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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

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 […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

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Trump's call for Spying on US Muslims recalls FBI bugging of MLK, Black Churches

Trump’s call for Spying on US Muslims recalls FBI bugging of MLK, Black Churches

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Donald Trump supporters beat a ‘Black Lives Matter’ protester at his rally in Birmingham, Ala., […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders:  "Turning our backs on refugees destroys the idea of America"

Bernie Sanders: “Turning our backs on refugees destroys the idea of America”

Gwen Ifill/ Bernie Sanders | (PBS News Hour Video) | – – “Sanders: Turning away refugees destroys the idea of America Blurb: How would Democratic […]

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Belgium
Paris Attackers: What radicalized one Brussels Neighborhood?

Paris Attackers: What radicalized one Brussels Neighborhood?

By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | – – Just as during the German invasions of 1914 and 1940, war, it seems, is coming to […]

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Democratic Party
In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees

In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Not much is bipartisan these days, but apparently bigotry is something both sides of the […]

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Israel
US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons

US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Washington-based think tank published a study Friday reporting Israel’s possession of around 115 nuclear weapons, […]

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"For Paris" on Russian Missiles hitting Syria as ISIL Oil Facilities Targeted

“For Paris” on Russian Missiles hitting Syria as ISIL Oil Facilities Targeted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Coment) | – – the Syrian observatory said that the Russian strikes on the eastern province of Deir al-Zor killed […]

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Counter-Terrorism
How to lose the war on terror: panic and feed ISIL's narrative

How to lose the war on terror: panic and feed ISIL’s narrative

By Daniel Baldino | (The Conversation) | – – Terrorism’s goal is principally psychological. So, in the wake of events like those in Paris, a […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The ISIS Trap - Will You Fall Into It?

The ISIS Trap – Will You Fall Into It?

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “ISIS has a pretty black-and-white view of the world. Either you’re with them, or you’re with people they […]

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Espionage
American Traitor who spied on US Navy for Israel Released; Netanyahu 'longed for this day'

American Traitor who spied on US Navy for Israel Released; Netanyahu ‘longed for this day’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday addressed American Jonathan Pollard who was released on parole […]

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