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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Palestine goes to UN Security Council to Demand Israeli Withdrawal by 2016

Palestine goes to UN Security Council to Demand Israeli Withdrawal by 2016

By Juan Cole AP reports that Palestine is presenting a resolution to the United Nations Security Council (through its “Arab Group”) calling for a complete […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Netanyahu's Nuclear Hypocrisy on Iran; In fact, Everyone in the ME needs to Disarm

Netanyahu’s Nuclear Hypocrisy on Iran; In fact, Everyone in the ME needs to Disarm

By Farhad Malekafzali With negotiations to limit Iran’s enrichment in return for easing of economic sanctions on the verge of failure, hopes for a step-by-step […]

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Failure Is Success:  How American Intelligence Works in the Twenty-First Century

Failure Is Success: How American Intelligence Works in the Twenty-First Century

By Tom Engelhardt [Note for TomDispatch Readers: My new book, Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World (with […]

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Barack Obama
Drone Strikes as much an Obama Legacy as Health Care:  John Oliver

Drone Strikes as much an Obama Legacy as Health Care: John Oliver

John Oliver “The United States has launched a huge number of drone strikes under President Obama. It’s widely accepted and extremely terrifying” Last Week Tonight […]

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$22 Billion to Fight ISIL in same Year Congress cut $8.7 bn in Food Stamps

$22 Billion to Fight ISIL in same Year Congress cut $8.7 bn in Food Stamps

By Juan Cole It was all the way back in February, so the memory of this headline has faded: ” Congress passes $8.7 billion food […]

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Human Rights
The Other Iraq Reality: Shiite Militias besieging Sunni Towns

The Other Iraq Reality: Shiite Militias besieging Sunni Towns

By Erin Evers, HRW Shia militias, still operating under the control of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, are laying siege to Latifiyya, especially the Asa’ib […]

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Christians
Tony Blair obsessed with Religious "Crusade" against Iraq, like Bush: Former British Dep'ty PM

Tony Blair obsessed with Religious “Crusade” against Iraq, like Bush: Former British Dep’ty PM

Channel 4 News: “Former deputy prime minister John Prescott calls his ex boss Tony Blair a ‘crusader’ because of Blair’s recent calls to send troops […]

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Barack Obama
Pretext for US Syria Bombings?:  No sign that Dread "Khorasan" Group even Exists

Pretext for US Syria Bombings?: No sign that Dread “Khorasan” Group even Exists

AJ+ Imran Khan “The Khorasan Group: The U.S. government insists it’s one of the biggest threats facing the country. But until a couple of weeks […]

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Top 5 Differences between Hamas and ISIL (Pace Netanyahu)

Top 5 Differences between Hamas and ISIL (Pace Netanyahu)

By Juan Cole Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a speech at the UN to a half-empty hall in which he tried to exemplify the […]

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