A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]
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Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh: How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar
VICE News | (Video report) | – – “Islamic State (IS) fighters swept into the Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014, forcing Kurdish peshmerga […]
Against Trump: 9/11 Muslim Candlelight vigils Sympathizing with US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The meme that Muslims celebrated the attacks of 9/11 has always been mostly a piece of […]
8,855 Murders by Firearm in US in 2012 vs. 30 (Equiv. 164) in UK
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reprint edn. The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to […]
‘Very Soon’ US forces will Arrive in Syria; Russia bombs near Turkey
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s government is very unhappy today about developments in Syria. President Obama’s special envoy, Brett McGurk, […]
Muslims Respond To Trump Muslim ID Card Idea With #MuslimID
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump suggested Muslim ID cards, resulting in backlash which has yet to deter the 2016 Republican Presidential […]
Israeli protesters demand separate roads for Palestinians, Israelis
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israelis protested in front of an Israeli government building in Jerusalem on Sunday, demanding […]
Dragon v. Eagle: China & the US compete for Eurasia
By Pepe Escobar | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – – The U.S. is transfixed by its multibillion-dollar electoral circus. The European Union is paralyzed by austerity, […]
“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | Jamiol’s World | – – Via Jamiol’s World
“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”
By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps no words more beautifully define who we are as a people than those etched […]
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