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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

03/08/2026 By H. Patricia Hynes

Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

03/08/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Ban Coal:  Coal Industry Chemical Threatens 300,000 in West Virginia

Ban Coal: Coal Industry Chemical Threatens 300,000 in West Virginia

(By Juan Cole) Some 300,000 West Virginians are at risk from their tap water after a company making MCHM spilled it into the river, turning […]

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1,000 rial

January 10-2014 The Central Bank has decided to lop some zeros off the rial (photo) next year.  Mahmud Ahmadi, a senior official of the Central […]

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Israeli vandals fell fruit trees in revenge attack on Arabs

Israeli vandals fell fruit trees in revenge attack on Arabs

Suspected Jewish extremists cut down fruit trees belonging to Israeli Arabs in an apparent revenge attack for Palestinian villagers beating up Jewish settlers, police say.

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Fox News: Christie Scandal Coverage pretext to Ignore Gates Revelations

Fox News: Christie Scandal Coverage pretext to Ignore Gates Revelations

(By David Edwards) Fox host on Christie: ‘Bridge thing’ ruining coverage of Bob Gates’ Obama-bashing (via Raw Story ) Fox News host Steve Doocy on […]

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Libya
Libya:  The Dictatorship of the Militias

Libya: The Dictatorship of the Militias

(By Imad Mesdoua) “Ansar Al-Sharia cleans the streets of Benghazi and conducts social work to further enhance its standing” Terrorism Security in Libya still remains […]

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Climate Change
Peak or no Peak, Oil is Unsafe at any Price

Peak or no Peak, Oil is Unsafe at any Price

(By Michael Klare) Among the big energy stories of 2013, “peak oil” — the once-popular notion that worldwide oil production would soon reach a maximum […]

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Dissent
"It's all Right to Make Fun of the Government": Bassem Youssef (Egypt's Jon Stewart)

“It’s all Right to Make Fun of the Government”: Bassem Youssef (Egypt’s Jon Stewart)

Bassem Youssef: “It’s OK to make fun of ourselves” “BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman talks to Bassem Youssef, also known as the “Egyptian Jon Stewart”, about […]

Juan Cole

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Top 5 US Government Decisions that put Troops more at Risk than Snowden Did

Top 5 US Government Decisions that put Troops more at Risk than Snowden Did

(By Juan Cole) The propaganda wars in Washington continue over Edward Snowden’s revelation that the National Security Agency and other Federal government departments have in […]

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Anti-Arab graffiti scrawled in West Bank village

Anti-Arab graffiti scrawled in West Bank village

Latest price tag attack appears to be revenge for beating of settlers near Esh Kodesh earlier in the week

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