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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

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Sen. Lindsey Graham pledges allegiance to Israel's Netanyahu vs. Obama

Sen. Lindsey Graham pledges allegiance to Israel’s Netanyahu vs. Obama

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “”During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday, incoming chair of the Senate […]

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Drones
After 500 Strikes: Is America's Drone War Crashing And Burning?

After 500 Strikes: Is America’s Drone War Crashing And Burning?

AJ+ | — “Drone strikes are the weapon of choice in America’s so-called War on Terror. They’ve been used nearly 500 times in Pakistan, Yemen […]

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Epidemics
Another Terror:  Do Taliban stand in the Way of Eradication of Polio Scourge?

Another Terror: Do Taliban stand in the Way of Eradication of Polio Scourge?

By Inter Press Service Correspondents | KATHMANDU/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) – The goal is an ambitious one – to deliver a polio-free world by 2018. Towards […]

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Apartheid
What would Happen if the Int'l Criminal Court Indicted Israel's Netanyahu?

What would Happen if the Int’l Criminal Court Indicted Israel’s Netanyahu?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — If the International Criminal Court takes up Israeli government actions in the occupied Palestinian territories, it could well […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Indian Green Start-ups:  Solar Backpacks & Daily Micropayments,

Indian Green Start-ups: Solar Backpacks & Daily Micropayments,

NDTV Prime | “Head’s Up” | — “Harvesting renewable energy, solar power, waste management – these concepts have been much explored across the world in […]

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Iraq
Iraq Faces Women's Crisis: 1 Mn. Widows, Extremist Captives, Child Brides

Iraq Faces Women’s Crisis: 1 Mn. Widows, Extremist Captives, Child Brides

By Alaa Latif | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) Bayan Nouri has a tough job over the next four years – the new Minister for Women’s Affairs […]

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History
Allied Footage of Istanbul from 1915 in WW I

Allied Footage of Istanbul from 1915 in WW I

British Pathe | — “Footage from 1915 of Constantinople, in the Ottoman empire (now Istanbul, Turkey), as the allies approach the city during World War […]

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Israel
New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 5,000 olive tree saplings in agricultural lands east of the town of Turmusayya in the central […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
President Obama's Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges, 2015

President Obama’s Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges, 2015

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Barack Obama wanted to be the president who got the US out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and turned […]

Juan Cole

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