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Archives: September 2016
![The Shootings you Didn’t Hear Trump Denounce because, not Muslim](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/the-shootings-you-didnt-hear-tru-187x137.jpg)
![Saudi women demand full rights, end to guardianship system](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/saudi-women-demand-full-rights-e-187x137.jpg)
Saudi women demand full rights, end to guardianship system
By Sarah Aziza | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - In Saudi Arabia, a country many view as synonymous with gender discrimination, women are seeing signs of change. While a few…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/bankersprins-180x137.jpg)
Would Trump in White House defraud us into Crash worse than 2008?
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Imagine for a moment that it’s January 2009. Bernie Madoff, America’s poster-child fraudster, has yet to be caught. The 2007-2008 financial crisis…![Top Six things *You* can Do to Stop Global Warming – Bill Nye](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/top-six-things-you-can-do-to-sto-187x137.jpg)
Top Six things *You* can Do to Stop Global Warming – Bill Nye
AJ+ | (Video) "Bill Nye the Science Guy has a few solutions to curbing climate change and putting a stop to global warming." AJ+: " Bill Nye's Climate Call To Action" 1.…![How the JASTA override on Saudi could Bite Americans in the Ass](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/how-the-jasta-override-on-saudi-187x137.jpg)
How the JASTA override on Saudi could Bite Americans in the Ass
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, but Congress has for the first time in his presidency over-ridden his veto.…![Syro-Russian Hospital Bombings in Aleppo “War Crimes,” worse than Slaughterhouse- Ban Ki-moon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/syro-russian-hospital-bombings-i-187x137.jpg)
Syro-Russian Hospital Bombings in Aleppo “War Crimes,” worse than Slaughterhouse- Ban Ki-moon
By TeleSur | - - Western media reports that the airstrikes were conducted by Syrian or Russian aircraft as part of an offensive launched by President Bashar al-Assad. At least six people…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/397586C-1-187x137.jpg)
Palestinian families forced to raze their homes amid spike in Israeli-enforced demolitions
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Two Palestinian families in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina were forced to demolish their own homes for being built without…![RIP Shimon Peres: Last Great Israeli leader to believe in 2 State solution](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/rip-shimon-peres-last-great-isra-187x137.jpg)
RIP Shimon Peres: Last Great Israeli leader to believe in 2 State solution
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I met an emperor once, but have only met a couple of presidents. Shimon Peres (1923-2016) was one. I met him briefly in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/emergingthreatp10_small-187x137.jpg)
If Spec Ops are the future of the US Military, it isn’t Winning many Wars
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Americans expect to be number one. First Lady Michelle Obama recently called the United States the “greatest country on Earth.” (Take that, world public opinion, and your…![Vote For Hillary Clinton Or Die in a Fiery Apocalypse: A Letter To Young Progressives](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/vote-for-hillary-clinton-or-die-187x137.jpg)
Vote For Hillary Clinton Or Die in a Fiery Apocalypse: A Letter To Young Progressives
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - Dear young progressives, If recent polls are to be believed, younger progressive voters like you are either preparing to vote in unusually large…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/trumpchina-1-187x137.png)
The Presidential Debate that did not really Happen
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Regular readers will know that in my view the 2016 presidential election did not happen. Likewise, the first debate between the two candidates…![Israel Apartheid Wall Is the Muse to Trump’s Mexico Border Wall](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/israel-apartheid-wall-is-the-mus-187x137.jpg)
Israel Apartheid Wall Is the Muse to Trump’s Mexico Border Wall
By TeleSur | - - Trump's signature campaign propsosal is modeled, he says, on Israel’s “successful separation barrier." Ahead of Monday’s presidential debate between U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and U.S.…![Syria, Russia push to take East Aleppo pocket as airstrikes kill 66, wound 200](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/syria-russia-push-to-take-east-a-187x137.jpg)
Syria, Russia push to take East Aleppo pocket as airstrikes kill 66, wound 200
