Informed Comment - Part 1735

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 | (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

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

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

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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Featured

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