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Iraq: Bombs & Bullets vs. Political Process
By Juan Cole A series of bombings and shootings left some 35 dead in Iraq on Saturday, following on a massacre of 68 worshipers Friday […]
Sean Hannity Pwned by Patricia Bynes when he tries to “Educate” Her
The Young Turks: “A Ferguson, Mo. official was having none of Fox News host Sean Hannity’s attempt to “educate” her on police brutality Wednesday night. […]
It’s not Fergustan: Ferguson is what America Looks Like
AJ+ People around the world have watched Ferguson, Missouri in disbelief that what they’re seeing is taking place in the United States. But Ferguson is […]
Gaza needs UN Peacekeepers, Now! How to Break the Israel/Palestine Stalemate
By John V. Whitbeck After the breakdown in the six-day “pause” to permit negotiations on a long-term Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire and the resumption of Israel’s onslaught […]
Obama’s budding Cambodia Policy in Syria
By Juan Cole Former British ambassador to the United States Sir Christoher Meyer is advocating that the US and Western Europe stop advocating the overthrow […]
Failed US War on Terror resulted from bizarre search for Moderate Jihadis
By Patrick Cockburn via Tomdispatch.com [This essay is excerpted from the first chapter of Patrick Cockburn’s new book, The Jihadis Return: ISIS and the New Sunni […]
Can You pass the Iran Quiz?
By Jeffrey Rudolph What can possibly justify the relentless U.S. political and economic aggression against Iran? It cannot be argued that Iran is an aggressive […]
Democracy, in India as elsewhere, is not a tyranny of the Majority
It’s Not About The Numbers There is a broader—and deeper—meaning to democracy. Part of that ideal is the idea that every tessera in the mosaic […]
Iraq: If Terrorists hit Southern Iraq oil fields, $5-$7 a gallon Gas?
By Juan Cole Iraq’s former oil minister, Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum, warned on Thursday that the so-called “Islamic State” terrorist organization could hit the Iraqi oil […]
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