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A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran
Dissent

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

Fariba Amini

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

01/26/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

01/26/2026 By Tomdispatch

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Syria
Rush to Western Strike on Syria slows, but does not Stall

Rush to Western Strike on Syria slows, but does not Stall

What is known is that during heavy bombardment of Ghouta in Rif Dimashq on August 21, rockets were fired that did not explode and instead […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance

NSA Spying Abroad isn’t OK Either (Kurzman)

Charles Kurzman writes at ISLAMiCommentary: Caption for graphic: NSAW SID Intelligence Oversight (IO) Quarterly Report – First Quarter Calendar Year 2012 (1 January – 31 […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The Kosovo Fallacy and Syria (Axworthy-Cole Debate)

The Kosovo Fallacy and Syria (Axworthy-Cole Debate)

I was on the CBC’s excellent The Current to discuss former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy’s proposal that Western action in Syria should resemble the […]

Juan Cole

Iran
US Protected Iraq at UN from Iranian Charges of Chemical Weapons Use

US Protected Iraq at UN from Iranian Charges of Chemical Weapons Use

Reprint edn., from my article in Truthdig, where you can find the hyperlinks giving the documentation. I thought these findings by Joyce Battle from the […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Oceans Turning Acid with CO2 at Rate Unseen in 250 million Years, Threatening Further Warming (Queally)

Oceans Turning Acid with CO2 at Rate Unseen in 250 million Years, Threatening Further Warming (Queally)

Jon Queally writes at Commondreams.org In both a new study published Monday and in a newspaper interview over the weekend, German marine biologist Hans Poertner […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Kerry signals US Intervention in Syria, but to What End?

Kerry signals US Intervention in Syria, but to What End?

Secretary of State John Kerry strongly suggested in remarks on Monday that President Obama has concluded that the ruling Baath regime in Syria was responsible […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Gulf Arab Press Condemns Alleged ‘Bloody’ Chemical Weapons attack in Syria (OSC)

Gulf Arab Press Condemns Alleged ‘Bloody’ Chemical Weapons attack in Syria (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases comment in the Gulf Arab press on the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Baathist […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Not Markets but the People are making the Green Energy Revolution

Not Markets but the People are making the Green Energy Revolution

The propaganda against the green energy revolution contains all the same predictable elements as the propaganda against anti-slavery movements or later against anti-tobacco findings. We […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Top 13 Surveillance Secrets the Gov’t Doesn’t want You to Know About (Quigley)

Top 13 Surveillance Secrets the Gov’t Doesn’t want You to Know About (Quigley)

Bill Quigley writes at Commondreams.org “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot […]

Juan Cole

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