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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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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Uygur:  Bush Targetting of Juan Cole proves that NSA can't be trusted with our Personal Data

Uygur: Bush Targetting of Juan Cole proves that NSA can’t be trusted with our Personal Data

Cenk Uygur at Young Turks makes the point that the National Security Agency and other US intelligence (services who are ending up with massive amounts […]

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Israel president 'ready to meet Iran counterpart'

Israel president 'ready to meet Iran counterpart'

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday he would be prepared to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, even though their two countries consider each other […]

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Egypt: Harsh Sentences Commuted but Case a Dangerous Message for Protesters

Egypt: Harsh Sentences Commuted but Case a Dangerous Message for Protesters

By Human Rights Watch Update: December 7, 2013 The Sidi Gaber Minor Offenses Court on December 7 commuted the sentences for the 21 female Brotherhood […]

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Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

by Jack Serle An unprecedented attempt to discover if British officials are complicit in the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan reached the Court of Appeal […]

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Solar would be Cheaper:  US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

Solar would be Cheaper: US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

By Juan Cole Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in the Gulf on Friday at a conference of defense ministers from the region, including the […]

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The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The US Republican Party has become the party of the angry white man (AWM) in the United States, which is a large part of the […]

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Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar

Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar

Date:  December 7, 2013 Author(s):  Justin Gengler In late June 2013, as neighboring Arab states continued their struggles against popular pressure for political reform or […]

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FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison

FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison

Jon Schwartz ( @tinyrevolution ) posted this to Twitter. It is a side by side comparison of a passage from “1984” to the news report […]

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Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions "War on Terror"

Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions “War on Terror”

Euronews asks Jeremy Scahill about his new film, “Dirty Wars,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Scahill was also recently interviewed at Democracy […]

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