THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION OF TH...

Jul 15, 2015 by

THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION OF THE IRAN DEAL YOU’LL FIND

[Translate] by Igor Volsky & Victoria Fleischer THINK PROGRESS   The 109-page Iran deal is filled with complicated details about...

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THE SECRET SIDE OF IRAN-US REL...

Jul 12, 2015 by

[Translate] Tehran has long been signaling that it wants normalised relations with Washington, but still doesn’t know if it can trust...

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Republicans’ ‘plan...

May 27, 2015 by

Republicans’ ‘plans’ for Isis would drag us into Iraq for another ground war

[Translate] Republicans THE GUARDIAN The GOP candidates use innuendo and coded language to push the need for ground troops into...

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Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s...

May 24, 2015 by

Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously

[Translate] (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai) Early in 2009, just before Barack Obama took office, I shared an elevator with Michael...

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CHASING MIRACLES IN IRAQ

May 23, 2015 by

CHASING MIRACLES IN IRAQ

[Translate]   By Eugene Robinson   TRUTHDIG     Security forces defending their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State...

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PRIME SINISTER: Meet the New F...

May 21, 2015 by

[Translate] World Meet the people who make up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest cabinet. By David Sheen / AlterNet...

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ERRORS AND LIES

May 21, 2015 by

ERRORS AND LIES

[Translate]   Paul Krugman Surprise! It turns out that there’s something to be said for having the brother of a failed president...

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9 depressing predictions for t...

May 21, 2015 by

9 depressing predictions for the future of America

[Translate] Each of these national security stories is guaranteed to surface at least once in the decades to come Tom Engelhardt,...

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From Vietnam to Iraq: Turning ...

Apr 27, 2015 by

From Vietnam to Iraq: Turning a Nightmare Into a Fairy Tale

[Translate]   By Christian Appy, TomDispatch  VIA TRUTHDIG   This piece first appeared at TomDispatch. Read Tom Engelhardt’s...

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Noam Chomsky: We’re facing a n...

Apr 17, 2015 by

Noam Chomsky: We’re facing a new Cold War

[Translate] The linguist and philosopher on the warped coverage of Putin’s Russia and the ways we whitewash our war crimes Noam...

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Third of fighters in Yemen are...

Apr 10, 2015 by

Third of fighters in Yemen are children, says Unicef

[Translate] UN agency says at least 77 children have been killed in conflict since 26 March, and also warns of looming malnutrition...

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Netanyahu Slips and Reveals th...

Apr 7, 2015 by

Netanyahu Slips and Reveals the Real Reason He Opposes the Iran Deal

[Translate]   By Juan Cole   TRUTHDIG   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP / Ilia Yefimovich) This post originally...

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ISIS: Making sense of the spec...

Mar 22, 2015 by

[Translate] Experts explain how botched American policies helped create a movement that revolutionized Islamist extremism Laura...

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Netanyahu’s Decision To Back A...

Mar 20, 2015 by

Netanyahu’s Decision To Back Away From Two-State Solution Could Cause Big Problem For Republicans

[Translate] by Igor Volsky THINK PROGRESS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on...

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The Real Story Behind the Repu...

Mar 17, 2015 by

The Real Story Behind the Republicans’ Iran Letter

[Translate] By Gareth Porter   LA PROGRESSIVE The real story is how enforcers of Likudist policy on Iran used a young Republican...

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A New Kind of Mental Disturban...

Mar 5, 2015 by

A New Kind of Mental Disturbance? Drone Pilots Are Quitting in Droves

[Translate] World The people on the ground are not the only ones being traumatized. By Pratap Chatterjee / TomDispatch  VIA ALTERNET...

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Jordan’s 6,000 Mosques Will So...

Feb 25, 2015 by

Jordan’s 6,000 Mosques Will Soon All Have Rooftop Solar

[Translate]   by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS The Abu Darweesh Mosque in Amman, view Jordan. CREDIT: Wikimedia Commons/David...

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WHAT THE ATLANTIC GETS DANGERO...

Feb 21, 2015 by

WHAT THE ATLANTIC GETS DANGEROUSLY WRONG ABOUT ISIS AND ISLAM

[Translate] by Jack Jenkins CLIMATE PROGRESS Breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning...

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HAS SCIENCE MADE US BETTER PEO...

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[Translate] THE DAILY BEAST Better Off? Michael Shermer argues that science has not only improved our lives materially but morally...

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DEBATING US FOREIGN POLICY: WH...

Feb 13, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Jasmin Ramsey, Inter Press Service | Report Washington – Women are running some of the United States’...

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WHY THE CRASH IN OIL PRICES SH...

Feb 6, 2015 by

WHY THE CRASH IN OIL PRICES SHOULD BURY “PEAK OIL” ONCE AND FOR ALL

[Translate] ◀ Environment Why the Crash in Oil Prices Should Bury ‘Peak Oil’ Once and for All The problem isn’t that we...

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Jon Stewart Asks Jimmy Carter ...

Jan 14, 2015 by

Jon Stewart Asks Jimmy Carter If There’s Any Hope Left for Global Peace; His Answer May Surprise You

[Translate]  TRUTHDIG The 39th president of the U.S. has kept quite busy since the end of his term, order but he put aside some time...

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Storm Adds to Misery of Gaza’s...

Jan 10, 2015 by

Storm Adds to Misery of Gaza’s Most Vulnerable

[Translate] Middle East By MAJD AL WAHEIDI and JODI RUDOREN NYTIMES Photo Palestinians gathered around a fire Friday in a damaged...

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