Los Angeles (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In our post-election blues, many pundits have started a post-mortem exploration of what went wrong with the […]
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Iraq Dominates Testy Dem Debate
Iraq as an issue was back front and center in Iraq on Monday in the South Carolina presidential debate among the Democratic candidates. Barack Obama […]
Israeli Victory over Asthmatics, Newborns in Gaza
The humanitarian impact of Israel’s electricity blockade of the Gaza Strip. Raw sewage in the streets, which will soon seep into houses; asthmatics choking; hospitals […]
King: War Cannot Achieve Even a Negative Good
Martin Luther King will be honored today throughout America as a champion of racial justice and racial harmony. That is a pivotal legacy for the […]
Israeli Atrocity on Gaza Civilians
It is a perfect time for the Israeli government to commit a war crime on the miserable civilians of the Gaza Strip. The US primary […]
Iraq is Still a Bad Bargain
Andrew Bacevich eviscerates the Iraq War party with this passionate and clear-sighted essay on ‘the Surge to Nowhere’ in WaPo. He points out that the […]
US Soldier Killed; 21 Dead in Ashura Violence; OSC: Messianic Cult Expected Appearance of Promised One
Another US soldier was killed on Saturday, bringing January’s total to 23 — already as much as in all of December. Street battles and machine […]
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As Clinton and Romney win the Nevada primaries, Justin Elliot asks at Mother Jones why the leading candidates don’t have more to say about crucial […]
80 Dead in Clashes with Millenarian Cult; Sadrists threaten to end Freeze on JAM; Al-Hakim Criticizes al-Maliki
The instability of the Iraqi south was on display Friday, as a doomsday cult attacked police and religious mourners on the eve of Ashura’, the […]
Wave of Killing of Women;
Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that women activists on Thursday organized a conference in Baghdad to protest the increasing problem of women being targeted for killing, […]
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