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Archives: July 2016

Are the Muslim Khans better Americans than Donald Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump lashed out on Saturday against Ghazala and Khizr Khan over their speech Thursday night in which they criticized the casino and…

Russian & Iranian Press deplore Hillary Clinton Hawkishness; Israelis complain she’s Dove

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - How is the international press responding to the Democratic National Convention and the formalization of Hillary Clinton's status as the party's standard-bearer in…

Baghdad facing Invasion of . . . Cockroaches, as Temps reach 122° b/c Climate Change

Niqash.org | - - Last week Baghdad faced a new threat: A plague of cockroaches, brought out by higher summer temperatures. All sorts of strange stories about the insect invaders emerged. Over…

Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

TeleSur The accusations mark the second round of charges related to the investigation into the Flint water crisis. Six Michigan state employees were charged Friday in connection with dangerous lead levels in…

Muslim-American Parents of KIA Vet to Trump: Here’s the Constitution

ABC 15 Arizona | (Video News Report) | - - "FULL: Khizr Khan son was 1 of 14 American Muslims who died serving - Democratic National Convention Khizr Khan’s son, Humayun S.…

When Dems ditched Workers for Professionals, they opened Door for Trump

Adam Barnett/ Thomas Frank | ( OpenDemocracy ) | - - The Democrats ditched the working class in favour of a professional elite leaving Trump – a master of 'resentment politics' – to hoover up…

Top Five Ways to tell if a Terrorist is still al-Qaeda despite name Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The leftist Beirut newspaper al-Safir comments scathingly on the name-change of the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front led by Abu Muhammad al-Julani,…

Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

TeleSur | - - Erdogan's political purge following the failed coup keeps on going, with the net ever widening. Turkey is shutting down over 100 media outlets and is purging over 1,000…

Is the French Press Right to stop Printing Pictures, Names of Terrorists?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Le Monde is reporting that a number of French newspapers and television channels have decided to cease printing the pictures, and sometimes even…

New Normal: A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

Climate Victims – Every Second, One Person Is Displaced by Disaster By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME, Jul 27 2016 (IPS) - Climate change and related extreme…

B’Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

By Ma'an News Agency | - - A Palestinian family stands amid the remains of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Masafer Jenbah in an undated photo. (AFP/Hazem…

Can Turkey’s Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | - - The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has prompted a tsunami of responses by the government that is likely to have a lasting…

Top 7 firsts in Women in US Politics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As I pointed out, it is all very nice that Hillary Clinton is the first American woman to be nominated as the standard-bearer…

Arab World’s biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

By Brahma Chellaney | (Project Syndicate) | - - BERLIN – Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to most of the world’s poorest states or…

US does 1/2 of all World’s Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - When American firms dominate a global market worth more than $70 billion a year, you’d expect to hear about it. Not so with…

Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

By Fatma Müge Göçek | (The Conversation) | - - After the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, one of the first actions of the Turkish state and government was to purge…

The most Left Wing Supreme Court in a Generation? Sec. Clinton’s most important Progressive Prospect

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Progressives who had backed Bernie Sanders are understandably upset about the prospect of a Clinton presidency. Some put their hopes in the Democratic…

Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

NJ.com | (News Video Clip) | - - "Comedian and Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage along side of Al Franken to tell the crowd to unite and support Hillary…

Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged the Arab League to help the Palestinian Authority to sue the United Kingdom over the Balfour Declaration…

Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

By Daniella Cheslow | ( RFE/RL) | - - PATERSON, New Jersey -- The president of the largest mosque in northern New Jersey says Donald Trump's campaign for the White House has…

Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Egyptian news site the Arab Observer Network reports that the visit to Israel of a former Saudi military intelligence officer, Gen. Anwar…

Lieberman: Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish’s Verse is ‘Mein Kampf’

By IMEMC News | - - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has compared the broadcast of poetry by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish on Israeli radio to glorifying Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” the…

Our American Crimes against the Future

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I recently dug my mother’s childhood photo album out of the depths of my bedroom closet. When I opened it, I found that…

Disgraced Wasserman Schultz Resigns as DNC Chair, Gets Hired by Clinton

By TeleSur | - - Her resignation came hours after Bernie Sanders called on her to step down after emails showed how biased she was against his campaign. The chairwoman of the…

