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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?
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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?

Peiman Salehi

Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

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Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

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Absolutely Nothing: A Veteran’s Savage Indictment of the Iraq War

Absolutely Nothing: A Veteran’s Savage Indictment of the Iraq War

Tragically, all we’ve fought for in Iraq, all that 4,500 American lives were shed to gain, is on the cusp, potentially, of vanishing. – Mitt Romney, “Ideas Summit,” 6/13/2014 All we fought for in Iraq. All we fought for in Iraq is on the cusp…

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Rabbi Nachman Sudak, head of Chabad UK, dies

Rabbi Nachman Sudak, head of Chabad UK, dies

Directed personally by the Lubavitcher rebbe to move to London, the rabbi guided the movement in Britain for over 50 years

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Opportunities Abound in Iraq to Reset US Middle East Policy

Opportunities Abound in Iraq to Reset US Middle East Policy

By Kirk J. Beattie The crisis induced by ISIL’s advances in Iraq presents tremendous opportunities for the United States, and the U.S. government should move […]

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Fracking Threatens US Water:  AP

Fracking Threatens US Water: AP

The Associated Press has been doing a bang-up job of covering fracking issues lately, and over the weekend they released a bombshell fracking report that set fire to the tubes. The new fracking report focuses on oil and gas fracking wells that are classified…

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Why were Wall Street & Banking not Reformed after 2008?   Congress!

Why were Wall Street & Banking not Reformed after 2008? Congress!

Why haven’t any big bankers been prosecuted for their role in the housing crisis that led to the Great Recession? These finance executives took part in “scandals that violate the most basic ethical norms,” as the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde…

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Don't Trust the Bombers on Iraq:  "Shock and Awe" Never Works

Don’t Trust the Bombers on Iraq: “Shock and Awe” Never Works

By Juan Cole In March of 2003, we were treated to an intensive bombardment of Iraq, which the Bush White House propagandists termed “Shock and […]

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Americans' Freedom of Speech has gone downhill since 9/11

Americans’ Freedom of Speech has gone downhill since 9/11

By Peter Van Buren What We’ve Lost Since 9/11 Taking Down the First Amendment in Post-Constitutional America By Peter Van Buren America has entered its […]

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Why some Iraqis would rather try their luck under Sunni Extremists

Why some Iraqis would rather try their luck under Sunni Extremists

ERBIL, Iraq — Five days after fleeing Mosul in northern Iraq, Ahmed says he’s now more nervous than ever. But it’s not the Al Qaeda-inspired extremists who took over his hometown that have him worried. No, he’s scared of what his own military might…

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Wikileaks' Manning says US public was lied to about Iraq from the start

Wikileaks’ Manning says US public was lied to about Iraq from the start

Manning says US public lied to about Iraq from the start (via AFP) The detained US soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents […]

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