Informed Comment - Part 1550

Netanyahu taps Squatter who called Obama Muslim hate sympathizer, as he demands $5 bn./yr. from U.S.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appointed West Bank squatter Ran Baratz to be his director of […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Russian Branch of Syria’s al-Qaeda appeals for Funding from Russian Muslims

By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/RL “Do you think you’re safe from the fires of hell? Give yourself a chance — help mujahedin on the […]

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Climate Change

#ExxonKnew Escalates as NY Att’y Gen. Subpoenas Oil Giant Over Climate Crimes

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “‘Exxon Knew’ just joined the category of truly serious scandals,” said 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben […]

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Bush

Bush Sr. Blames Neocons for Ruining W.’s Presidency: Is he Warning Jeb?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In interviews given for a new biography, George H. W. Bush, 91 lets loose against Dick […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War

Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and the wider fallout from the Iraq invasion

By David Morrison | (OpenDemocracy) | – – Tony Blair was warned by his intelligence chiefs that invading Iraq would increase the terror threat facing […]

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Afghanistan

America’s Never-Ending Wars: #1

By Ann Jones | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Ten months ago, on December 28, 2014, a ceremony in Kabul officially marked the conclusion of America’s […]

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Climate Change

Bernie Sanders wants Ban new Drilling Offshore, on Fed. Land

John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | – – “Bernie Sanders is taking a strong stand against climate change. He proposed an aggressive plan to […]

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Democracy

Will Turkey’s winning Justice & Development Party seek Imperial Presidency?

By ERDAĞ GÖKNAR | (ISLAMiCommentary) | – – Erdağ Göknar The Nov. 1 parliamentary elections in Turkey resulted in an outcome that few commentators or […]

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Israel/ Palestine