Islamophobia Kills: German Munich shooter admired Breivik, Killed Turks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The shooter at a Munich mall last week who killed 9 and left 27 wounded was an admirer of far right wing Norwegian…

Maybe Oil was a bad Idea: Temps in Mideast Beat Heat Records for E. Hemisphere

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | Commondreams.org ) - - "I've never seen Celsius temps like these on a weather map before," climate scientist Michael Mann said on Twitter. Thermometers in Kuwait…

Israeli squatters fire on, threaten Palestinians on their private land

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli settlers verbally attacked Palestinian residents of the town of al-Khader in the southern occupied West Bank on Saturday, threatening them with a…

How Roger Ailes at Fox killed Journalism and gave us George W. Bush

By Russell Frank | (The Conversation) | - - Roger Ailes’ 20-year reign as the chairman of Fox News ended this week, the result of a sexual harassment scandal. He will be…

Is Russia deepening Cooperation with US in Syria, or hitting US Bases?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - About a week ago, Russian warplanes bombed a Syrian base used by the US and the UK. The Wall Street Journal suggested that…

GOP Convention Roundup: Jon Stewart Resurfaces on Colbert’s Late Show

Jon Stewart/ Stephen Colbert | (The Late Show video Clip) | - - "Some stories, like the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, are too big for one late night host…

Will Iraq’s next Government be . . . Iran-backed Shiite Militias?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - The [so-called] Islamic State [IS] group has caused a realignment of Iraq’s political map. Next year’s provincial elections will signal who will…

Israeli Army Uproots Olive Trees in Salfit, “Settlers Only” Road to be Opened

IMEMC | - - Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday, uprooted olive trees in the village of Deir Istiya, Salfit governorate, under the pretext of opening a road designated for the sole use of…

Top 6 Graphs that Refute Donald Trump’s Lies about the United States

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - AP's Fact Check found that as usual Donald Trump's statistics in his GOP acceptance speech are way beyond the 'damned lies' level. So…

Purge of teachers and academics bulldozes through Turkish education

By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | - - As news of the attempted military coup in Turkey unfolded, I was in Pennsylvania. Travelling in the US, I had coincidentally found myself…

The West Under Attack: What we can Learn from the Roy vs Kepel Debate

By Mustafa Gürbüz | (Informed Comment) | - - The ax attack on a train in Würzburg, Germany, sparked the latest controversy on lone wolf radicalization in the West. Recently, just days…

Mike Pence on the “American Heartland” and the Holy Land

By Shalom Goldman | ( Patheos ) The Republican Party platform, posted last week, gives the American-Israeli relationship considerable space. Pundits in the U.S. and Israel have duly noted the absence in…

Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan’s Crackdown with cries of “Dictator!”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's firing of some 50,000 people, including educators, bureaucrats, police and military personnel, in the wake of the failed July…

US to ‘Reconsider’ Backing for Syrian Rebels After Boy Beheaded

TeleSur | - - The killers claim to be fighters om a rebel group that has received both financial and arms support from the United States and allies. A disturbing video circulating…

Secret Service Investigating Trump Advisor Wants Hillary Clinton Shot for Treason

Secret Service Investigating Trump Advisor who Wants Hillary Clinton Shot for Treason

Wochit News | (Video News Report) | - - "During a radio interview this week. New Hampshire Representative Al Baldasaro, a Trump delegate who reportedly advises the candidate on veterans issues, said…

Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The scandal over Melania Trump's stealing Michelle Obama's lines for her convention speech should make us recall the ways in which GOP strategists…

WikiLeaks Release 300K Emails Related to Turkey’s ruling Party

TeleSur | - - The group leaked the documents despite being under a major cyber attack for more than 24 hours by suspected allies of the Turkish government. WikiLeaks released its first…

Rep. Stephen King, White People and ‘Civilization’

Rep. Steve King, White People and ‘Civilization’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rep. Steve King objected to a comment during a cable news discussion at MSNBC that this will be the last election dominated by…

GOP Convention Opens in City Pillaged by Its Policies

TeleSur | - - Cleveland, once called the Mistake on the Lake, hosts nominating convention of the political party that authored its downfall Just a few miles from downtown Cleveland's preoccupied hum…

Israeli opposition leader warns of ‘uprising of hatred’ in Israel

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog warned of what he called “growing hatred and racism” in Israel encouraged by right-wing politicians, adding that it…

Newt Should Check out Mike Pence’s Christian Sharia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Newt Gingrich suggested late last week on cable tv that Muslim Americans should be asked if they believe in "sharia" and if they…

Defeating ISIL in Iraq will Take Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation, not Just Tanks

By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - As Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian forces squeeze its territory in the Arab world and Turkey hunts down the group’s support networks and sympathisers…

Assassination by Robot is now US Policy

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Think of it as the Trojan Drone, the ultimate techno-weapon of American warfare in these years, a single remotely operated plane sent…

The Turkish Coup — Real or Imagined?

