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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon's Hizbullah

Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon’s Hizbullah

By Radwan Mortada The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has decided to instigate a full-scale conflagration in Lebanon. All indications show that the […]

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Barack Obama
Clinton to Cheney:  Blaming Obama for not cleaning up your mess… Unseemly

Clinton to Cheney: Blaming Obama for not cleaning up your mess… Unseemly

During recent interview with David Gregory, Pres. Bill Clinton laughed off Dick Cheney’s suggestion that President Obama is to blame for the strife in Iraq, […]

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Barack Obama
Top 5 Reasons US Aid to "Moderate" Syrian Fighters is Quixotic

Top 5 Reasons US Aid to “Moderate” Syrian Fighters is Quixotic

The Obama administration’s fruitless search for effective Sunni “moderate” fighters in Syria continues, with the announcement of a $500 million grant to them for training […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
Unconstitutional:  Top 4 Ways the US Gov't has Shredded the 4th Amendment

Unconstitutional: Top 4 Ways the US Gov’t has Shredded the 4th Amendment

By Peter Van Buren Here’s a bit of history from another America: the Bill of Rights was designed to protect the people from their government. […]

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Dissent
Iraqi Idol: Tikrit Woman who Confronted ISIS Becomes Internet Sensation

Iraqi Idol: Tikrit Woman who Confronted ISIS Becomes Internet Sensation

By Osama Hassan | Tikrit Sad story: Tikrit woman Umiyia Jibara was killed by an ISIS sniper. In a country currently full of sad tales, […]

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Iraq
Dear Neocons:  Why we're not Sending Combat Troops to Iraq no matter how much you Pout

Dear Neocons: Why we’re not Sending Combat Troops to Iraq no matter how much you Pout

By Scott Corey There are only three things wrong with the idea of sending combat troops to Iraq at this time, as a range of […]

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Domestic drones
FAA insists on Regulating Delivery Drones

FAA insists on Regulating Delivery Drones

Via Gas2 The FAA doesn’t think much of Jeff Bezos’ idea to deliver packages to Amazon.com customers using drones. Yesterday the agency issued a proposed […]

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Dissent
 Fox News A ‘Fanatical Terrorist Propagandist Organization’ According To Russell Brand (VIDEO)

Fox News A ‘Fanatical Terrorist Propagandist Organization’ According To Russell Brand (VIDEO)

By Samuel Warde According to Russell Brand, “fanatical” Fox News is “more dangerous than Isis.” His comments were made in response to a particularly disturbing […]

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Arab Spring
July 1:  Juan’s new Book, “The New Arabs” hits the Shelves

July 1: Juan’s new Book, “The New Arabs” hits the Shelves

By Juan Cole For those of you who like “long reads,” my new book will be out next Tuesday. For those of you intending to […]

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