Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Israel’s Mega-Fire and Climate Change’s Drying Mediterranean
You can’t relate a one-off event like Israel’s massive forest fire near Haifa to climate change, which has to be measured over a long series. […]
Charges Against Cheney Filed by Nigeria in Bribery Case
The Lagos Guardian reports that the Nigerian government has preferred charges against former US vice president Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the full names […]
The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
The real background of the modern Middle East: Map: The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
Map Ethnic Groups in Iran and Central Asia
Ethnic Groups in Central Asia (click for stand-alone map and click again to enlarge) From the very useful Perry-Castaneda map collection at the University of […]
Bad “Weather” between Obama and Karzai Forestalls Meeting
Update: President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Friday but is said to have gotten stuck on Bagram Base and could not meet […]
The Karzai Problem in Afghanistan: Wikileaks
The bodies of the six US troops — killed Monday by a newly recruited Afghan border guard who turned Taliban — arrived back in the […]
Zangeneh: Mahmoud Abbas needs to call Snap Elections in Palestine
Hamid Zangeneh writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: We need a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process. One key problem is that […]
Jahanpour: US following Israeli 5-Point Plan on Iran: Wikileaks
Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment What is truly alarming about the new batch of Wikileaks diplomatic files is the extent […]
Al-Khoei: Ayatollah Sistani is Iraq’s Bulwark against Iran: Wikileaks
Hayder al-Khoei writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The “cablegate” leaks have gone a long way in embarrassing governments all over the world, […]
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