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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability
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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability

Juan Cole

The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

01/23/2026 By The Conversation

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

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Obama's Rules:  US Drones in Yemen - 'Psychological Torture' from Above

Obama’s Rules: US Drones in Yemen – ‘Psychological Torture’ from Above

(By Sarah Lazare) As the United States steps up covert drone strikes on Yemen, with three suspected U.S. drone attacks killing at least four people in Yemen […]

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Bahrain
The War on Terror Jumps the Shark as Everyone in the Mideast accuses everyone else of Terrorism

The War on Terror Jumps the Shark as Everyone in the Mideast accuses everyone else of Terrorism

(By Juan Cole) In early December of last year, Lebanese Shiite leader Hassan Nasrallah of Hizbullah accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the bombing of […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Ukraine Muslims wary of Crimea Referendum on Joining Russia

Ukraine Muslims wary of Crimea Referendum on Joining Russia

Crimean Tatars wary of Russia referendum (via AFP) Victims of Stalin’s mass deportations in 1944, Crimea’s Tatar Muslim minority look warily on next week’s referendum […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Can Int'l Community help stop Libya's Slide into Chaos?

Can Int’l Community help stop Libya’s Slide into Chaos?

(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Tripoli) – The international community should agree to provide assistance to Libya’s flailing judicial system, Human Rights Watch said . . […]

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astronomy and outer space
Journalists should stop 'balancing' stories with Science Denialists: Cosmos's Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Journalists should stop ‘balancing’ stories with Science Denialists: Cosmos’s Neil DeGrasse Tyson

(By David Edwards) Neil deGrasse Tyson tells CNN: Stop giving ‘equal time to the flat Earthers’ (via Raw Story ) Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of […]

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Arab Spring
A New Arab Cold War:  Saudi Arabia Pressures Qatar on Muslim Brotherhood, American Think Tanks

A New Arab Cold War: Saudi Arabia Pressures Qatar on Muslim Brotherhood, American Think Tanks

(By Juan Cole) Saudi Arabia’s listing of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and the withdrawal of the Saudi, Kuwaiti United Arab Emirates, and […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Can the Neoconservatives make a comeback via the Ukraine Crisis?

Can the Neoconservatives make a comeback via the Ukraine Crisis?

(By Robert Parry) President Barack Obama has been trying, mostly in secret, to craft a new foreign policy that relies heavily on cooperation with Russian […]

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Climate Change
In Illinois, 91 Communities are now Powered 100% By Green Electricity

In Illinois, 91 Communities are now Powered 100% By Green Electricity

91 Illinois Communities Powered 100% By Green Electricity (via Clean Technica) Article by the WWF. WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2014 – Illinois has embraced renewable electricity on […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Jamiol’s World

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