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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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With College Students Drowning in Debt, the Best Solution is Gov't-Backed Free Tuition for All

With College Students Drowning in Debt, the Best Solution is Gov’t-Backed Free Tuition for All

(Special to Informed Comment) – Some developments in this campaign have been predictable. Once Senators Sanders and Warren had expressed support for free post secondary […]

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Trump's "WMD" Scandal?  Was the Charge of "Imminent" Soleimani Attack Just Made Up?

Trump’s “WMD” Scandal? Was the Charge of “Imminent” Soleimani Attack Just Made Up?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration’s claims that it assassinated Gen. Qasem Soleimani because he posed an imminent threat to American lives and […]

Juan Cole

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The Emperor's Clothes: The Absurdity of the US-Iran Conflict

The Emperor’s Clothes: The Absurdity of the US-Iran Conflict

Sacramento, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The leaders of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, and the United States, President Donald Trump, share an identical strategic aim: […]

Bahman Fozouni

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The European Union must Stop Mimicking Trump on Iran: DiEM25 should call on Brussels to live up to its own Responsibilities

The European Union must Stop Mimicking Trump on Iran: DiEM25 should call on Brussels to live up to its own Responsibilities

Amsterdam (Special to Informed Comment) – In the spirit of what the EU calls “de-escalation’’ German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer recently asserted an official belief […]

Arturo Desimone

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How the President Became a Drone Bomber: From Obama to Trump, from Afghanistani to Soleimani

How the President Became a Drone Bomber: From Obama to Trump, from Afghanistani to Soleimani

By Allegra Harpootlian | – (Tomdispatch.com) – We’re only a few days into the new decade and it’s somehow already a bigger dumpster fire than […]

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Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying  Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave

Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdulmahdi late last week requested a meeting with the US government to plan out the […]

Juan Cole

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Is Iran Conflict a War for the Arms Corporations?  Congress Needs to End Profiteering

Is Iran Conflict a War for the Arms Corporations? Congress Needs to End Profiteering

By Sarah Anderson | – (Otherwords.org) – Surging stock prices for military contractors gave several CEOs an early payday after Trump’s Iran aggression. The prospect […]

OtherWords

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Top 10 Ways Trump's Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

Top 10 Ways Trump’s Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies | – Revised. (Commondreams.org) – The U.S. assassination of General Qassem Soleimani has not yet plunged us […]

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All the Ways Trump's Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

By David Mednicoff | – Editor’s note: Iran’s missile attack on a U.S. base in Iraq in retaliation for the Trump administration’s killing of Iranian […]

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