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Live report from Gaza, attacks on Journalists (Democracy Now!)
From Democracy Now! – a live report from a Gaza hospital The blurb for the show: We get a live report from independent journalist Mohammed […]
Could a Gaza Land War lose the Middle East for America?
Abd al-Ra’uf Arna’ut writes in the PLO newspaper al-Ayyam (The Days) that behind the scenes, the Obama administration and its European allies are exerting enormous […]
Blaming Gen. Petraeus for the Wrong Mistakes: Remembering Afghanistan (Cook)
Regular readers know that I have been critical of Gen. Petraeus’s counterinsurgency doctrine because I found it unrealistic, and I wish the US had just […]
Winning the war on Fracking would be the biggest Victory of All (Cantarow)
Ellen Cantarow writes at Tomdispatch: There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent […]
Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists
The USG Open Source Center translates articles from the Arabic on the Israeli attack on newspapers and journalists in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians Say Israel […]
Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)
Ladan Cher writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On Iran and sanctions, a necessary clarification: “Crippling” is not synonymous for “working” In the […]
Top Ten Myths about Israeli Attack on Gaza
1. Israeli hawks represent themselves as engaged in a ‘peace process’ with the Palestinians in which Hamas refuses to join. In fact, Israel has refused […]
If You are 27 or younger, you’ve never lived through a colder than average month (Bump)
Paul Bump at Grist points out that The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on global temperatures in October 2012 as follows: “The average temperature […]
Palestinian Civilians imperiled as 500 Israeli Strikes hit Gaza (Democracy Now!)
Democracy Now! report: “”Nowhere to Run”: Israel Fires Over 500 Strikes in Gaza, Civilian Toll Grows in Humanitarian Crisis From the transcript: “MOHAMMED OMER: You’re […]
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