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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn't be Done

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 […]

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Christianity
Holy War:  How Bill O'Reilly & Daesh/ ISIL Share The Same Goal

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 […]

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Iraq: Kurds repel ISIL/ Daesh w/ help of the Shiite Militiamen they Distrust

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 […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Russell Brand:  Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen - Which Is Terrorism?

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 […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Not your Founding Fathers' America:  Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Surveillance

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 […]

Tom Engelhardt

Iraq
Just when you thought they Couldn't be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

Just when you thought they Couldn’t be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

RT | – The Islamic State is harvesting human organs to finance its blood-driven caliphate, according to Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, urging its […]

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Crime
NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

TheLipTV | – “Malware in hard drive firmware is the latest, and most sophisticated spying tool the NSA is suspected of using, with Kaspersky Labs […]

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Today's Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ ISIL

Today’s Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The self-styled ‘Islamic State’ Group (ISIS or ISIL), the Arabic acronym for which is Daesh, is increasingly haunting […]

Juan Cole

China
Hidden Dragon: China quietly becomes a Major Player in the Middle East

Hidden Dragon: China quietly becomes a Major Player in the Middle East

By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) – The era of Western neo-colonial dominance in the Middle East may finally be drawing to a bloody close. […]

Neil Thompson

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