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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

07/02/2025 By Open Democracy

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

07/02/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks

Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s outrageous speech at the United Nations, in which he blamed the US government for staging the September 11 attacks against itself, […]

Juan Cole

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Tomdispatch:  Decline of US Empire Not So Bad

Tomdispatch: Decline of US Empire Not So Bad

Tom Engelhardt is fine reading for a Thursday.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Mass Protests as Israeli Contractor Kills two in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Mass Protests as Israeli Contractor Kills two in Palestinian East Jerusalem

The poor Palestinians of East Jerusalem have few assured human or civil rights. Anyone may do anything to them at any time, and they have […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Makdisi:  The Tragedy of Obama’s Middle East Policy

Makdisi: The Tragedy of Obama’s Middle East Policy

Ussama Makdisi writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: In the tragic story of U.S-Arab relations, no era has been as violent as our […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
9 US GIs Killed in Afghan Heli Crash as Violence Grows

9 US GIs Killed in Afghan Heli Crash as Violence Grows

A helicopter crash in Zabul near Qandahar in southern Afghanistan left 9 American troops dead and 3 other persons (one an American civlian) wounded. The […]

Juan Cole

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Obama dismisses Iran War Prospects, overrules Clinton

Obama dismisses Iran War Prospects, overrules Clinton

The Obama administration is clearly trying to send signals to Iran during the General Assembly session of the United Nations that Washington is open to […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
100,000 Children at Risk in Pakistan, Sindh Flooding Continues

100,000 Children at Risk in Pakistan, Sindh Flooding Continues

5 more villages were drowned in Sindh on Monday, and more people were cut off from the outside world by waters splashing down from a […]

Juan Cole

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Witches, Exorcisms, and Billionaire Pickpockets

Witches, Exorcisms, and Billionaire Pickpockets

Because the main point of the Republican Party is to throw more money to the super-rich, the poor thing has to find something else to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
50 Dead, 128 wounded in Iraq Attacks

50 Dead, 128 wounded in Iraq Attacks

As Iraq continues to muddle along with no new government all these months after the March 7 parliamentary elections, insurgents struck in the capital. The […]

Juan Cole

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