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Iran Backs al-Maliki, in Iran, for Iraqi PM
Al-Hayat writes in Arabic that Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited Iran on Monday, seeing Tehran’s support for his candidacy for a second term. […]
Zogby: Arab Voices — Listening and Moving Beyond Myth
James Zogby writes in a guest column for Informed Comment After decades spent trying to better explain the Arab World to other Americans, all too […]
The Rumors of Multiculturalism’s death Are Exaggerated (Against Merkel)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the weekend declared “multiculturalism” dead in her country and demanded that labor immigrants be assimilated, through German language and German […]
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 […]
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