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Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals
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Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals

Juan Cole

Ironically, the strike was fully supported by the Muslim president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

12/27/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

12/27/2025 By OtherWords

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Zardari President; 65 Killed in Bombings, Clashes

Zardari President; 65 Killed in Bombings, Clashes

For the nine years before 2005, Asaf Ali Zardari, widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was in prison facing corruption charges. On Saturday Zardari […]

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Marrin: Choice of Palin Dishonorable

Marrin: Choice of Palin Dishonorable

A conservative Republican woman who idolizes Margaret Thatcher decries McCain’s choice of Palin as cynical and dishonorable: ‘ In choosing a woman he doesn’t know […]

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Capital of Khazar Kingdom said Found

Capital of Khazar Kingdom said Found

Russian archeologists are saying they have found the capital of the Khazar state. This largely Turkic state was multicultural, but its ruling sept converted to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Assassination Attempt on Chalabi; Baghdad Outraged at Bush Spying on Maliki; Iraq Seeks F-16s

Assassination Attempt on Chalabi; Baghdad Outraged at Bush Spying on Maliki; Iraq Seeks F-16s

A suicide bomber attempted to assassinate Ahmad Chalabi on Friday as the politician was returning home to the Mansur district. The bomb killed 6 bodyguards […]

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Palin Watch

Palin Watch

Reactions to Sarah Palin: Rick Steiner at Seattle P.I. slams the governor for her poor record on the environment. He says she has not taken […]

Juan Cole

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Allegations of Israeli Plan to Attack Iran from Georgia

Allegations of Israeli Plan to Attack Iran from Georgia

This story has been around for a week or so, alleging that Israel was planning to strike at Iran from Georgia. Arnaud de Borchgrave put […]

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Rambo and the Mean Girl

Rambo and the Mean Girl

The Republican Party convention in St. Paul gave us two American film narratives in an attempt to shift the national political debate away from issues […]

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US Raid on Pakistan leaves 30 Dead; Pakistan Government Protests; 3 Canadian Troops killed in Afghanistan

US Raid on Pakistan leaves 30 Dead; Pakistan Government Protests; 3 Canadian Troops killed in Afghanistan

US ground troops conducted a raid into Pakistan’s tribal areas leaving an estimated 20 dead. The governor of the North-West Frontier Province, Owais Ahmed Ghani, […]

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Iraq
7 Killed by US in FriendlyFire; China Deal to Gross $55 bn for Iraq

7 Killed by US in FriendlyFire; China Deal to Gross $55 bn for Iraq

The US killed 7 Iraqi troops in a friendly fire incident on Wednesday. What do you want to bet the incident gets brought up at […]

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