Informed Comment - Part 1681

Why Gaza Casualties were so High: Israel relaxed rules re: high-explosives in populated areas

By: Charlie Hoyle – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The unprecedented number of Palestinians killed in the 2014 war in Gaza was linked to changes in the […]

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Central Intelligence Agency

Double Standard: Petraeus Avoids Prison, But Whistleblowers Not So Lucky

Newsy | – “Retired Gen. David Petraeus was sentenced Thursday for mishandling classified government documents, but why was his punishment relatively light?” Newsy: “Petraeus Avoids […]

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African-Americans

Tensions Boil Over After Baltimore Police Call Protesters “Lynch Mob”

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) Demonstrators still seeking answers over the mysterious and troubling death of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal […]

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FBI

A Letter of Apology to My Grandson: A Pox on Twenty-First-Century America

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) Dear Grandson, Consider my address book — and yes, the simple fact that I have one already tells you […]

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Featured

Rand Paul: GOP Hawks are Obama’s “Lapdogs;” McCain: Paul ‘Worst Candidate’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The philosophical difference between the Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and the GOP hawks has burst into open name-calling. […]

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History

Mobilizing For Mosul, Iraq: Scholars Work To Save Town’s Heritage from ISIL

By Coilin O’Connor | (RFE/RL) – While much of the world stands by as the militant Islamic State group takes a sledgehammer to the Middle […]

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Christianity

2015 Darwin Award: Paris would-be Church bomber Shoots own Leg, Calls 911

France24 | — “This church in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif may have escaped being attacked last week-end. “Documentation was found that said without ambiguity […]

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Displaced and Refugees