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Archives: February 2017
Mixed Signals: Now, White House Says Israeli Settlement Building May Not Help Peace
TeleSur | - - The tone was more measured than previous pro-Israel announcements, but did not go so far as to condemn settlement activity. The Trump administration said on Thursday that Israel's…
Taking Iraq’s Oil
By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus | Originally published in Lobelog. Trump wants Iraq's oil, and he's not interested in sharing. The leaders of the United States have provided many…
Life in an Arab-American community under Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’
By Tom Brocket | (The Conversation) | - - Life goes on for the parents who drop off their children at homework club, or those rushing in late for embroidery class. As…
Gambia’s ‘Trump’ and the dilemma of the Int’l Criminal Court
By Ebrahim Shabbir Deen | (Informed Comment) | - - The stepping down, under duress, of long-term Gambian president Yahya Jammeh clearly illustrates the impact of credible collective security. However, for this…
Trumpworld Fake News: Iran attacks US Navy, Iraqis Massacre Bowling Green
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I was watching Chris Matthews' Hardball on MSNBC Thursday evening and Matthews had Kellyanne Conway on to defend Trump's disastrous first two…
Trump’s Statue against Liberty
By Daniel Martin Varisco | ( MENA Tidningen ) | - - In 1886, slightly more than a century after the birth of the United States of America, the government of France…
Trump’s 5th Bankruptcy: Budget-Busting Trillions to US Department of War
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - At over $600 billion a year and counting, the Pentagon already receives significantly more than its fair share of federal funds. …
In West Mosul, ISIL Extremists pledge ‘Divine Intervention’ will Defeat Iraqi, US Forces
Special Correspondent | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - In eastern Mosul, Iraqi pro-government forces are organizing themselves to begin to fight against the so-called Islamic State [group] [IS]. In western Mosul,…
Trump Counter-Terrorism Program to drop White Supremacists, focus on Islam
TeleSur | - - He could rename the "Countering Violent Extremism" program to "Countering Islamic Extremism," according to Reuters sources. The Trump administration wants to revamp a U.S. government program designed to…
Here we go Again: Trump Admin Threatens Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - National Security Advisor Mike Flynn came out on Wednesday to make a brief statement putting Iran "on notice." Flynn complained about Iran's ballistic…
Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business
By Shainaz Firfiray | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict immigration from seven countries has sparked widespread criticism from several quarters, including the business world. Not only…
Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’
TeleSur | - - It was not clear from the excerpt who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres" — drug cartels, immigrants, or both. President Donald Trump threatened his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña…
Israel greenlights 3,000 new settler homes hours after ‘Legalization bill’ approved
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Israeli government gave its approval for the construction of more than 3,000 new illegal settlement homes across the occupied West Bank, just…
Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2016, the US birthrate fell to 59.6 births per 1,000 women, the lowest ever recorded. Birth rates rise and fall over time,…
Trump Donated $10,000 to Beit El Israeli Squatter Settlement
IMEMC News | - - US president-elect Donald Trump made a $10,000 donation to the West Bank settlement of Beit El in 2003, Washington Post Newspaper revealed, Sunday. The newspaper said that…
Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL
TeleSur | - - A Syrian militia led by the Kurdish leftist group YPG said they received armored vehicles from the U.S. military, the first such support. The U.S. has boosted support…