Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Cole on “Iran and Islam” at USIP Iran Primer
Iran commentary in the United States generates more heat than light for the most part, and much of it is frankly driven by ignorance. Veteran […]
Recommended Reading at Tomdispatch.com
Tomdispatch.com has been on a tear in the past two weeks. From Bacevich on the US military as quagmire specialists to Pepe Escobar on central […]
Clinton Cabinet Member Sought Iraq Provocation
But W. Himself Proposed Ruse
Retired Gen. Hugh Shelton reveals in his new book that in the late 1990s a Clinton cabinet member asked him if was possible to fly […]
Thousands Demonstrate in Tel Aviv against Racist Loyalty Oath
Could the Netanyahu Government Fall over New Settlements?
Several thousand Jews and Arabs marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the loyalty oath recently approved by the Israeli cabinet, which would force […]
Ahmadinejad Promises to Protect Qana in South Lebanon
The USG Open Source Center translates from Persian the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Qana in South Lebanon on Friday (See below). Qana […]
Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar Walk out on O’Reilly’s Muslim-Baiting
The View stars Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walked out on Bill O’Reilly Thursday when the right wing pundit insisted on blaming all Muslims for […]
Top Ten Questions about Chile Mine Collapse: Was it Nixon-Kissinger’s Fault?
The corporate mass media (especially television) did not treat the Chilean mine collapse as a labor story but rather as a feel-good human interest story. […]
Ahmadinejad Pledges to Protect Lebanon
On Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed large and adoring crowds in the southern Shiite suburbs of Beirut, which had been intensively bombed by Israeli […]
Palin Fear-Mongers on Iran, Sharia
Republican gadfly Sarah Palin said in an interview with Newsmax Tuesday that Russia should be warned against helping Iran because if Iran got a nuclear […]
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