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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting
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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

Juan Cole

The horrid Bill Maher and his guest Van Jones even guffawed about dead Gaza babies.

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

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Climate Change is Costing Lives: Coal Plants Killed 1.2 mn. in China:  World Bank's Jim Yong Kim

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Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — World Bank President Jim Yong Kim discusses the growing threat from climate change with Trish Regan on “Street Smart.” Bloomberg News: […]

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Iraq
Can Iraq Convince its Sunnis to Fight Extremists?

Can Iraq Convince its Sunnis to Fight Extremists?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad via Niqash.org Local opposition to Sunni Muslim extremists in control of parts of Iraq is building – and it’s being […]

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Right Wing on Holder: al-Qaeda, Black Panther, Stalinist

Right Wing on Holder: al-Qaeda, Black Panther, Stalinist

MediaMatters4America: mediamatters4america: The Worst Right-Wing Smears About Eric Holder

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Syria to Afghanistan:  US Military Policy hasn’t Solved the Zone of Crisis & may Enlarge it

Syria to Afghanistan: US Military Policy hasn’t Solved the Zone of Crisis & may Enlarge it

By Amin Saikal, author of Zone of Crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq The Middle East and its wider eastern environs are in the grip […]

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Energy
US strikes ISIL oil fields in Quest to Defund it: But will it Replace oil with Fracking?

US strikes ISIL oil fields in Quest to Defund it: But will it Replace oil with Fracking?

By Juan Cole Sawt al-Iraq [Voice of Iraq] reports that during the past two days, Saudi, UAE and American fighter jets attacks small oil refineries […]

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 Munich aims to get all its Energy from Renewables by 2025

Munich aims to get all its Energy from Renewables by 2025

Siemens “From 2015, DanTysk will supply up to 1.3 billion kWh of electricity – and will also help Munich achieve a more sustainable energy supply […]

Juan Cole

GCC
What Arab partners will get in return for strikes on Syria

What Arab partners will get in return for strikes on Syria

By Lars Berger The decision by President Obama to launch missile and air strikes against Islamic State (IS) and the al-Qaeda affiliate “Khorasan” in Syria […]

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Israeli forces re-open Holy Aqsa Mosque compound after heavy clashes

Israeli forces re-open Holy Aqsa Mosque compound after heavy clashes

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinian Muslim worshipers were allowed to access the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday at […]

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Hidden Camera Reveals Chilling Life Under ISIS Control

Hidden Camera Reveals Chilling Life Under ISIS Control

The Young Turks: “”A mother, with an AK-47 slung over her shoulder, walks her child to a playground. A man driving a car orders a […]

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