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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Top 5 Reasons Obama defeated GOP, AIPAC effort to vote Down Iran Deal

Top 5 Reasons Obama defeated GOP, AIPAC effort to vote Down Iran Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 40 Democratic senators and two independent senators stood with President Obama on Thursday, preventing any congressional […]

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Is the Obama Admin. pressuring CIA to paint a Rosy Picture of War on ISIL?

Is the Obama Admin. pressuring CIA to paint a Rosy Picture of War on ISIL?

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “ISIS intelligence reports are being cooked by the Obama administration, according to over […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Why Young Iraqis Are Risking Their Lives to Get to Europe

Why Young Iraqis Are Risking Their Lives to Get to Europe

By Marwan Jabbar | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraq’s security crisis means that if you are “different”, you may be a threat to […]

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Chemical Weapons
ISIL's campaign may be going chemical – why no international outcry?

ISIL’s campaign may be going chemical – why no international outcry?

Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | – – Evidence is mounting that [so-called] Islamic State (IS) [group] is using chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria […]

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Democratic Party
Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine

Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine

By RFE/RL | – – WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is now a leading contender to be the next […]

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al-Qaeda
Russia Ramping up Military Involvement in Syria?

Russia Ramping up Military Involvement in Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports, based on sources in Beirut, that Russia is increasing its involvement in Syria, backing […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion

As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion

By Deirdre Fulton | (Commondreams.org) | – – Compact, connected, and efficient “low-carbon” cities could generate global savings of up to $22 trillion, while sharply […]

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Iraq
Kurds unite, from Conservatives to Far Left, in Fight against ISIL

Kurds unite, from Conservatives to Far Left, in Fight against ISIL

By Karlos Zurutuza | (Inter Press Service) | – – KIRKUK, Iraq (IPS) – Reminders of the last occupants of camp K1 in the northern […]

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Apartheid
Nearly all of Gaza's Water 'Undrinkable'

Nearly all of Gaza’s Water ‘Undrinkable’

By Celine Hagbard – (IMEMC) | – – Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of […]

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