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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 […]
The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate: How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews
BY TAREQ A. RAMADAN | (Informed Comment) | – – Highly essentialist and virulent anti-Islamic, anti-Arab ‘conservative’ platitudes on Islam and Muslims being disseminated by […]
The real Threat to Peace? Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary
By Sina Toossi | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – With pundits and columnists dissecting and critiquing every word uttered by GOP front-runners Ben […]
10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria
By Ian Sinclair | (Open Democracy) | – – Following the Paris terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015, the British government has got its wish […]
US nonprofits ‘donate $220 mn.’ to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over $220 million has been given in tax-exempted US funds to illegal Israeli settlements in the […]
Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: “Mr Trump…is feeding hatred and misinformation”
Euractiv.com | – – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday (8 December) defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his […]
Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!
By Ira Chernus | (Informed Comment) | – – This time, it’s the Islamic State (IS). After the attacks in Paris, Barack Obama, spokesman-in-chief for […]