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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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Israel
On Eve of "Peace Talks," Israelis Subsidize their West Bank Colonies, build new Units

On Eve of “Peace Talks,” Israelis Subsidize their West Bank Colonies, build new Units

On the eve of resumption of peace talks between Israel and Palestine, the far right Israeli nationalist government of Binyamin Netanyahu attempted to torpedo them […]

Juan Cole

CIA
America's Drone Tally in Pakistan and Yemen for July (Serle and Ross)

America’s Drone Tally in Pakistan and Yemen for July (Serle and Ross)

Jack Serle and Alice K Ross write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism The CIA killed more people in Pakistan per strike than at any […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
How the GOP Libya Witch Hunt Made us Close our Mideast Embassies and Crippled US Diplomacy

How the GOP Libya Witch Hunt Made us Close our Mideast Embassies and Crippled US Diplomacy

About those US embassy closures in the Middle East: they make the US look like a wimp. The United States is still the world’s primary […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
How we lost our Constitution somewhere in Iraq and came back without it to Try Manning (van Buren)

How we lost our Constitution somewhere in Iraq and came back without it to Try Manning (van Buren)

Peter Van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress created the first whistleblower protection law, stating “that it is the duty […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The New Neros:  The Koch Bros Profit from Burning the World Up (Halperin Infographic)

The New Neros: The Koch Bros Profit from Burning the World Up (Halperin Infographic)

Courtesy Grist

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Iran
Top 10 reasons to welcome departure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:  Only the Neocons will miss Him

Top 10 reasons to welcome departure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Only the Neocons will miss Him

Since he won the Iranian presidential election in 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been an object of fear, vilification and ridicule in Washington DC. I said […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tens of Thousands Rally to support Fundamentalist Government in Tunisia

Tens of Thousands Rally to support Fundamentalist Government in Tunisia

Since the assassination of leftist leader Mohamed Brahmi of the Popular Front on July 25, Tunisia has been thrown into a new round of political […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
"Capturing football fields" of power - Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

“Capturing football fields” of power – Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

For the real-world project, look to Japan: “The world’s first hybrid power generation system is due to be installed off the coast of western Japan […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Oil Spills blacken Today's Environment from Alberta to Thailand:  Wind and Solar are Way Better!

Oil Spills blacken Today’s Environment from Alberta to Thailand: Wind and Solar are Way Better!

1. High pressure steam injection as a technique of getting oil out of the ground has gone very wrong in Canada: Canadian First Nations protest […]

Juan Cole

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