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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Christianity
How Jesus' Message of Peace & Non-Violence Got Lost

How Jesus’ Message of Peace & Non-Violence Got Lost

By Mairead Maguire | (Nobel Peace Laureate) BELFAST (IPS) – I recently visited Assisi, the home of St. Francis and St. Clare, two great spirits […]

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Christianity
Threadbare Christmas for Iraqi Christian Refugees from Daesh/ISIL Mosul

Threadbare Christmas for Iraqi Christian Refugees from Daesh/ISIL Mosul

Euronews | — “Internally displaced Iraqi Christians who fled violence in Mosul celebrated Christmas in Baghdad on Wednesday.” Euronews: “Some displaced Iraqi Christians are not […]

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Have the Kurds cut the ISIL/Daesh State in Two, Blocking Supply Lines?

Have the Kurds cut the ISIL/Daesh State in Two, Blocking Supply Lines?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Al-Mada newspaper in Baghdad had an interesting article in the aftermath of the fall of Shinjar to the […]

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political Islam
Turkey again goes down Path of the One-Party State

Turkey again goes down Path of the One-Party State

By Erdağ Göknar (Istanbul) | (ISLAMiCommentary) — Erdağ Göknar If we read the recent government-ordered police raids against opposition media in reverse, we can get […]

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Christianity
Israeli forces suppress Christmas march in Bethlehem

Israeli forces suppress Christmas march in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Tuesday suppressed a peaceful march calling for “Christmas without occupation” in Bethlehem. Demonstrators marched to the Israeli military checkpoint […]

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Iraq
Reality TV Iraq Style:  Confronting your Terrorist

Reality TV Iraq Style: Confronting your Terrorist

AJ+ | — “It’s reality TV like you’ve never seen it before: Iraqi terrorists being escorted around their crime scenes, meeting their victims and confessing […]

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Climate Change
Year 6 of the Climate Activism Revolution

Year 6 of the Climate Activism Revolution

By Rebecca Solnit | (Tomdispatch.com) It was the most thrilling bureaucratic document I’ve ever seen for just one reason: it was dated the 21st day […]

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Bill of Rights
Is the NSA Responsible for N. Korea's Hack of Sony Pictures?

Is the NSA Responsible for N. Korea’s Hack of Sony Pictures?

By Juan Cole | — In all the discussions of what is alleged to be North Korea’s horrible cyber-vandalism against Sony Pictures, I haven’t seen […]

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Apartheid
Victim of Apartheid Wall:  Christmas in Isolated Bethlehem

Victim of Apartheid Wall: Christmas in Isolated Bethlehem

DW | — “Bethlehem – the traditional birthplace of Jesus is sacred for many believers. But it means big business for Palestinians who sell souvenirs […]

Juan Cole

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