Review of Amin Saikal, “How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan” (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024). Munich, […]
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The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East? Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria
By Juan Cole: Al-Manar reports that the legislature of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (a super-province of Iraq) has voted to send Kurdistan forces to […]
Top 4 Things we can learn from War on Terror in “War on Ebola”
By Karen J. Greenberg via Tomdispatch.com These days, two “wars” are in the headlines: one against the marauding Islamic State and its new caliphate of […]
The momentum to recognize a Palestinian State is unstoppable
By Farhang Jahanpour Once again, the British Parliament has led the way with an epoch-making decision. On Monday 13 October 2014, British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly […]
America didn’t learn the Lessons of Tribes & Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, Leading to the Iraq Quagmire
By David Moore The rise of ISIL, as well as the resurgence of the Taliban, has brought numerous “experts” out to offer analyses on the […]
Iran Proposes Axis against ISIL to Iraqi PM Abadi as alternative to US Coalition
By Juan Cole al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proposed to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi an anti-ISIL […]
Israeli Squatters Sabotage Palestinian Wells in Jordan Valley
JERICHO (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israeli settlers damaged wells belonging to Palestinians in the Khirbet Samra area of the Jordan Valley, a local official said […]
Iraqi Sunnis to ISIL, US Coalition: A Pox on Both your Houses
Sunni Muslim Militias Decide They Won’t Fight With IS – or The US Alliance By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | via Niqash.org It is clear […]
“Don’t Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class” – Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura “Off The Grid” “Don’t send these Poll-cats back to Congress. Send them back to science class!” Today, Jesse Ventura runs down three of […]
Top 5 Good News Solar Energy Stories Today
1. Morocco has announced that the first of a planned five solar mega-plants will go operational in 2015. The North African country, which is poor […]
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