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Less than a week after police officials called for help in finding a vehicle thought to be connected to the murder of four Muslim men, law enforcement officials announced the arrest of a “primary suspect” on Tuesday. Muslim community members, shaken by...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Aug 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM PDT
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The last post in this diary expressed the necessity for action by the next president in order to reestablish constitutional law immediately upon the departure of the Trump cabal and asked readers for their concrete suggestions. This was done in the...
by Christopher Bauer
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on Thu Mar 19, 2020 at 10:27 PM PDT
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Introduction In November 2002, my wife and I took a 16-day tour of Iran. We visited Tehran, Shiraz, Kerman, Yazd, Esfahan, Persepolis, and Bam. (Tragically, Bam was severely damaged a year later in an earthquake, killing over 26,000 and injuring more...
by stonehenge
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on Sat Jan 25, 2020 at 08:37 AM PST
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The Iraqi parliament just voted to expel U.S. troops from their country due to our recent political assassination within their borders. It remains to be seen if their government will approve this resolution, but I don't see why it wouldn't. The...
by Rogueplanet
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on Sun Jan 05, 2020 at 09:07 AM PST
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On Tuesday, embassy staff in Baghdad were evacuated as protesters and militia swarmed over the buildings of the extensive compound and raised both militia and Iranian flags. The proximate cause of the crisis was a series of airstrikes made by U.S....
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Dec 31, 2019 at 09:13 AM PST
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While Ivanka is dishing out weird centerpiece suggestions for the denizens of her family’s latest grift; i.e., the United States, 130 kids a day are dying in Yemen in the U.S./Trump backed war there led by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition.
The war is...
by Thomas Hailey Kloecker
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on Sun Nov 19, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST
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U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is getting curiouser and curiouser. Soon ...
by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Jun 23, 2017 at 06:51 AM PDT
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“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” With that phrase, Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States ensures civilian control ...
by Jon Perr
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on Sun Jun 18, 2017 at 07:30 AM PDT
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CBS News and MSNBC are both spouting a new Trump Doctrine for the Middle East: an Israeli-Sunni Arab alliance against Iran. It is being implied that this new idea is coming from Trump himself, and a Israeli-Sunni alliance will help broker a peace...
by Merlin1963
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on Mon May 22, 2017 at 05:25 PM PDT
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The end is nigh for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
To be sure, ISIS affiliates in Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, and elsewhere will remain dangerous. And its fighters and sympathizers will ...
by Jon Perr
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on Sun Apr 23, 2017 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Do you know what I find downright frustrating about this election? (Outside of the fact that the GOP nominee belongs on an episode of Jerry Springer or Dr. Phil, not in the White House). The lack of media coverage, reporting, statistical data and...
by FarahB
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 09:39 AM PDT
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On War & Peace: Radical violent Islam that must be feared, not Islam itself
“I feel strongly that Muslims are excellent. I know so many Muslims that are such fabulous people. But there i
by Mumbai52
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on Fri Feb 26, 2016 at 01:56 PM PST
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by Scott Anderson
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on Fri Jan 08, 2016 at 10:00 AM PST
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Hi Everybody, Michael Brooks here from the Majority Report. The Majority Report is a daily progressive talk show and Podcast hosted by Sam Seder. We take deep dives into policy and also do a lot of co
by The Majority Report
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on Wed Jan 06, 2016 at 02:59 PM PST
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Neil Macdonald of CBC news has an analysis of the current situation after the San Bernardino attacks.
In effect, it is time to get tough with Saudi Arabia and hold them accountable.
Even wor
by statsone
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on Tue Dec 08, 2015 at 08:36 AM PST
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It’s likely the US will form a new coalition to wage war on ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. What remains to be seen is who will do the heavy lifting in this coalition. Which nation will
by bobburnett
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on Fri Nov 27, 2015 at 07:05 AM PST
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Hi Everybody,
Michael Brooks here from the Majority Report. The Majority Report is a daily progressive talk show and Podcast hosted by Sam Seder. We take deep dives into policy and also do a lot of
by The Majority Report
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on Tue Nov 17, 2015 at 05:52 PM PST
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Things did not go well the last time Jeb Bush tried to blame President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for Dubya's calamity in Iraq. After comically flip-flopping as to whether he ...
by Jon Perr
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on Wed Aug 12, 2015 at 12:22 PM PDT
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Hi Everybody,
Michael Brooks here from the Majority Report. The Majority Report is a daily progressive talk show and Podcast hosted by Sam Seder. We take deep dives into policy and also do a lot of ...
by The Majority Report
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on Mon Jul 20, 2015 at 12:43 PM PDT
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According to U.S. Central Command logs, we are making fewer airstrikes during a whole month today than we did every day in 2003 during the effort to remove Saddam Hussein. Compared to ...
by waterstreet2008
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on Sun Jun 07, 2015 at 06:08 PM PDT
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