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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

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Carly Fiorina Says Waterboarding Keeps America Safe

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTv) | – – “Carly Fiorina has defended the use of CIA waterboarding by the Bush administration in the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UK: Israel has Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire

UK: Israel has Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire

By IMEMC News. | – – The Gaza Strip was attacked at least 696 times on different occasions since the August 2014 ceasefire, said Tobias […]

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Americans are Powerful & Safe; So why do they feel Like Victims?

Americans are Powerful & Safe; So why do they feel Like Victims?

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Given the cluttered landscape of the last 14 years, can you even faintly remember the moment […]

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Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria

Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama seemed awfully defensive in his speech at the United Nations on Monday. The reason […]

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Donald Trump wants to cut taxes of self, other Billionaires by $3 Trillion

Donald Trump wants to cut taxes of self, other Billionaires by $3 Trillion

John Iadarola and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | – – “Donald Trump’s tax plan is being pitched, and covered by the media, with […]

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Saudi Arabia
US-Backed Bombing Campaign Strikes Yemeni Wedding Party, Killing Dozens

US-Backed Bombing Campaign Strikes Yemeni Wedding Party, Killing Dozens

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Many women and children among the dead in ‘mistake’ attack Monday’s accidental attack on a […]

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Disillusioned Daesh/ ISIL Fighters joined for 'Adventure, Luxury & Saving Muslims'

Disillusioned Daesh/ ISIL Fighters joined for ‘Adventure, Luxury & Saving Muslims’

By Sarah Marsden | (The Conversation) | – – They say disillusionment is the gap between expectation and reality. If the conclusions of a report […]

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Islam
Jerusalem: Abbas warns Int'l leaders of 'danger' over Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem: Abbas warns Int’l leaders of ‘danger’ over Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Aqsa Mosque

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday warned international leaders at the UN General Assembly of the potential […]

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Syria: Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War?  Rebels Fret

Syria: Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War? Rebels Fret

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely regarded as a war criminal with tens of thousands of deaths […]

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