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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane?  The Proxy War in Syria

Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane? The Proxy War in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Can France forge a grand alliance against ISIL that includes Putin & Obama?

Can France forge a grand alliance against ISIL that includes Putin & Obama?

Shelby Holliday | (WSJ Video Report) | – – “In the wake of the Paris attacks, French President Francois Hollande is traveling to Washington and […]

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Kabul on the Potomac:  How America became the most Corrupt Society in the West

Kabul on the Potomac: How America became the most Corrupt Society in the West

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – A top government official with energy industry holdings huddles in secret with oil company executives to […]

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Russia
Putin, Furious, calls Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’ after Russian jet downing

Putin, Furious, calls Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’ after Russian jet downing

EurActiv.com | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet today (24 November) a stab in the back administered […]

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Arab Americans
Americans' views of Islam depend on whether they're at war overseas

Americans’ views of Islam depend on whether they’re at war overseas

The Bridge Initiative | – – Washington, DC The Bridge Initiative, a Georgetown University research project on Islamophobia, releases today its inaugural report which traces […]

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censorship
Saudi Arabia: Poet Sentenced to Death for Apostasy

Saudi Arabia: Poet Sentenced to Death for Apostasy

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Palestinian man to death for apostasy on November 17, 2015, for alleged […]

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Bashar al-Assad
From Putin To Khamenei: A Koran Copy With Its Own History

From Putin To Khamenei: A Koran Copy With Its Own History

By RFE/RL | – – It may not be the original version of the first . . . edition of the Koran, dating back 1,500 […]

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Islam-hatred
Muslims are integrated in France, but the bad guys want a clash of civilizations.

Muslims are integrated in France, but the bad guys want a clash of civilizations.

By Sebastian Rotella | ( ProPublica PARIS — Ten days after the Paris terror attacks, Europe remains on edge. Police in Belgium, anticipating a similar […]

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Iraq
Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh:  How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar

Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh: How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar

VICE News | (Video report) | – – “Islamic State (IS) fighters swept into the Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014, forcing Kurdish peshmerga […]

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