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Only a week after seeming to agree to a ceasefire, Russia and the Syrian regime in Damascus appear to have decided to throw…![Egypt: New Church Law Discriminates Against Christians](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/egypt-new-church-law-discriminat-187x137.jpg)
Egypt: New Church Law Discriminates Against Christians
By Human Rights Watch | - - Authorities Fail to Prevent, Punish Violent Attacks (Tunis) – A long-awaited new law maintains restrictions over the construction and renovation of churches and discriminates against…![Mainstream Media focusing on Political Infotainment, not Policy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/mainstream-media-focusing-on-pol-187x137.jpg)
Mainstream Media focusing on Political Infotainment, not Policy
By Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Donald Trump is one of those stupid guys who thinks he’s smart. The media still lets him…![ISIL used Chem on US Troops in Iraq; but this time US Gov’t isn’t talking WMD](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/isil-used-chem-on-us-troops-in-i-1-187x137.jpg)
ISIL used Chem on US Troops in Iraq; but this time US Gov’t isn’t talking WMD
By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | - - The group known as Islamic State (IS) reportedly used a sulpur-mustard gas against US troops in Iraq. It was detected in a black…![The last Time Summer was this Hot, Human beings hadn’t yet Left Africa](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/the-last-time-summer-was-this-ho-187x137.jpg)
The last Time Summer was this Hot, Human beings hadn’t yet Left Africa
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Summer of 2016 was not only hotter than any summer on record, i.e. since 1880. We have enough proxies for global average temperature to know that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/396731C-1-187x137.jpg)
Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t seek to establish a Palestinian state
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he “hoped” US President Barack Obama would not seek to establish a Palestinian state at the…![Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/trumps-pro-isis-foreign-policy-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy
By Fawaz A. Gerges | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - LONDON – Donald Trump’s recent claim that his opponent in the US presidential race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/image-20160916-17008-1eu91gm-187x132.jpg)
Feds: We can read all your email, and you’ll never know
By Clark D. Cunningham | (The Conversation) | - - Fear of hackers reading private emails in cloud-based systems like Microsoft Outlook, Gmail or Yahoo has recently sent regular people and public…![Number of US Troops in Iraq Heading toward 6,000](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/number-of-us-troops-in-iraq-head-187x137.jpg)
Number of US Troops in Iraq Heading toward 6,000
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US plans to send another 500 troops to Iraq to help with the massive Mosul campaign, which will involve the Iraqi army…![Questioning US Arms Sales, impunity for Saudi Arabia](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/questioning-us-arms-sales-impuni-187x137.jpg)
Questioning US Arms Sales, impunity for Saudi Arabia
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | - - The bi-partisan failure to review the nature and benefit of the US-Saudi relationship has been a striking feature of US foreign policy for…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/396427C-1-187x137.jpg)
Israel releases Jerusalem journalist after she served 6-months for Facebook post
By Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities released Palestinian journalist Samah Dweik on Monday, after she served nearly six months in prison over charges of “incitement.” Family…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/map-story-of-palestinian-nationhood-187x137.jpg)
Colonial Slow Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas asks Britain for “Balfour” Apology
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, is asking Britain for an apology for its having in 1917 issued the infamous "Balfour Declaration." He won't…![UN Calls Out Saudi Arabia for Killing Yemeni Women and Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/un-calls-out-saudi-arabia-for-ki-187x137.jpg)
UN Calls Out Saudi Arabia for Killing Yemeni Women and Children
By TeleSur | - - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon demanded all parties fighting in Yemen "fully respect their obligations under international humanitarian law." In a rare move, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/mineimg-1-187x137.jpg)
Iraq’s Growth Industry: Free-Lance Civilian Bomb Disposal
By Kamal al-Ayash | Ramadi | ( Niqash.org) | - - Locals are struggling to get rid of the explosive booby-traps the Islamic State left as they withdrew from Ramadi. For one…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/shadowgovengelhardt-1-180x137.jpg)