Erdağ Göknar | (Duke Today) | - - Durham, NC - As if it were having a Cold War flashback, Turkey experienced a surprise coup attempt by a faction of the Turkish…

Long Knives in Ankara: Victorious Erdogan begins Purge of Judiciary, Army

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - President Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of the failed coup against him to purge the judiciary and security forces of anyone who is lukewarm…

Palestinians rally for Erdogan, condemn Coup Attempt

Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA (Ma'an) -- The Hamas movement organized several demonstrations in the besieged Gaza Strip Saturday morning, rejecting Friday night's attempted military coup in Turkey and expressing…

Why we’re addicted to Fatal Oil, even when Costlier than Solar

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Here’s the good news: wind power, solar power, and other renewable forms of energy are expanding far more quickly than anyone…

Iraq: As ISIL loses land, it is Terrorizing to provoke Sectarian Fighting

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - It is slowly becoming clear that the extremist Islamic State group is returning to its roots, setting off bombs to kill innocents…

Turkish People Power foils attempted Coup

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The poorly planned junior officers' coup in Turkey on Friday appears to have failed as I write late Friday night, though rebel military…

Nice, France, Attack: A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has extended the French state of emergency, which suspends key civil and human rights, in the aftermath of…

Kerry Proposing Joint US-Russian Airstrikes against Extremists in Syria

TeleSur | - - According to a leaked U.S. plan, Washington and Moscow would merge their respective air campaigns against non-state armed groups in Syria. The United States will propose increasing military…

Report: Israeli forces torch olive trees on private Palestinian land

Ma'an News Agency | - - HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces have reportedly torched 10 dunams (2.5 acres) of land planted with olive trees south of Hebron in the southern occupied West…

Can Americans get back their Democracy from the Oligarchy?

By John Scales Avery | (Inter Press Service) | - - COPENHAGEN, (IPS) - As many observers around the world have pointed out, the United States is no longer a true democracy.…

A Story of Two Syrian Sieges: Manbij and East Aleppo

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The relatively even-handed Arabic newspaper Oman reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces (a mixed Kurdish and Arab group) advanced further into the city…

Iranian Fighters in Syria Hailed as Martyrs, Shrine-Defenders by Hard Liners

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) | - - In late May, Iranian state and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officials turned out in force at a state funeral in Ardebil Province. Revolutionary…

Gaza: Turkey to Build Seawater Desalination Plant

By IMEMC | - - The Turkish Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs announced, Tuesday, that Turkey is to establish a seawater desalination plant to solve water crisis, estimating the coast of…

Is Turkey making a 180° Turn, warming to al-Assad & abandoning Saudi & Rebels?

TeleSur | - - The two countries had been allies before the 2011 uprising in Syria. Turkey is seeking to normalize relations with its neighbor Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said…

Has the US Military become a B Movie Alien for the rest of the World?

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Perhaps you’ve heard the expression: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s famed possum, Pogo, first…

Is Kerry Right? Are Freemen of Syria and Army of Islam Radical Terrorists?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Josh Rogin of the Washington Post caused a stir by noticing something Secretary of State John Kerry said at Aspen last month. Kerry…

In Rejecting Carbon Tax HR Clinton is playing Russian Roulette with our Future

Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | - - The Clinton presidential campaign has indicated that it will not support a carbon tax. But we simply cannot meet greenhouse gas reduction goals without…

After Yawning Racial Divide exposed in US, Peace Protests Continue

After Yawning Racial Divide exposed in US, Peaceful Protests Continue

TeleSur | - - Tens of thousands of demonstrators poured defiantly into streets across the U.S. this weekend, shutting down highways, bridges and roads, chanting, praying, cheering and throwing rocks, Molotv cocktails…

Is Religion really Driving Middle East Violence?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pew Research has released a report saying that "As a whole, the region continued to have the highest levels of religious hostilities in…

Why are Saudi-led Airstrikes Targeting Civilian Factories in Yemen?

