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

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Iran
Surprise!  Talking to Iran just Might Work this Time (Jahanpour)

Surprise! Talking to Iran just Might Work this Time (Jahanpour)

Farhang Jahanpour* writes at the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research Room for optimism in Iran and the P5-plus-1 talks Iran and the P5-plus-1, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

An Israeli soldier posted on Instagram a picture of a Palestinian child in the crosshairs. The soldier said that he found the picture on the […]

Juan Cole

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Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

There is no place in the United States where a minimum wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment. […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Greg Grandin writes at Tomdispatch.com: The map tells the story.  To illustrate a damning new report, “Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detentions and Extraordinary Rendition,” recently […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Christian woman in Egypt Shoe-whacks Salafi Fundamentalist for Calling her a Harlot (Photo)

Christian woman in Egypt Shoe-whacks Salafi Fundamentalist for Calling her a Harlot (Photo)

Last December at a protest against Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi in Egypt, it is alleged that an unveiled Christian woman was standing with other demonstrators […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire:  Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington

Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire: Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington

The ‘Forward on Climate’ protest drew some 40,000 demonstrators to Washington, DC, on Sunday. Although the press tended to cast it as mainly a rally […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Leader:  Having Nukes is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ – US Sanctions Actually Target Fuel Enrichment

Iran Leader: Having Nukes is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ – US Sanctions Actually Target Fuel Enrichment

The USG Open Source Center translated the entirety of Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s speech in Tehran to Tabrizis on Saturday. In it, Khamenei for […]

Juan Cole

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Libya Marchin' On, 2 years Later

Libya Marchin’ On, 2 years Later

Marchin’ On in honor of the second anniversary of the beinning of the Libyan uprising:

Juan Cole

Arab World
Formerly Liberal Kuwait has started Jailing Dissident Bloggers (Kinninmont)

Formerly Liberal Kuwait has started Jailing Dissident Bloggers (Kinninmont)

    Jane Kinninmont writes for ISLAMiCommentary Kuwait has traditionally had the greatest freedom of speech of all the Gulf monarchies, as well as having […]

Juan Cole

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