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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War
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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]

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A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

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We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

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Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

By Silvia Boarini AL ARAQIB, Negev Desert, Israel (IPS) – Lehavim Junction in the northern Negev in Israel has been the backdrop to protests against […]

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Corruption
Mother Jones Catches Bill O'Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Mother Jones Catches Bill O’Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore, John Iadarola, and Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – “After NBC News suspended anchor Brian Williams for erroneously claiming […]

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Health
Post-Hostilities Gaza an 'Increasingly Toxic Environment' UN Warns

Post-Hostilities Gaza an ‘Increasingly Toxic Environment’ UN Warns

By IMEMC News & Agencies A top United Nations official warned, on Wednesday, of an ‘increasingly toxic environment’ in the besieged Gaza Strip and called […]

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African-Americans
Giuliani & Obama:  Immigrant Families and Really Loving America

Giuliani & Obama: Immigrant Families and Really Loving America

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Rudy Giuliani maintains that Barack Obama doesn’t love the United States of America because of the way he […]

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Christians
Oklahoma: AP History Abandoned For Christian Agenda

Oklahoma: AP History Abandoned For Christian Agenda

TheLipTV | – “An Oklahoma legislative committee just approved an “emergency” bill introduced by Representative Dan Fisher that would cut state funding for Advanced Placement […]

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War Porn: Hollywood and War from World War II to "American Sniper"

War Porn: Hollywood and War from World War II to “American Sniper”

By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) – In the age of the all-volunteer military and an endless stream of war zone losses and ties, it […]

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Displaced and Refugees
AP Investigates: Bulk of Gaza Deaths Civilians

AP Investigates: Bulk of Gaza Deaths Civilians

Associated Press | – “AP Exclusive: High civilian death toll in Gaza house strikes during Israeli conflict with Hamas militant group during the summer of […]

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Egypt
Egypt:  Sisi's struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood and his Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh in Libya

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 […]

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Bush
Jeb Bush on Foreign Policy:  Peddling old Iraq Myths Again

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 […]

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