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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

09/15/2025 By Michael T. Klare

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Assyrian Christians and the ISIS Assault on the Remains of Nineveh

Assyrian Christians and the ISIS Assault on the Remains of Nineveh

By Adam H. Becker | (Informed Comment) In their sanctimonious showboating ISIS has trashed the ruins of ancient Assyria and this is a loss for […]

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Iraq
Why The Iraqi Army Is Stuck On The Outskirts of Tikrit

Why The Iraqi Army Is Stuck On The Outskirts of Tikrit

By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) – (Baghdad) – The offensive to re-take Tikrit from extremists seems to have stalled as troops surround the city but […]

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Constitution
Founding Fathers decried Standing Army: How about a Global Pentagon?

Founding Fathers decried Standing Army: How about a Global Pentagon?

By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) President Obama and Senator John McCain, who have clashed on almost every conceivable issue, do agree on one thing: […]

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What's Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist

What’s Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Once it became clear that Andreas Lubitz, 28, deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, a reporter immediately asked “what […]

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Barack Obama
Obama: GOP has no Alternative to Obamacare b/c it was their Plan

Obama: GOP has no Alternative to Obamacare b/c it was their Plan

CBSnews.com | (Web extras) “On the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the president slams Republican critics for their unfulfilled predictions of doom and […]

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Climate Change
Cleanest Country in the World?  Costa Rica goes 100% Renewable Energy

Cleanest Country in the World? Costa Rica goes 100% Renewable Energy

ITN | – (On Demand News) “Costa Rica manages to achieve a clean energy milestone by using only renewable energy for the first 75 days […]

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GCC
Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?

Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?

RT | – “Nuclear talks have resumed in Switzerland with the US and Iran struggling to clinch a crucial deal ahead of the March deadline. […]

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Arab Americans
Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

By Alex Shams | BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Commuters in cities across the United States were surprised this month to find their daily trips to work […]

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Washington's 2 Air Wars: alongside Iran in Iraq, Saudis in Yemen

Washington’s 2 Air Wars: alongside Iran in Iraq, Saudis in Yemen

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The United States is now involved in two air wars in the Middle East, not to mention more […]

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