Informed Comment - Part 1730

Yemen: Freeze on US Drone Strikes as Gov’t Collapses

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Thousands demonstrated in Sanaa on Saturday morning against the Houthi take-over of the Yemeni government. Down south in Aden, […]

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Israel

The Latest Blow to Israeli-Palestinian Peace

By Stephen Zunes | (Foreign Policy in Focus) — The United States blocked the latest UN resolution to achieve peace between Israel and Palestine for […]

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Bill of Rights

Now the DEA is Collecting our Phone Records: RIP 4th Amendment

By Hanni Fakhoury | (EFF) Think mass surveillance is just the wheelhouse of agencies like the NSA? Think again. One of the biggest concerns to […]

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Barack Obama

Obama, blindsided by Boehner, Snubs Netanyahu

By Alexandra Halaby | (IMEMC & Agencies) — White House: Netanyahu Visit ‘Departure From Protocol’ Hours after the State of the Union address by U.S. […]

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Barack Obama

Poll: Americans support Obama on Negotiating with Iran

By Nancy Gallagher | (The Conversation) In his State of the Union address, the President’s core message was that the US has emerged strong from […]

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Featured

How Stable is Saudi Arabia?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) This article appeared at The Nation earlier this month. I’m reprinting an excerpt on the occasion of King Abdallah’s […]

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Government surveillance

America’s Walking Dead: The Perpetual War Machine

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) When it comes to the national security state, our capital has become a thought-free zone. The airlessness of the place, […]

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Iraq

Ragtag Kurdish Forces Face ISIL assaults at ‘The Kobani of Iraq’

By Shalaw Mohammed | Kirkuk | (Niqash.org) — NIQASH visits the northern Iraqi town of Kharabaroot, near Kirkuk, which has become the frontline for fighting […]

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Climate Change