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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If Defeating ISIL/ Daesh is so imp’t, why isn’t Ramadi Campaign all we’re talking about?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Given the large number of vehement pronouncements by US presidential candidates about the dire threat from […]
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