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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed
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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi’a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump’s “unjust war”

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

03/15/2026 By The Conversation

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

03/15/2026 By Truthdig

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Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder

Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder

WCPO | Cincinnati — “Ebola, evil voices and the devil. Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons […]

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Boko Haram
Do Nigerians Matter to World Press?  -  2,000 feared dead in Boko Haram Attacks

Do Nigerians Matter to World Press? – 2,000 feared dead in Boko Haram Attacks

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org As many as 2,000 people are feared dead in Nigeria from what has been described as Boko Haram’s […]

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Apartheid
Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank

Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank

Vice News | — “In response to last year’s Gaza conflict, the Israeli government announced the construction of further settlements in the West Bank — […]

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Education
Fundamentalism for Dummies:  The Paris Terrorists' Ignorance and Poverty

Fundamentalism for Dummies: The Paris Terrorists’ Ignorance and Poverty

By Akil N. Awan | (The National Interest) The masked gunmen who assaulted the Charlie Hebdo offices in a hail of automatic gunfire, leaving twelve […]

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Twitter mirth  after Steve Emerson's Fox Nonsense re:  Birmingham as Muslim 'no-go' Zone

Twitter mirth after Steve Emerson’s Fox Nonsense re: Birmingham as Muslim ‘no-go’ Zone

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Steve Emerson, a major figure in the Islamophobic network on which our right wing billionaires spend roughly $10 […]

Juan Cole

France
Determined to Protect Jewish Citizens, France to deploy thousands of Troops to "sensitive sites"

Determined to Protect Jewish Citizens, France to deploy thousands of Troops to “sensitive sites”

AFP | — “Members of the Jewish community in Paris remain rattled after an Islamist attack that left four people dead at a kosher supermarket. […]

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Climate Change
The Right's Determined lies about Keystone XL Creating Jobs

The Right’s Determined lies about Keystone XL Creating Jobs

MediaMatters4America | — “The right keeps on pushing lies about the Keystone Pipeline.” MediaMaters4America: “The Keystone XL Jobs Lie”

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France
Hezbollah's Surprising Denunciation of Paris Attacks: is it Courting the West?

Hezbollah’s Surprising Denunciation of Paris Attacks: is it Courting the West?

By Rola El-Husseini | (Special to Informed Comment) In a speech in Beirut on January 9, 2014, on the occasion of the birth of the […]

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Domestic Surveillance
After Charlie Hebdo:  More Surveillance won't Protect Free Speech

After Charlie Hebdo: More Surveillance won’t Protect Free Speech

By Jillian York | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Following a terrorist attack, it is not uncommon to hear calls from politicians and government officials for increased […]

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