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Yes, they’re Condemning the Paris Attacks: The Muslims’ War on Terror
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — When American commentators like Carl Bernstein complain that Muslim authorities have not sufficiently denounced the terrorist attack on […]
Paris attack becomes Political Football in Israel and Palestine
By Nasser Lahham | Ma’an News Agency | — The shooting at a satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, which left 12 people dead, came […]
Charlie Hebdo: A Clash of Extremisms, not of Civilizations
By Aurelien Mondon | The Conversation | — The attack on Charlie Hebdo was an abominable tragedy. It struck the heart of one of our […]
“Anyone but Bibi’: Israeli PM popularity slumps as 90% of his Campaign Money Comes from US
RT | — “Israel’s Prime Minister has kicked off his re-election campaign, with a well-funded operation, much of which is coming from abroad. More than […]
The Big Carbon Empire strikes Back
By Michael T. Klare | Tomdispatch.com | — Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the […]
Paris Terrorist was Radicalized by Bush’s Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Sharif and Said Kouashi, the two brothers for whom the French police are searching, were born in Paris […]
‘Cartoonists for Peace’ respond defiantly to Paris Terrorists
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 8 2015 (IPS) – “They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs.” That was how […]
MSM ignores Bombing of Colorado Springs NAACP by White Terrorist
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “”An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter […]
The economics at the heart of Israeli settlements
JERUSALEM | January 2015 | (IRIN) | – Of all the hurdles to peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, perhaps the largest is the […]