America’s New Reality: Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Recently, sorting through a pile of old children’s books, I came across a volume, That Makes Me Mad!, which brought back memories.…![Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/why-the-boeing-airbus-sales-to-i-187x137.jpg)
Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the real power center for the American government, has issued licenses to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/1BCD0546-E855-4B6C-B6BD-45C4D5ACE732_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy4_cw0-378x230-1-187x137.jpg)
Montazeri recording surfaces condemning mass killings that Haunt Iran’s Revolution
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once in line to become Iran's supreme leader, has come back from the grave to haunt the Islamic…![Stopping the War on Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/stopping-the-war-on-children-187x137.jpg)
Stopping the War on Children
Kevin Watkins | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - On the twentieth anniversary of the Machel report, the international community must draw a line and stop the war against children. That…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/berkeleycampus-1-187x137.jpg)
US College Course on Palestine Reinstated after Cancellation under pressure from Israel Lobbies
By IMEMC | - - University of California, Berkeley, has reinstated a course on Palestine that was cancelled under pressure from pro-Israel groups, according to a press release. Palestine Legal said, according…![Top Five US Problems worse than Terrorism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/top-five-us-problems-worse-than-187x137.jpg)
Top Six US Problems worse than Terrorism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Every time a person of Middle Eastern heritage who ought to have been committed to an insane asylum but wasn't (because rich people…![Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/welcome-to-masdar-city-the-ultim-1-187x137.jpg)
Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living
By Susan Lee | (The Conversation) | - - Ten years ago in the United Arab Emirates, a new settlement was started from scratch, with the aim of becoming “the world’s most…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/countthedeadturse-1-180x137.jpg)
Native American Rights and Health versus Pipeline Cowboys
By Chip Ward | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Americans who don’t live in the West may think that the historic clash of Native Americans and pioneering settlers is long past…![Obama: End terrorism like that in New York by Destroying ISIL in Mosul, Iraq](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/obama-end-terrorism-like-that-in-187x137.jpg)
Obama: End terrorism like that in New York by Destroying ISIL in Mosul, Iraq
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama met yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi and discussed the coming campaign to take the northern Iraqi city of Mosul…![Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek: First Minority Awardee for Best Actor in a Drama in 18 Years](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/mr-robots-rami-malek-first-minor-187x137.jpg)
Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek: First Minority Awardee for Best Actor in a Drama in 18 Years
TeleSur | - - It took nearly two decades, but the the first [minority] actor to win an Emmy for the role of Best Actor in a Drama has just been named.…![Syria: Are Russo-Iranian and US-Saudi interests converging enough for a Ceasefire?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/syria-are-russo-iranian-and-us-s-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Are Russo-Iranian and US-Saudi interests converging enough for a Ceasefire?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) The Syrian civil war is now in its sixth year, with occasional ceasefire deals made and violated by the warring parties being a cyclical process. The…![Can Education for Tolerance help Muslim-Christian Relations in Europe?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/can-education-for-tolerance-help-187x137.jpg)
Can Education for Tolerance help Muslim-Christian Relations in Europe?
By Rose Delaney | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME, Sep 19 2016 (IPS) - Although 20 million Muslims reside in Western Europe, establishing social harmony between the Muslim community and…![5 Signs that Wind Power in the US is suddenly going Massive](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/5-signs-that-wind-power-in-the-u-187x137.jpg)
5 Signs that Wind Power in the US is suddenly going Massive
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iowa Utility Board has approved a $3 bn. MidAmerica wind farm project which will be the country's largest, due to come on…![Can Palestinians fight their Displacement with Oral History?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/can-palestinians-fight-their-dis-187x137.jpg)
Can Palestinians fight their Displacement with Oral History?
