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Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace
Donald Trump

Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

The deal offered by the United States is simple and straight forward, submit to all American demands or be obliterated

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

02/23/2026 By The Conversation

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

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Dear Foreigner-Haters:  Immigration is Good for You

Dear Foreigner-Haters: Immigration is Good for You

Why is there such strong anti-immigrant sentiment in the industrialized democracies, and why does it get focused on Muslims? The shooting rampage and bombing by […]

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Islamophobia
O’Reilly’s Muslim-Hatred and Christian Terrorists

O’Reilly’s Muslim-Hatred and Christian Terrorists

Television commentator Bill O’Reilly lambasted the press for referring to Anders Breivik as a Christian terrorist, on the grounds that he is not a practicing […]

Juan Cole

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Boycott Beck!  Brands Child Victims Hitler Youth

Boycott Beck! Brands Child Victims Hitler Youth

Glenn Beck, who was purveyed to the American public in their millions by Time Warner’s CNN for some time, before he was picked up and […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
The Irrelevance of the Knights in a Global Society

The Irrelevance of the Knights in a Global Society

Norwegian right wing Christian terrorist Anders Breivik spoke of being a member of the “Knights Templar,” and if anything is further terrorizing about Friday’s attacks […]

Juan Cole

Islam
When Extremism Learns to Blow things Up

When Extremism Learns to Blow things Up

The revelation by CNN that Norwegian right wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik kept a diary in which he obsessed about the dangers of cultural Marxism, […]

Juan Cole

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White Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism in Norway

White Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism in Norway

That the horrible terrorist attacks in Oslo on Friday that left some 90 persons or more dead– a bombing of the prime minister’s office and […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Gov't Besieges Homs Ahead of Friday Demonstrations

Syrian Gov’t Besieges Homs Ahead of Friday Demonstrations

AP reports that most people were trapped in their homes as gunfire crackled in the background in Homs, Syria, the country’s third-largest city on Thursday. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is the Arab Spring Coming to Palestine?

Is the Arab Spring Coming to Palestine?

Marwan Barghouti, a jailed Palestinian leader who was important to the “Second Intifada” or Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, has called for “million-person marches” in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Top Self-Defeating Moves in the Middle East

Top Self-Defeating Moves in the Middle East

One of the great mysteries in Hollywood is how bad films get made. After all, no one sets out to make a bad film. And […]

Juan Cole

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