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Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan

Juan Cole

Andersen said, “I mean, you can’t really fathom that this is actually something that is being said out loud. It just seems too crazy.”

“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

01/24/2026 By The Conversation

Judge Stops Trump from Deporting Noncitizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Judge Stops Trump from Deporting Noncitizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

01/24/2026 By Middle East Studies Association

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Drones
How Much Blood Money does the US Pay to Families of Innocent Drone Victims?  It’s Classified (Currier)

How Much Blood Money does the US Pay to Families of Innocent Drone Victims? It’s Classified (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at Propublica: There have been nine drone strikes reported in Yemen in the past two weeks – an uptick apparently connected to […]

Juan Cole

Energy
India's Energy could be 15% from Renewables by 2020: Greentech CEOs

India’s Energy could be 15% from Renewables by 2020: Greentech CEOs

When you actually put renewable energy CEOs on television, they can explain that coal and other hyrdrocarbons receive government subsidies, making them look much cheaper […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Gov't mocks 'Peace Talks' with announcement of 1200 New Squatter homes in Occupied Palestine

Israeli Gov’t mocks ‘Peace Talks’ with announcement of 1200 New Squatter homes in Occupied Palestine

The Israeli government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that it would take bids on nearly 1200 new housing units on Palestinian territory occupied […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Neoliberalism Fail:  Top 8 Ways Privatization has Harmed us All (Buchheit)

Neoliberalism Fail: Top 8 Ways Privatization has Harmed us All (Buchheit)

Paul Buchheit writes at Commondreams.org: Some of America's leading news analysts are beginning to recognize the fallacy of the "free market." Said Ted Koppel, "We […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt:  Food Crisis looms as Interim Gov't decides to disperse Muslim Brotherhood Protesters Peacefully

Egypt: Food Crisis looms as Interim Gov’t decides to disperse Muslim Brotherhood Protesters Peacefully

In the midst of its political crisis, Egypt also faces rising food prices that are hitting the poor hard. This rise comes on top of […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Fukushima’s Strontium Leaks a Neverending Crisis?  (Germanos)

Fukushima’s Strontium Leaks a Neverending Crisis? (Germanos)

Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams courtesy VOAnews As the disaster at Fukushima plant continues to unfold, one nuclear expert is warning that "this is an […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Before he Was President, Obama Championed Extensive Surveillance Reforms (Brandeisky)

Before he Was President, Obama Championed Extensive Surveillance Reforms (Brandeisky)

Kara Brandeisky writes at ProPublica When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA’s bulk phone records collection program, […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring

Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring

President Obama gave a news conference on Friday in which he addressed the controversy over Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding NSA spying on the American people. […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Burma's Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

Burma’s Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

While the issue of the mistreatment Rohingya Muslim minority has most involved Burma, it has roiled politics throughout Southeast Asia. Buddhist extremists have persecuted the […]

Juan Cole

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