By Thayer Hastings | (Al-Shabaka) | Ma'an News Agency | - - Oral history has a long precedent in Arab and Palestinian culture that stems from a broader oral tradition. In the…![The myth and history of Sunni-Shia divide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/the-myth-and-history-of-sunni-sh-187x137.jpg)
The myth and history of Sunni-Shia divide
By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy ) | - - Sunnis and Shias have lived together in peace for centuries, and up to the new millennium have barely had a history…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/meant-187x137.jpg)
Dear Generation Z: So sorry for bequeathing to you terrorism hysteria and all those Wars
By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are rituals to such moments, and because dad-confessions…![Trump’s Behavior like Male Chimp Dominance Ritual: Jane Goodall](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/trumps-behavior-like-male-chimp-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Behavior like Male Chimp Dominance Ritual: Jane Goodall
TeleSur | - - Chimpanzees throw rocks and cans at their rivals as “dominance rituals,” Goodall said, which in many ways reminds her of Donald Trump. While different in looks, U.S. Republican…![George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/george-clooney-report-ruffles-fe-187x137.jpg)
George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan
TeleSur | - - The report "can only jeopardize the pursuit of peace and stability," South Sudan representatives said. A new report claiming that South Sudan’s leaders have exploited the country’s ongoing…![In Massive Intel Error, US Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helps ISIL Advance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/in-massive-intel-error-us-kills-187x137.jpg)
In Massive Intel Error, US Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helps ISIL Advance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In a massive intelligence failure, the US Air Force hit a Syrian military installation in Deir al-Zor that it thought was Daesh (ISIS,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/El-Naft-1-187x137.jpg)
The Green Current: A Superhero
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment | (Graphic Novel) | - - Ali Saleh was an ordinary American teenager at Dearborn High. His father, Dr. Mahmoud Saleh, who had been born in…![US-Backed “Pigs! Crusaders!”: US-Backed Fundamentalist Militias drive US Commandos out of al-Ray, Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/us-backed-pigs-crusaders-us-back-187x137.jpg)
“Pigs! Crusaders!”: US-Backed Fundamentalist Militias drive US Commandos out of al-Ray, Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As Raf Sanchez of The Telegraph writes, fundamentalist militiamen of the US-backed Free Syrian Army chased US commandos out of al-Ray in Syria…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/image-20160915-30594-t1vd3w-187x137.jpg)
Is the Native American pipeline resistance in N. Dakota about climate justice?
By Kyle Powys Whyte | (The Conversation) | - - Over the past months, hundreds of indigenous persons and their allies have gathered near the crossing of the Missouri and Cannon Ball…![Trump: Disarm Sec. Clinton’s bodyguards: & “let’s see what happens to her.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/trump-disarm-sec-clintons-bodygu-187x137.jpg)
Trump: Disarm Sec. Clinton’s bodyguards: & “let’s see what happens to her.”
