Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The indictment of George Papadopoulos, the foreign…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The indictment of George Papadopoulos, the foreign…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. Jeff Sessions lied under oath, saying…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani has written a…
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Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The indictment of George Papadopoulos, the foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign in 2016, for lying to the FBI is the most…Trump will regret Making the Iran Nuclear Deal a two-way relationship
By Jacopo Scita | (Informed Comment) | - - When President Trump, in the middle of his first speech at the United Nations, referred to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as “one…How Fox & Murdoch paved way for Putin Election Ploy
Reprint edn. Update: Reuters reports that "Facebook says 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts" By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In Edgar Allan Poe's "Purloined Letter,"…A mid-6th Century (Christian?) proto-Arabic Inscription from N. Arabia Mentioning Allah
(Politically oriented readers of IC please excuse this reprint of a path-breaking but extremely technical discussion in Arabian religious and linguistic history. It is extremely important for the study of the beginnings…Rebuking Trump, IAEA Again Certifies Iran Compliance on Nuclear Deal
Zein Basravi | Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | - - "Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was in Tehran on Sunday, his first visit since…What if Russia had Spec Ops on US Canadian Border? US Troops in E. Europe
By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - “They are very concerned about their adversary next door,” said General Raymond Thomas, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), at a…Widespread theft of Palestinian olive harvest by Israeli Squatters
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Over the past few days, Israeli settlers have reportedly stolen the harvest of hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in the northern occupied West…JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba
TeleSur | - - During a top-level meeting, U.S. officials warned against the possibility of it being traced back to the United States. The recently published JFK files have shed further light…Barzani gambled it all and Lost– Kurdistan Pres. ending Career
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani has written a letter to the parliament of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government announcing that he will not run for…Kenya to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power
KNT Keney | Video News Report | - - "Kenya is set to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power in the world after it broke ground for the construction of…Reminder: Mueller is investigating *Crimes*; Hence 1st Charges
TeleSur | - - According to reports, a federal grand jury has approved criminal charges in an investigation regarding alleged Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, though the nature…‘They shot my two daughters in front of me’: Burma’s Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss
By Ronan Lee | (The Conversation) | - - If there’s anything positive about the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, it’s that the residents – despite their appalling recent…Scotland Wind Revolution: First Offshore floating Turbines power 20,000 Homes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The BBC reports that five massive floating wind turbines off the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland have gone operational. They generate enough electricity…Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions
By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | - - After clashes in northern Iraq this week, hundreds of fake pictures have flooded Iraqi social media. Some are real, some not, but…Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities
Heyla Selim | ( GlobalVoices.net ) | - - What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its ban on women driving? Picture of the…Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi was in Tehran on Thursday for consultations with the Iranian government (no, Abadi isn't afraid of Trump.). During…Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other
Shalaw Mohammed | (Kirkuk) | (Niqash.org) | - - The countries that gave the Iraqi and Kurdish military rockets, vehicles and guns were concerned that locals might turn the guns on one…Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film
Ma'an News Agency | - - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olvies in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus on Thursday, injuring three Palestinians,…Trump’s Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare
By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Preventing a nuclear war between the United States and North Korea may be the most pressing challenge facing the world right now. Our…Fundamentalism overrules Science in Iran (See, they’re just like us)
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - Getting a minister approved in Iran is not a perfect science; finding the right formula for the sensitive post of science minister is…