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‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ in Obama’s Terror Speech
JUAN COLE: Some praise is due but Obama remains wedded to the idea that extra-judicial assassination is an effective counter-terror tool. …
‘We Can Blow Things Up’: America’s Power in the Middle East
RAMZY BAROUD: America's current role as impotent looker-on is unprecedented in recent Middle Eastern history. This situation won't continue indefinitely …
Algerian Revolt: Surge in Soccer-Related Violence A Signal
JAMES M. DORSEY: Violent protest attending soccer matches has proven to be a reliable indicator of an imminent popular revolt in the Arab World. Algeria's next then. …
The Great Benghazi Forgery: So Who’s Really Behind It?
JUAN COLE: There was a sustained attempt prior to the last U.S election to portray Barack Obama first as a latter day Jimmy Carter then as a Richard Nixon figure. Who did this? …
The Morality of Killing: What’s So Special About Drones?
STEVE ROYSTON: Is killing via a missile fired remotely by a drone any different morally from killing by poison gas or a nuclear weapon? …
Israel’s Samson Complex: Will Anyone ‘Pick Up the Phone?’
JONATHAN COOK: Here we go again with another re-heated so-called peace initiative. But the foundations on which it's built are familiar and fragile…
