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Archives: September 2015

Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop quiz." AJ+: "Donald Trump Fails Foreign-Policy Quiz"

Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | - - It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek a safe haven in the rich Arab…

What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | - - OXFORD (IPS) - Iran’s nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of misinformation, downright lies and above all myths.…

UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections

By IMEMC News | - - Israel asks UN to rebuff flag initiative A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations will likely be adopted next week in…

Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama’s White House

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi King Salman is meeting Friday with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, and National Security Adviser Susan…

Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marrying Same Sex Couples

Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples

WLKY News Louisville | (Video News Report) | - - WLKY News Louisville: "5 of Kim Davis' deputies to issue marriage licenses, Davis still jailed"

As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi drowned along with his mother, Rehan, and older brother, Galip, while the family attempted to cross the sea from…

Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again

RT | (Video News Report) - - "More than a million Syrian refugees feel unwelcome guests in Lebanon, where anti-government protests are only worsening. Many fear the Syrian scenario may repeat there…

A House Divided: Iranian, Iraqi Ayatollahs square off in Baghdad Streets

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Recent crises have seen historical tensions between Iraq and Iran's highest religious leaders, who command the loyalty of millions and a deep philosophical…

Obama’s Journey: Top 10 signs of Extreme Climate Change in Alaska and why it Should Scare Us

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - American corporate news has not devoted the hours to President Obama's trip to Alaska that it deserves, focusing on the GOP clown car…

Why I Shared a Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child

By Peter Bouckaert | Director, Emergencies | (Human Right Watch) | - - I thought long and hard before I retweeted the photo. It shows a lifeless toddler, lying face down on…

GOP jumps Shark again: Call For Canadian Border Wall

Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video report) | - - "Scott Walker is attempting to out-Trump Donald Trump by discussing the idea of a building a…

Martyr to Science in Palmyra: Archeologist Khaled al-Asaad

By Pierre Leriche | (The Conversation) | - - A second ancient temple at Palmyra has been razed, with a satellite image appearing to confirm the destruction of the Temple of Bel,…

Obama 1, Netanyahu 0, as Dems & Public rally to Iran Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Israel lobbies don't win every fight on Capitol Hill, but over time they have tended to win the big ones in recent…

Kentucky Christian mini-caliphate still denying Gay Marriage Licenses in Name of God

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "Kim Davis, a clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples one day after the Supreme Court told her…

Martin Kramer’s “Modest Proposal” for starving Gazans into having fewer Children, 5 Yrs Later

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In view of the dire UN report warning that in 5 years Gaza may well be uninhabitable for its 2 million Palestinian residents,…

Obama, 19 World Leaders tout Climate Danger at Alaska Summit, Ignore Fuel Extraction

By Leehi Yona | (Inter Press Service) | - - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (IPS) - After a one-day summit in the U.S. Arctic’s biggest city, leaders from the world’s northern countries acknowledged that…

Israeli Policies could make Gaza uninhabitable in 5 years: UN

UNCTAD Press Release | UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2015/026 | (Geneva, Switzerland) | - - Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years in wake of 2014 conflict and ongoing de-development, according to new UNCTAD…

Bernie Sanders’s Surge in Iowa from Attractiveness of His Ideas: Poll

Phil Mattingly | Bloomberg Business | (Video News Report) | - - "Hillary Clinton saw her support in Iowa dwindle as voters boosted Bernie Sanders in the latest Bloomberg Politics/ Des Moines…

Remember how Congress said we Should Support Iran Reformists? Well they want the Nuclear Deal

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL Parvin Fahimi, who lost her son to repression by the Iranian state, hopes the agreement global powers reached with Tehran on its nuclear program last…

War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor

By Kanya D'Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health…

Enter the Bear: Does Russia plan air strikes on Daesh/ISIL in Syria?

By Juan Cole| (Informed Comment) | - - The Israeli press is reporting that Iran has made a firmer military alliance with the Russian Federation in Syria, and that Moscow is sending…