CNN | (Video News Report) | - - "During a Miami rally, Donald Trump wondered aloud what would happen to Hillary Clinton should her Secret Service detail be disarmed, saying "take their…![Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-must-187x137.jpg)
Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report
TeleSur | - - Two parliamentary committees said it was likely Saudi Arabia used U.K. weapons to target civilians, but Tory lawmakers blocked a vote on suspending sales. Sales of British weapons…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/MagrittePipe-1-187x137.jpg)
“This Parrot is no More”: The 2016 Presidential Election did not Take Place
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard wrote a book in 1991 entitled The Gulf War did not Take Place . In the same way, the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/Raed-Jarrar-AFSC_crop-111x140-1-111x137.jpg)
Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties
By Raed Jarrar | ( Otherwords.org) Both Democrats and Republicans are spreading the same Islamophobic message: you're either with us, or you're against us. On August 31, Nazma Khanam, a 60-year-old Muslim…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Endangering the Planet: Populist New Right opposes Climate Action as much as Immigration
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/382128C-1-187x137.jpg)
Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces Thursday evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the neighborhood of Saadiya in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-15-at-1.39.39-AM-1-187x137.png)
Trump-inspired felon allegedly torches Ft. Pierce FL Mosque, says “All Islam is radical”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Joseph Michael Schreiber stands accused of having carried out an arson attack against a mosque in Fort Pierce, Florida, about an hour's drive…![Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/busting-the-myths-about-syrian-r-1-187x137.jpg)
Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US
Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | - - On Sept. 12, a new cease-fire took effect in Syria. With a lull in fighting, some are hopeful for an end to the…![Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/israel-gets-38-bn-from-us-as-it-187x137.jpg)
Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Palestinian economy remains “worrying” as growth stagnation, delays in aid delivery, and Israeli restrictions continue to seriously impede improvements to the Palestinian…![Obama has one last Chance to remedy his Colossal Failure on Palestine/Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/obama-has-one-last-chance-to-rem-187x137.jpg)
Obama has one last Chance to remedy his Colossal Failure on Palestine/Israel
By Carl Bildt | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - STOCKHOLM – Next year marks the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, the British statement that paved the way for Israel’s founding…![Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were ‘Necessary, Vital Things’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/making-case-for-pardon-snowden-s-187x137.jpg)
Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were ‘Necessary, Vital Things’
by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - 'I think when people look at the calculations of benefit, it is clear that in the wake of 2013 the laws of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/339316C-1-187x137.jpg)
Right-wing Israeli ministers meet with Facebook to discuss censoring ‘anti-Semitic incitement’
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Two right-wing Israeli ministers reportedly met with top Facebook executives on Monday in an effort to “minimize online anti-Semitic incitement,” according to Israeli…![Syria Truce holds, despite questions on Humanitarian Aid](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/syria-truce-holds-despite-questi-187x137.jpg)
Syria Truce holds, despite questions on Humanitarian Aid
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The London pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-`Arabi reports that the truce that began Monday night held during its first twenty-four hours, in the areas…![End of the ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq? After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/end-of-the-caliphate-in-iraq-aft-187x137.jpg)
End of the ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq? After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance
Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | - - The liberation of the northern Iraqi town of Qayyarah from the [so-called] Islamic State group [IS] is a strategic victory in defeating the extremists, in…![As Truce Starts, Russia Tells Free Syrian Army to Stop Fighting Kurds](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/as-truce-starts-russia-tells-fre-187x137.jpg)
As Truce Starts, Russia Tells Free Syrian Army to Stop Fighting Kurds
TeleSur | - - Moscow added it would continue its own air strikes against the Islamic State group and the militants formerly known as the Nusra Front Russia's Defense Ministry called on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/spend-1-trillion-1-187x137.png)
What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have cost the American taxpayers $5 trillion. That…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/41oOmnrITsL._SX310_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpg)
A Nomad Between Worlds: Badawi
By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | - - MOHED ALTRAD’S DEBUT NOVEL Badawi begins in the Cold War–era Middle East, where the Bedouin tradition of a nomadic life…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/countthedeadturse-180x137.jpg)
Shadows of Plutocracy darken over our Democracy in this Election
By Bill Moyers | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Sixty-six years ago this summer, on my 16th birthday, I went to work for the daily newspaper in the small East Texas…![The Millenarian Dimensions of the Attempted Coup in Turkey and implications for Muslim Modernism & Traditionalism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/the-millenarian-dimensions-of-th-187x137.jpg)
The Millenarian Dimensions of the Attempted Coup in Turkey and implications for Muslim Modernism & Traditionalism
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has generated a whole range of debates on who was really behind the coup, Turkey’s future…![Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/iran-and-hizbullah-welcome-kerry-187x137.jpg)
Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire
Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hizbullah, the national guard for South Lebanon, announced Saturday that it supports the agreement on a truce in Syria, where its fighters have been…![15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/15-years-after-911-can-we-recove-187x137.jpg)
15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Founding Fathers thought keeping a standing army was a danger to democracy. The great wars of the twentieth century appear to have…![What’s The Hajj About, Anyway?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/whats-the-hajj-about-anyway-187x137.jpg)
What’s The Hajj About, Anyway?
