Change
For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

Euronews & Scott B. Power | – – “Dozens of activists at the COP 21 summit in Paris have taken part in the so-called Run […]

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Iraq
Beyond ISIS:  Suicide by World War IV

Beyond ISIS: Suicide by World War IV

By Andrew Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) |- – Introduction by Tom Engelhardt Let’s consider the two parties in Washington. I’m not referring to the Republican and […]

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How the NRA is harming American Security:  Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

How the NRA is harming American Security: Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As I write, the full story behind the heinous San Bernardino shootings, which left 14 dead […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria:  Should We?

Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?

Guest post from Brian Glyn Williams on viable strategy to diminish terrorist attacks in the West.

Juan Cole

Central Asia
Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized?  Militant Secularism in Central Asia

Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized? Militant Secularism in Central Asia

By Farangis Najibullah and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL) | – – Nabijon spends nearly 10 hours a day inside his one-room barbershop on a […]

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