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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

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We're all Iraqis now:  How Bush's Wars Militarized Baltimore & Ferguson Police

We’re all Iraqis now: How Bush’s Wars Militarized Baltimore & Ferguson Police

By Michael Gould-Wartofsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Endless War: Between the US, Taliban and ISIL

Afghanistan’s Endless War: Between the US, Taliban and ISIL

By Brian M. Downing | (Informed Comment) | – War is largely a seasonal activity in Afghanistan. Winters are harsh and fighters need to work […]

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Islam
Young Muslim-Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad

Young Muslim-Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad

AJ+ | – “Muslims condemned the attack at a Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. But some of them started drawing cartoons of their own.” AJ+: […]

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How Muslim-Americans can avoid being Trolled by Israel-Firsters: Look again at the Prophet's example

How Muslim-Americans can avoid being Trolled by Israel-Firsters: Look again at the Prophet’s example

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – In the period from roughly 610 to 622 CE (“AD”), Muhammad ibn Abdallah of the noble Quraysh tribe […]

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Internet
What Islamic State learned from the mad men of the ad world

What Islamic State learned from the mad men of the ad world

By Mike Marinetto | (The Conversation) | – John Bartle, Nigel Bogle and John Hegarty were the mad men of the 1980s. Their BBH ad […]

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Iraq
Cunning Stunts in Iraq: ISIL Sleeper Cells Are Secret Weapon in Ramadi

Cunning Stunts in Iraq: ISIL Sleeper Cells Are Secret Weapon in Ramadi

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Refugees from Ramadi trying to escape the city and extremists. Last week’s small extremist victories in Ramadi were […]

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Human Rights
Video Shows Ethiopian-Israeli Soldier Beaten By Police – Violent Clashes In Tel Aviv

Video Shows Ethiopian-Israeli Soldier Beaten By Police – Violent Clashes In Tel Aviv

AJ+ | — “Clashes on the streets of Tel Aviv. Thousands of Israelis of Ethiopian origin have taken to the streets after a video appeared […]

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Buddhism
Rohingya Muslim Minority Migrants targeted by Buddhists found in Mass Grave

Rohingya Muslim Minority Migrants targeted by Buddhists found in Mass Grave

Wochit News / IRIN | – “Dozens of police and volunteers exhumed six more bodies on Saturday in the second day of digging out a […]

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Apartheid
Israeli soldier testimonies reveal 'shoot to kill' policy in Gaza war

Israeli soldier testimonies reveal ‘shoot to kill’ policy in Gaza war

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Testimonies from over 60 Israeli soldiers and officers who fought during last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip were released to the […]

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