Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]
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Ahmadinejad as Cyrus the Great?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stopped off in Syria for consultations with his ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, this weekend, on his way to New York […]
Light Turnout, Closed Polling Stations, Attacks Mar Afghanistan Elections
Turnout in the Afghanistan parliamentary elections was disappointingly light, some 40% below expectations, according to Euronews. Some 10 percent of polling stations that had been […]
Afghanistan Elections face Violence, Kidnappings, Fraud
As Afghans went to the polls Saturday morning, Taliban slammed a rocket into the area of the capital where the Radio and Television building stands. […]
Dude, You Have no Quran
CNN reports on “Dude, you have no Quran!” And, of course: The Remix:
Fears of Election Fraud in Afghan Parliamentary Polls
Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan could end up causing more harm than good. No political parties can run because they still are not allowed in […]
Demonstration outside US Base in Afghanistan against Quran-Burning Turns Violent
On Thursday, a hundred or so demonstrators gathered outside a US military base at Mirwais in southern Afghanistan on hearing that there had been a […]
Maher on Dr. Laura etc.
Bill Maher is starting his fall season on HBO Friday night— here is a rant on our moment of neo-racism…. (Adult language and themes).
1 Dead, 45 Wounded in Kabul anti-American Protest
Kabul Bank Taken over by Government
Thousands of angry protesters rallied in West Kabul on Wednesday, chanting “Death to America,” “Death to Christians,” and “Death to Karzai,” burning tires, and blocking […]
Maher: Tea Bag Repubs are Racist
Bill Maher comes right out with it on CNN’s “Larry King Live”: The Tea Bag branch of the Republican Party just does not want an […]
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