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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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Afghanistan:  If a White House Report on a Massacre isn’t Released, did the Massacre Happen? (Currier)

Afghanistan: If a White House Report on a Massacre isn’t Released, did the Massacre Happen? (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica Soon after taking office, President Obama pledged to open a new inquiry into the deaths of perhaps thousands of Taliban […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
'Every Stroke you Type':  Greenwald Reveals Xkeyscore, Vindicating Snowden

‘Every Stroke you Type’: Greenwald Reveals Xkeyscore, Vindicating Snowden

When Edward Snowden went public, he alleged that as a low-level analyst, he could see you type your emails in real time: “I, sitting at […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Ten Ways Bradley Manning Changed the World

Top Ten Ways Bradley Manning Changed the World

Bradley Manning will be sentenced today, having been found guilty of 20 counts on Tuesday, including espionage (despite the lack of evidence for intent to […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Bahrain Cracks Down in Bid to Stop its Tamarod Movement (a la Egypt)

Bahrain Cracks Down in Bid to Stop its Tamarod Movement (a la Egypt)

The Bahrain struggle is still going on two and a half years later. A coalition of Shiite groups and some Sunnis (the Waad or Promise […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Where has all the Water Gone?  How Climate Change and Soaring Water Demand are Drying out the Southwest (deBuys)

Where has all the Water Gone? How Climate Change and Soaring Water Demand are Drying out the Southwest (deBuys)

William deBuys writes at Tomdispatch.com: Several miles from Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon, Arizona, April 2013 — Down here, at the bottom of the continent’s most […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Lest we Forget that Manning was Tortured before being Found not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy (America’s Bouazizi)

Lest we Forget that Manning was Tortured before being Found not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy (America’s Bouazizi)

Breaking news: Firedog Lake reports that Bradley Manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy, a blow against the Obama administration’s repeated attempts […]

Juan Cole

US politics
The 400:  What they don't want us to know about growing wealth inequality in America

The 400: What they don’t want us to know about growing wealth inequality in America

Presdident Obama’s speech last week on the threat of growing income inequality in the US was generally blown off by the corporate media. The problem […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Why US Media will focus on Pope's 'Gay' Remarks but Ignore those on the Poor, Amazon Environment

Why US Media will focus on Pope’s ‘Gay’ Remarks but Ignore those on the Poor, Amazon Environment

Pope Francis comes across in the media as a person who cares for others, and his genial personality, it seems to me, allows him to […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Kenya is blessed with a great deal of hydroelectric power, but its electricity needs outstrip that source’s ability to supply them, a problem that will […]

Juan Cole

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