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    Iraq War Criminality Sustained These 10 Bloody Years

    MARCH 20, 2013 6:45AM

    By libbyliberalnyc


    Topics: van auken, north, cheney, iran, obama, israel, middle east, lantier, taylor, tremblay, iraq war, bush, wmd

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1277 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Hagel Blows Chance to Show Israel Who's Boss

    FEBRUARY 3, 2013 2:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, foreign affairs, chuck hagel, israel, middle east, united states, president obama, john mccain, lindsey graham, secretary of defense, iran, neoconservatives, bibi netanyahu, likud, palestinians, nuclear bombs, tea party, ted cruz, peter beinart

    • 3 Ratings
    • 160 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Monkey in the Middle

    NOVEMBER 28, 2012 1:30PM

    By K-KornerSoapbox


    Topics: politics, open+call, hizballah, hamas, egypt, israel, middle east

    • 0 Ratings
    • 87 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    War is not healthy for children and other living things.

    NOVEMBER 20, 2012 12:16PM

    By Ken Bontempo


    Topics: belief/religion, open+call, politics, middle east, israel, gaza, war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 25 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Colonialism; Vices and Consequences

    NOVEMBER 17, 2012 2:58PM

    By Colin Mackenzie


    Topics: colonialism, middle east, politics, news, belief/religion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 18 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    They only hate us on TV

    OCTOBER 26, 2012 11:59AM

    By digitalnomad


    Topics: media, middle east, peace, weapons, arms, palestine, israel, jordan, egypt, travel, politics

    • 7 Ratings
    • 615 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Romney Fails Commander-in-Chief Test

    OCTOBER 23, 2012 11:17AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: secretary of state, andrew jackson, john quincy adams, henry clay, corrupt bargain, war hawks, neoconservatives, bill kristol, muslim brotherhood, al qaida, islamic terror, hosi murbarak, ohio, women's issues, food stamps, unemployment, tax increase, vietnam, war, defense budget, afghanistan, iraq, libya, syria, israel, iran, middle east, foreign affairs, presidential debate, 2012 election, president obama, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 57 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    WE ARE MALALA

    OCTOBER 20, 2012 12:15AM

    By Thomas Jones


    Topics: belief/religion, better angels, trauma, at last!, ah ha, allah, spiritual, small girl, middle east, malala

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 829 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Democrats 1, Republicans 1

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 12:19PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: balanced budgets, jack kemp, middle east, laffer curve, ronald reagan, deficit, afghanistan, foreign policy, syria, iran, frank luntz, charitable giving deduction, health care deduction, mortgage deduction, tax dedictions, jfk tax cut, tax cuts for rich, supply side economics, vice president debate, democratic party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, joe biden, paul ryan, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 35 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Malala Yousufzai and Women’s Equality

    OCTOBER 10, 2012 10:05PM

    By Colin Mackenzie


    Topics: middle east, equal rights, politics, feminism

    • 0 Ratings
    • 36 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Benghazi Morphing

    OCTOBER 10, 2012 11:00AM

    By Viki Mason


    Topics: elections, libya, al qaeda, middle east, chris stevens, hillary clinton, barack obama, benghazi attacks, terrorism

    • 0 Ratings
    • 137 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Famous Suicides, Part 3: Politics, Smears & James Forrestal

    OCTOBER 10, 2012 9:01AM

    By Jennifer Vorbach & Susana H. Case


    Topics: red scare, middle east, roswell, security, truman, ufos, secretary of defense, suicide, politics

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1653 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    THE MIDDLE EAST: what nobody wants to talk about

    OCTOBER 6, 2012 8:43PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: economy, environment, the domino theory, belief/religion, news, politics, lebanon, al queda, china, russia, united nations, us, france, saudi arabia, dubai, qatar, jordan, shiities, sunnis, kurds, hezbollah, israel, rebel forces, france, united states, iran, russia, turkey, egypt, middle east, alewites, basher assad

    • 12 Ratings
    • 851 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Remembering the great market of Aleppo

    OCTOBER 2, 2012 8:36AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: middle east, travel, palmyra, damascus, aleppo, war, syria

    • 0 Ratings
    • 146 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    "Beat It" and False Definitions of Strength

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 11:10PM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: strength, self-control, black people, violence, michael jackson, middle east, martial arts, power

    • 2 Ratings
    • 537 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Deception is life! Pondering faith and wisdom in Jerusalem

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 6:57PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: travel literature, middle east, holy land, israel, palestine, jaffa gate, faith, jerusalem, adam karrillon, pilgrimage, holy land

    • 0 Ratings
    • 48 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    On the Freedom to Crudely Insult

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 3:40PM

    By Colin Mackenzie


    Topics: freedom of speech, middle east, muslim, islam, politics, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2599 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Reports of the Romney Campaign's Death Greatly Exaggerated

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 5:30PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics news, mitt romney gaffe, mitt romney 2012, independent voters, bain capital, the economist, swing states, electoral college, paul ryan, elections 2012, presidential debates, mitt romney, middle east

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1532 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Our Highest Selves

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 4:03PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: news, middle east, libyan violence, return ceremony andrews air force base, slain state department employees libya, obama, hillary clinton

    • 1 Ratings
    • 229 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Ummah Needs to Clean Up Its Own Act

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 9:10PM

    By Mark Ira Kaufman


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, islam, middle east, ambassador, libya, yemen, egypt, intolerance, mohammed, arab media, media

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