Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Egypt: Sisi’s struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood and his Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh in Libya
By Henry Clements | (Informed Comment) – Egyptian president Abdel Fatah El-Sisi wants to rally the international community against terrorism in the Middle East. In […]
Jeb Bush on Foreign Policy: Peddling old Iraq Myths Again
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Jeb Bush gave a maiden foreign police speech in Chicago yesterday in which he mixed up Iran with […]
Cigarettes to Kill 1 Billion this Century Despite Global Treaty (+ John Oliver)
By Laurent Huber | – GENEVA (IPS) – February 27 will mark the 10th anniversary of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control […]
Obama Says: U.S. At War With Terrorism, Not With Islam
By RFE/ RL | – U.S. President Barack Obama has said the United States is not “at war” with Islam, but with people who distort […]
Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn’t be Done
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) – According to sources familiar with negotiations between the international P5+1 group and Iran, the Obama Administration is optimistic […]
Holy War: How Bill O’Reilly & Daesh/ ISIL Share The Same Goal
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) “Bill O’Reilly stated definitively, multiple times tonight, that he believes the United States and the world are in a […]
Iraq: Kurds repel ISIL/ Daesh w/ help of the Shiite Militiamen they Distrust
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – In a bold move, Daesh (i.e. ISIL or ISIS) fighters moved Monday on Kirkuk and Erbil, two cities […]
Russell Brand: Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen – Which Is Terrorism?
Russell Brand | (The Trews) – “Reaction to the media coverage of the Chapel Hill killings last week and the shootings in Copenhagen.” Chapel Hill […]
Not your Founding Fathers’ America: Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Surveillance
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) I never fail to be amazed — and that’s undoubtedly my failing. I mean, if you retain a capacity for […]
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