Informed Comment - Part 1621

Thousands mourn as Israeli attacks in Palestinian West Bank mount

By Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians on Saturday attended the funeral of Laith al-Khaldi, 17, who was killed […]

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Energy

Thousands Protest in Baghdad against Lack of Electricity, Services & demand end of Corruption

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It seems extraordinary, but in a country where Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has advanced to within an […]

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Campaign Finance

Jimmy Carter: US “Now is just an Oligarchy . . . Subversion of our System”

Thom Hartmann | (Video Interview) | – – “Thom Hartmann talks with President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977 to 1981) / […]

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Barack Obama

Ted Cruz: “Obama Is Funding Terrorists via Iran Deal!” (Forgets Reagan, Cheney)

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | – – “Mitt Romney may be the only major Republican not running for […]

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Iraq

After ISIL? Shiite Militias begin Entering Iraqi Politics

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Once they were focused on fighting extremists. Now Iraq’s controversial volunteer Shiite militias seem to […]

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Israel

Autopsy confirms Palestinian infant was ‘burned alive’ by Israeli Squatters

Ma`an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Justice Ministry autopsy confirmed that the 18-month-old Palestinian who was killed in an arson […]

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al-Qaeda

Syria’s al-Qaeda captures US-Linked Free Syrian Army Commander, troops

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 30th Infantry Division of the moderate Free Syrian Army says that the al-Qaeda-linked Support Front […]

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Bill of Rights

Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars

By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black | (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – The overstretched US military has hired hundreds of private sector […]

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Climate Change