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Shiite Militias of Iraq Reject US Return, Threaten to Attack US Forces
By Juan Cole The pan-Arab, London-based daily, “Al-Sharq al-Awsat” (The Middle East) reports that the major Shiite militias of Iraq are denouncing Prime Minister Haydar […]
The Next Conflict in Iraq? Will the Kurds try to Annex Kirkuk Permanently?
By Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | via Niqash.org What will happen to Iraq’s “disputed territories” once Sunni Muslim extremists have been driven out? Will the […]
CBS Unjustly Punishes Rihanna For Ray Rice Controversy
Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks “CBS Sports pulled Rihanna’s intro to Thursday night’s NFL game between the Ravens and the Steelers following the release […]
Gulliver and the Lilliputians: It’s America’s Small Wars that are Unwinnable
By Tom Engelhardt It’s possible I’ve lived most of my life on the wrong planet — and if that sounds like the first sentence of […]
Congressman Lloyd Doggett: Don’t be Stampeded into War
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) House Floor Speech September 16, 2014 The Middle Eastern tragedy, in which this resolution will further entangle America, is directly […]
Should US policy toward ISIL be Containment?
By Juan Cole The US launched air strikes on Tuesday on ISIL targets, south of Baghdad and also in the north. The ones south of […]
Hurricane cuts off communication with Chabad in Baja California
Rabbi and 9-month-pregnant wife in early labor have not been heard from since Monday evening
I refuse to serve – the lonely conscience of Israel’s refuseniks
By Ahron Bregman, King’s College London via The Conversation In 1988, I was in Kathmandu in Nepal when I found out that war was raging […]
Employers’ theft from Worker Wages 3 times more than all other Theft in US
The Young Turks “As the economy slowly recovers, it’s become increasingly clear that it’s not just unemployed Americans who need help from the government. It’s […]
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