Human Rights Watch | - - Unlawful Attacks Harm Economy, Show Need for Victim Compensation (Beirut) Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes have unlawfully hit numerous factories, warehouses, and other civilian economic structures in…

Israeli cabinet approves $12.8 million to ‘strengthen’ Kiryat Arba squatter settlement on Palestinian Land

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday a 50 million shekel ($12.8 million) plan to “strengthen” the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba in…

Is Iran winning their Mideast Cold War with Saudi Arabia?

By Robert Harvey | (Project Syndicate) | - - LONDON – A cold war is taking place in a very hot place. A key component of the sectarian competition between Shia and…

Kurdish Women Fighting ISIL Send Solidarity to BlackLivesMatter

TeleSur | - - "You are among the most radical voices in today's racist, sexist, capitalist world," the YPJ wrote to Black Lives Matter. Fighters from the Kurdish Women's Defense Units or…

Does Donald Trump win even if he loses?

By Nomi Prins with Craig Wilson | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - “Establishment: A group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy, opinion, or taste, and seen…

Syrian Troops foil al-Qaeda riposte in Aleppo as France warns al-Qaeda could replace ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Even as the Syrian army defeated a counter-offensive by al-Qaeda in Syria and its battlefield allies at Aleppo, French President Francois Hollande warned…

Clintonites in Democratic Party Back Settler Colonialism (Not a 1905 Headline)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Clinton loyalists debating the Democratic Party platform have defeated an amendment that would have called for an end to the Israeli Occupation…

Why you can’t explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil

By Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | - - Well before the US and UK led the invasion of Iraq, the two countries were under suspicion about their intentions for Iraq’s oil.…

White House Admits Prison spending has grown 3x as fast as Education for Decades

TeleSur | - - U.S. state and local spending on prisons and jails grew at three times the rate of spending on schools over the last 33 years as the number of…

Palestinian mayor: West Bank water crisis worsened by decaying infrastructure

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- An ongoing water crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory has been exacerbated by neglected infrastructure, the mayor of a town in the southern…

Obama to Send 4000 US Troops to Bolster NATO Force Against Russia ‘Aggression’

TeleSur | - - The western military bloc has been increasing its presence and activity around Russian borders. Polish President Andrzej Duda welcomed on Friday the decision of NATO to station a…

8,124 Murders by Firearm in US vs. 29 (144 equiv.) in UK

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Revised The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to almost anyone who wants one and not requiring…

If East Aleppo Falls to Regime, is the Syrian War over?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters is reporting that the Syrian Arab Army and its Shiite militia allies have taken Malah Farms to the northwest of the city…

The other Casualty of Iraq War: The Country’s Whole Health System

Ahmed Aber | (The Conversation) | - - Thirteen years ago, American and British troops launched Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraqis were promised freedom from tyranny, but the subsequent destruction of the…

Goodbye to Abbas Kiarostami, a Filmmaking Legend Whose Vision ‘Transversed His Persian Roots’

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( Global Voices) | - - News trickled out of a Paris hospital on the evening of 4 July that Iranian cinematic auteur Abbas Kiarostami lost his battle…

A new American Century or a Century of Wars and Refugees?

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Vladimir Putin recently manned up and admitted it. The United States remains the planet’s sole superpower, as it has been since the…

The Real Problem with the Iraq War: It was Illegal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I won't disguise my impatience with the of the Chilcot Report on Britain's involvement in the 2003-2016 Iraq War. Most of it comes…

Israeli commander testifies: soldier unjustified in point-blank Hebron execution

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- An Israeli army commander testified on Wednesday in the ongoing trial of Elor Azarya, an Israeli soldier accused of shooting and killing a prone Palestinian in Hebron in March,…

Surprise! It was a War Crime

By Rebecca Gordon | (Informed Comment) | - - So now it’s official. The British Chilcot Report confirms what the world has known for 13 years: the invasion of Iraq was a…

The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

An Interview with Anand Gopal by Charles Davis | ( TeleSur) | - - The United States is winning the war on terror, just as it always has. The Islamic State group…

H. Clinton and Ed Snowden: Some Animals are more Equal than others

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hillary Clinton has repeatedly attacked Ed Snowden for being careless with government information. So it is ironic that she has been found guilty…

On Eid al-Fitr 2016: Muslim-Americans becoming Thread in the US Tapestry

By Abbas Barzegar | (The Conversation) | - - Ramadan, a month of intense prayer and fasting, has been especially trying for American Muslims this summer: Other than the heat, the small…

On top of Saudi-Houthi War, South Yemen yearns to Secede!

By Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | - - While UN-brokered peace talks between Houthi rebels and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government-in-exile struggle to reach a political resolution to end a 15-month-long war, a…

What Would Trump Fascism Look Like? Eight Most Likely Traits

By Al Carroll | (Informed Comment) | - - Numerous analysts, journalists, publications, and scholars judge Mr. Trump to be a fascist. These range from academics to Newsweek to Salon to the…

How ISIL’s attacks on Saudi Arabia aimed at Undermining the Monarchy’s Legitimacy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia was rocked yesterday by three terrorist attacks, presumably the work of Daesh (ISIL, ISIS). The attacks were carefully distributed and aimed…

Ordinary Iraqis defy sectarianism after Islamic State’s attacks on Baghdad

By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | - - “I’m happy that I graduated. I’m so grateful to my parents and I dedicate my success to both of them.” These were the…

Tzipi Livni Refuses Police War Crimes Interview; UK Government Provides Last-minute Immunity

By IMEMC | - - Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Unit transmitted a letter to the Israeli Embassy in London last week inviting Ms. Tzipi Livni to a police interview under caution in…

Int’l Criminal Court Won’t Investigate Blair but Might Prosecute Soldiers

TeleSur | - - The Hague says it is not in its mandate to prosecue Blair, but may use the long-awaited Chilcot report to prosecute British soldiers for malfeasance. With the long-anticipated…

On the Fourth of July: None of us has Inalienable Rights if American Muslims don’t

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On this day when the United States was first conceived in rebellion against people being deprived of their God-given rights to life, liberty…

What the carnage at Istanbul’s Airport tells us about Europe

By Karabekir Akkoyunlu | ( OpenDemocracy) Once the external anchor of Turkey’s democracy, the EU‘s normative influence has sunk as low as its reputation among its many erstwhile supporters, who now feel…

4th of July US Consulate attack in Saudi Arabia: Suicide Bomber injures Guards

TeleSur | - - A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast outside the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah early on Monday, state…

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Turkey’s six foreign policy sins and the Istanbul Bombing

By Sibel Oktay | (Informed Comment) | - - You don’t have to be an avid follower of international news to have heard about the terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport –…

Israel: Meretz Head says “Netanyahu’s Theory Of Running The Conflict Has Collapsed”

IMEMC | - - Meretz Party head, Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Zehava Gal-On, stated Saturday that the theory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of running the conflict has failed, and added…

Buddhist Mob Burns Down a Muslim Mosque in Myanmar Village

TeleSur | - - A mob has burned down a mosque in the second attack of its kind in just over a week. Scores of Buddhists ransacked a mosque in northern Myanmar…

US Claims 116 Killed in Drone Strikes, Critics Say 1,000

TeleSur | - - Human rights organizations argue the U.S. government has grossly underestimated the number of civilian deaths caused by drones. The United States government accepted responsibility Friday for inadvertently killing…

Top 5 things that Make Bangladesh a natural Target for Extremists

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bangladesh has been plagued by extremist violence for years, but the violence and hostage-taking in Dhaka on Friday and on Saturday morning was…

Putin’s Winning Hand in Syria, as Turkey Apologizes and Obama Deals

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Vladimir Putin was the skunk at the party in the West after his annexation (or repossession, depending on how you look at it)…

Iraq: al-Anbar’s Cities are ISIL-Free, But Can they be kept that Way?

Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | - - Every time extremists are forced out of Anbar's cities they take refuge in nearby desert and attack again. Now it seems like the same guerilla…

Istanbul Suicide Bombers Were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Official

TeleSur | - - The attack at Ataturk Airport is suspected to be the work of [Daesh or] the Islamic State [IS] group. Three suspected IS suicide bombers who killed 44 people…

K Street is a 1-Party State: DC Corruption is a Feature, not a Bug

By Thomas Frank | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Although it’s difficult to remember those days eight years ago when Democrats seemed to represent something idealistic and hopeful and brave, let’s take a…