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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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Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?

Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?

A new poll finds 48% of Americans think God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success

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Barack Obama
Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage:  49 mn Americans Food Insecure

Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage: 49 mn Americans Food Insecure

(Via PRNewswire) The State of Hunger in America: Feeding America Issues Annual Report (via PR Newswire) CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In connection with […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Don't Break up Syria:  WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure

Don’t Break up Syria: WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure

(By Christopher Dekki) Since the beginning of this terrible conflict in Syria, I have been closely listening to people’s reactions to the violence and devastation […]

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Asia
US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines

US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines

(By John Feffer) In a future update of The Devil’s Dictionary, the famed Ambrose Bierce dissection of the linguistic hypocrisies of modern life, a single […]

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U.S. Congress secretly approves weapons for ‘moderate’ rebels

U.S. Congress secretly approves weapons for ‘moderate’ rebels

Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to moderate Syrian rebel factions in the south of the country and U.S. funding for months […]

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Barack Obama
Dovish SOTU: Obama will Veto AIPAC Iran Sanctions, Pledges Afghanistan Wind-Down

Dovish SOTU: Obama will Veto AIPAC Iran Sanctions, Pledges Afghanistan Wind-Down

(By Juan Cole) President Obama’s State of the Union address addressed some key foreign policy issues–Afghanistan and Iran above all– though it was primarily aimed […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Syria: Trapped Women of besieged Homs decline evacuation, fearing for their Men

Syria: Trapped Women of besieged Homs decline evacuation, fearing for their Men

(Via Globalpost) Women and children fearing for male relatives refuse to leave Syria’s Homs (via GlobalPost) More than half of the 500 women and children […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
NSA sucks up Phone App data from Google Maps to Angry Birds

NSA sucks up Phone App data from Google Maps to Angry Birds

(By Andrea Germanos) As part of their arsenal of spying tools, the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the GCHQ, are sucking up personal […]

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Dissent
Edward Snowden Interview: NSA is Engaged in Industrial Espionage for Interests, not Security

Edward Snowden Interview: NSA is Engaged in Industrial Espionage for Interests, not Security

Via Liveleak: German Television does first Edward Snowden Interview

Juan Cole

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