Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadala at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the spokesman for the Israeli army, Effie Defrin, announced Monday […]
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The Pressure to Escalate: How Washington governs by Whipping up Paranoia
By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch.com Sometimes it seemed that only two issues mattered in the midterm election campaigns just ended. No, I’m not talking about […]
Is a Showdown between Radical Shiites and al-Qaeda Brewing in Yemen?
SANAA (IRIN) – Yahia Abu Talib, serious and stoic, is in no doubt about the importance of his role. “We protect homes and mosques,” he […]
Iran Jails Woman for trying to Watch Men’s Volleyball Match
Channel 4 News “A court in Iran has sentenced a British-Iranian woman to a year in prison because she tried to go to a men’s […]
How a Republican Congress could Entangle the US further in the Middle East
By Juan Cole The midterm elections in a president’s second term have historically been a time when the president’s party lost seats in both houses […]
Video: ISIL Pedophiles discuss Buying Minor Sex Slaves
via BReaking News “IS fighters talk about which female slaves to buy and sell ‘A new video has emerged showing IS fighters negotiating prices for […]
Shocking things a GOP Senate might do to Women’s Economic Rights (Reich)
Moveon.org: “Robert Reich explains how a Republican-controlled Senate would attack women’s rights in what adds up to an economic war on women — the third […]
Iraq: Lawless Islamic State Group In Mosul Targets Attorneys, Judges
Special Correspondent | Mosul | via Niqash When Sunni Muslim extremists took over Mosul in early June, they closed local courts and set up their […]
Can Big Oil “win ugly” in its “Endless War” on Climate Activists?
by Stephen Leahy (IPS) Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are higher than ever, and we’re seeing more and more extreme weather and climate events….We […]
Incredible Expanding Cairo (Video)
NYU STERN URBANIZATION PROJECT “The expansion of built up urban land in Cairo, 1800 – 2000. Prepared for the NYU Stern Urbanization Project using data […]