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "The Hajj: It's one of the biggest gatherings in the world, with millions of Muslims from everywhere making the pilgrimage to the city of Mecca…![Can ISIL survive scenes of Sunni Muslims celebrating their Liberation from it?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/can-isil-survive-scenes-of-sunni-187x137.jpg)
Can ISIL survive scenes of Sunni Muslims celebrating their Liberation from it?
By James Miller | ( RFE/RL) What a difference a month makes. At the start of August, the extremist group that calls itself Islamic State (IS) [group]controlled a large part of the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/shadowgovengelhardt-180x137.jpg)
9/11 after 15 years: We’re Still in the Middle of a guerrilla Air War
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - On the morning of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda launched its four-plane air force against the United States. On board were its precision weapons: 19…![US and Russia plan Joint Air Command to hit Terrorists in Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/us-and-russia-plan-joint-air-com-187x137.jpg)
US and Russia plan Joint Air Command to hit Terrorists in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Pentagon isn't going to be happy about this. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced an agreement…![Nearly 500 more US Troops sent to Iraq for Mosul Attack](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/nearly-500-more-us-troops-sent-t-187x137.jpg)
Nearly 500 more US Troops sent to Iraq for Mosul Attack in advance of Election Day
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Stars and Stripes is reporting that the number of US troops in Iraq has risen from 4,000 to 4,460 in preparation for the…![Clinton: No US ground troops in Iraq, Syria; Trump: Steal Iraqi Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/clinton-no-us-ground-troops-in-i-187x137.jpg)
Clinton: No US ground troops in Iraq, Syria; Trump: Steal Iraqi Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The NBC Candidates Forum continued the shameful corporate coverage of the Great American Meltdown that is our election season. That season has given…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/trump-1-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump’s “sharia law” Bogeyman is more Islamophobia
By Lena Salaymeh | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has called for extreme vetting of those who believe that “sharia law” should supplant American law. Newt Gingrich suggested that Muslims…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/0011108_what-is-modern-israel-yakov-m-rabkin_560-1-187x137.jpeg)
Is Modern Israel a Right Wing Project?
By Yakov M Rabkin | (Informed Comment) | - - The recent appointment of the Soviet-born Avigdor Lieberman has aggrieved many liberal supporters of Israel. The man is on record as a…![Saudi Bigot-in-Chief Declares Iranian Shiites “Not Muslim”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/saudi-bigot-in-chief-declares-ir-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Bigot-in-Chief Declares Iranian Shiites “Not Muslim”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - `Abd al-Aziz Al Shaikh, the chief jurisconsult or mufti for the interpretation of Muslim law in Saudi Arabia, said Wednesday that Iranian Shiites…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/galtung-187x137.jpg)
The Violent Christian West should drop Islamophobia and work on itself
By Johan Galtung | (Inter Press Service) | - - ALICANTE, Spain (IPS) - Watching Christianity nearly a century–fundamentalist Christians fighting ritualistic Christians fighting secularism, generally moving fundamentalism–>ritualism–>secularism–maybe the same for Islam?…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/394084C-1-187x137.jpg)
Israel shuts down Palestinian radio station amid escalation in press violations
Ma'an News Agency | - - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces raided and ransacked a Palestinian radio station early Wednesday morning in the town of Dura in the southern occupied West Bank…![Saudis Should Not Run Hajj Pilgrimage: Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/saudis-should-not-run-hajj-pilgr-187x137.jpg)
Saudis Should Not Run Hajj Pilgrimage: Iran
TeleSur | - - Pilgrims from Iran will be unable to attend hajj, which starts on Sept. 11 this year after talks between the two countries on arrangements broke down in May.…![With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/with-defeat-looming-isil-haunts-187x137.jpg)
With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like a military organization, but it has always mixed military with terrorist tactics. On Monday it slid…![Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/native-american-resistance-camp-187x137.jpg)
Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline
AJ+ | (video News Report) - - "We take you inside the resistance camp in North Dakota that's protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, a 1,170-mile oil pipeline project that has been halted.…![Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/top-5-ways-green-energy-is-alrea-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As we celebrate American workers (I prefer to honor workers today rather than the abstract "labor"), let's remember where their future lies. And…![The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/the-other-terrorism-white-nation-187x137.jpg)
The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL
TeleSur | - - “There is substantial and growing evidence that white nationalism is enjoying a meaningful resurgence within the United States . . ." Twitter users who identify themselves as white…![Most US Networks black out US & China joining Paris Climate Accord in key Turning Point](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/most-us-networks-black-out-us-ch-187x137.jpg)
Most US Networks slight coverage as US & China join Paris Climate Accord in key Turning Point
By Guy Dinmore | (Inter Press Service) | - - HONOLULU, Hawaii (IPS) - The world’s super-polluters – the United States and China – have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate…![Syria: Can Russia & US Broker a new Cease-Fire?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/syria-can-russia-us-broker-a-new-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Can Russia & US Broker a new Cease-Fire?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Stars and Stripes reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov may be very near a new…![The Plague of Karimov’s Rule in Uzbekistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/the-plague-of-karimovs-rule-in-u-187x137.jpg)
The Plague of Karimov’s Rule in Uzbekistan
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The death of Islam Karimov, the president for life of Uzbekistan who came to power in 1990 after the collapse of the Soviet…![EU condemns Israel’s approval of 463 squatter housing units across Palestinian West Bank](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/eu-condemns-israels-approval-of-187x137.jpg)
EU condemns Israel’s approval of 463 squatter housing units across Palestinian West Bank
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- The European Union released a statement on Friday condemning an Israeli decision on Wednesday to approve plans for 463 new housing units in…![ISIL’s European Strategy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/isils-european-strategy-187x137.jpg)
ISIL’s European Strategy
By Omar Ashour | ( Project Syndicate) | - - LONDON – Terrorist attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates and sympathizers over the past year have raised alarms in Europe, but they…![Pope: Pollution, Carbon Emissions a Sin & Global Warming to harm the Poor](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/pope-pollution-carbon-emissions-187x137.jpg)
Pope: Pollution, Carbon Emissions a Sin & Global Warming to harm the Poor
By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Humans are turning the planet into a 'polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation, and filth,' says Pope Francis "The world's poor, though…![Top 8 Syrian-Americans whom we’d miss If Trump had Kept them out](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/top-8-syrian-americans-whom-wed-2-187x137.jpg)
Top 8 Syrian-Americans whom we’d miss If Trump had Kept them out
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his fiery speech demonizing immigrants to America on Wednesday night, Trump took a moment to deplore that the Obama administration has admitted…![Florida: Politicians in Big Oil’s Pocket Beware, The People want their Solar](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/florida-politicians-in-big-oils-187x137.jpg)
Florida: Politicians in Big Oil’s Pocket Beware, The People want their Solar
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Florida voters have overwhelmingly passed Amendment 4, which exempts solar panels and solar equipment from extra taxes. Before this, if someone put…![‘Unacceptable’ UN says US-Backed Iraqi Militias Recruiting Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/unacceptable-un-says-us-backed-i-187x137.jpg)
‘Unacceptable’ UN says US-Backed Iraqi Militias Recruiting Children
TeleSur | - - The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about reports the groups are using children on the frontlines of the fight against the Islamic State group. Amid reports…![Massive Brain Drain from Turkey begins in wake of Failed Coup, Crackdowns](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182151im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/massive-brain-drain-from-turkey-1-187x137.jpg)