Informed Comment - Part 1817

US, Iraq have same child homicide rate – UNICEF

RT America: “America leads all Western nations in the number of child homicide victims, according to a new report from UNICEF. In 2012, there were […]

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Israel

Gaza and Israel: Serial “Ceasefires” and the 70-Year War Continues (Chomsky)

By Noam Chomsky On August 26th, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) both accepted a ceasefire agreement after a 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza that […]

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Climate Change

Climate Change is the real Terrorist (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks “Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse hit a record in 2013 as carbon dioxide concentrations grew at the fastest rate since reliable […]

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Israel

Hamas, Shmamas: It’s about Israeli National Ambitions

By Brian K. Barber, special to Informed Comment Much recent commentary on forging a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israel makes two deceptive and unproductive […]

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Barack Obama

3 Years War? Obama to Bomb Syria in fight against ISIL

By Juan Cole Juliet Eilperin and David Nakamura at WaPo report on a Monday evening dinner at the White House attended by foreign policy experts, […]

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“Obama to outline campaign against ISIS” (Juan Cole at Chris Hayes, “All In”)

Juan Cole at MSNBC Juan Cole hosted by Chris Hayes, “All In”: “Obama to outline campaign against ISIS” ————- screenshot

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Iraq

Are ISIL fighters Afraid of Women with Guns?

BBC “In Kurdish areas of northern Syria, fighters have been battling Islamic State – or ISIS – for two years – and unlike Iraq’s kurdish […]

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Iran

Iran begins to Emerge from three Decades of Isolation

Channel 4 News Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi tells Channel 4 News that there is a genuine negotiating bond of respect with the United […]

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Climate Change