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Corrupt DoJ Shields Trump on Epstein, Extorts CBS and Columbia U. in Protection Racket
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Corrupt DoJ Shields Trump on Epstein, Extorts CBS and Columbia U. in Protection Racket

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Gangster president Trump and his Justice Department lackeys are engaged in a coordinated cover-up of his entanglements with […]

In Syria, Women are Bearing the Brunt of Climate Breakdown

In Syria, Women are Bearing the Brunt of Climate Breakdown

08/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Enabling the Nightmare in Gaza: Defining Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitic”

Enabling the Nightmare in Gaza: Defining Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitic”

08/04/2025 By Aviva Chomsky

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Cole on KCRW and Iran and an Israeli Attack

Cole on KCRW and Iran and an Israeli Attack

I was on the KCRW in Los Angeles’s “To the Point” on Wednesday discussing the Iranian nuclear program and the prospects of an Israeli attack […]

Juan Cole

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So Long Iraq

So Long Iraq

Daniel Graeber covers the debate about Iraq on university campuses and finds that attention has largely turned elsewhere. And, indeed, even Gen. Ray Odierno, who […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings at Qandahar kill over 30, wound 40; NATO convoy Attacked; ISI Backs Karzai

Bombings at Qandahar kill over 30, wound 40; NATO convoy Attacked; ISI Backs Karzai

A suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning. There are reportedly casualties but early reports did not […]

Juan Cole

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IRGC Air Force Commander: Missile Tests Defensive; Pledges Iran to ‘No First Strike"

IRGC Air Force Commander: Missile Tests Defensive; Pledges Iran to ‘No First Strike"

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, reaffirmed Monday that a date would soon be set for the International Atomic Energy Agency […]

Juan Cole

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Ram: "Israel and the Iranian Threat"

Ram: "Israel and the Iranian Threat"

Haggai Ram writes in a guest editorial for IC: Before, during and after the recent UN General Assembly meeting, the Israeli government, much like Sisyphus, […]

Juan Cole

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The Most Dangerous Nuclear Facility in the Middle East

The Most Dangerous Nuclear Facility in the Middle East

There is no good evidence that Iran has a nuclear weapons program. It has offered to allow regular International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of the […]

Juan Cole

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Ismail Khan Survives Taliban attack; Withdraws from Cabinet; US Military’s fate in Afghanistan will be Worse than than of the Soviets

Ismail Khan Survives Taliban attack; Withdraws from Cabinet; US Military’s fate in Afghanistan will be Worse than than of the Soviets

On Sunday morning, a Taliban suicide bombing attack struck at the entourage of Ismail Khan, the Afghan Minister of Energy and Water, in Herat, according […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Steps in to Protect Iran

Iraq Steps in to Protect Iran

American and Western discussions of what to do about Iran almost completely ignore Iraq. But no economic sanctions can effectively be placed on Iran without […]

Juan Cole

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7 Killed, 50 Wounded in Peshawar Blast, 17 Killed in NW Bombings

7 Killed, 50 Wounded in Peshawar Blast, 17 Killed in NW Bombings

The news in the US is about several terrorist plots, some by Christians and some by Muslim expatriates, which have been averted by good police […]

Juan Cole

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