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Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

H. Scott Prosterman

The whole thing is a front for Trump’s real estate development ambitions for a Gaza beachfront resort.

Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

02/06/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

02/06/2026 By William J. Astore

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Iraq War
Ret’d. CIA Official Alleges Bush White House Used Agency to “Get” Cole

Ret’d. CIA Official Alleges Bush White House Used Agency to “Get” Cole

Eminent National Security correspondent at the New York Times James Risen has been told by a retired former official of the Central Intelligence Agency that […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Women to Protest Driving Ban in Saudi Arabia

Women to Protest Driving Ban in Saudi Arabia

Despite its vast oil wealth and the measures the kingdom has taken to buy off potential dissidents, Saudi Arabia is nevertheless not completely able to […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants in Bin Laden Case

Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants in Bin Laden Case

The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence has arrested five Pakistani informants who gave the CIA information leading to the raid on Usamah Bin Laden’s compound at Abbotabad, […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libya not a War for Oil

Libya not a War for Oil

The allegation out there in the blogosphere that the United Nations-authorized intervention in Libya was driven by Western oil companies is a non-starter. The argument […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Under Punitive Israeli Blockade, Gaza Unemployment among Worst in World: UN

Under Punitive Israeli Blockade, Gaza Unemployment among Worst in World: UN

The illegal Israeli blockade of little Palestinian Gaza (pop. 1.5 million) has produced 45% unemployment, perhaps the highest in the world, and a situation in […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Shadow Internet Story Fishy

Shadow Internet Story Fishy

Sunday’s report by the NYT on the ‘shadow internet’ being funded by (a paltry) $2 mn. in State Dept. money iis either a psy-ops plant […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

1. Environmentalists and peace advocates are hoping that cooperation on solar energy projects can help foster peace between Israelis and Palestinians. What this article doesn’t […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Gates & NATO: Misery Loves Company

Gates & NATO: Misery Loves Company

Shorter SecDef Robert Gates: European members of NATO need to bankrupt themselves with military spending and wars just as the United States has done, or […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Ridge Alleges Bush Political Pressure for Terrorism Alert

Ridge Alleges Bush Political Pressure for Terrorism Alert

Ooops, a golden oldie from 2009 thrown up by mistake. Tom Ridge appears to be alleging in a new book that the Bush administration put […]

Juan Cole

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