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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Iran
Hagel Confirmed, but Bloodied by American Nationalists Seeking Wars & World Dominance

Hagel Confirmed, but Bloodied by American Nationalists Seeking Wars & World Dominance

The GOP senators have their own foreign policy, and it isn’t the same as that of President Obama or Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. For […]

Juan Cole

Energy
First, Shut down all the Coal Plants:  AEP forced to Shutter Engines of Climate Change, Mercury Poisoning (Chamberlain)

First, Shut down all the Coal Plants: AEP forced to Shutter Engines of Climate Change, Mercury Poisoning (Chamberlain)

Jacob Chamberlain writes at Common Dreams In a victory for advocates of clean air and water, energy giant American Electric Power will now be shutting […]

Juan Cole

Iran
“Argo” as Orientalism and why it Upsets Iranians

“Argo” as Orientalism and why it Upsets Iranians

The taking of US diplomatic personnel hostage by radical Iranian activists and angry crowds in November of 1979, and then the backing for this action […]

Juan Cole

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Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse)

Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse)

Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com: Try to remain calm — even as you begin to feel your chest tighten and your heart race.  Try not […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later

Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later

Bahrain national dialogue talks began again on Sunday as two small parties came back to the table after a token protest against what they called […]

Juan Cole

Iran
A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)

A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)

Meh Heyd did a mash-up of iPhone video he just took on a trip to Iran and set it to music. In the US we […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat's death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests

Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat’s death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests

Arafat Jaradat was detained by Israeli authorities near Hebron last Monday at a protest of illegal Israeli squatting on Palestinian land. On Saturday the 30=year-old […]

Juan Cole

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Today’s top Green Energy Good News

Today’s top Green Energy Good News

Russia is funding research into powering its airplanes with solar energy. The airline industry is being hurt by high fuel prices, and solar-powered planes would […]

Juan Cole

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Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections?  Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)

Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections? Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)

Kim Barker writes at ProPublica A former Illinois congressional candidate and a government watchdog organization have teamed up to sue the Internal Revenue Service, claiming […]

Juan Cole

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