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** Is Israel's favorite US general helping to push us into war? ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Jun 17, 2025 12:31 am
Featured Image Did the Israelis strike Iran when it did because Michael Kurilla is still commander of U.S. Central Command and a “window” for a prospective joint operation with the U.S. might be closing?
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** Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali ([link removed])
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By John Lechner,Sergey Eledinov on Jun 16, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image On June 6, a Wagner-affiliated Telegram channel announced ([link removed]) the Russian private military company’s (PMC) withdrawal from Mali, declaring “mission accomplished.”
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** Israel is not winning. Trump must not cave to new demands for help. ([link removed])
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By Trita Parsi on Jun 15, 2025 10:14 am
Featured Image Israel’s war of choice with Iran is proving far less decisive than President Donald Trump initially believed when he praised Israel’s performance as “excellent ([link removed]) .” What now appears to be an escalating, inconclusive conflict with no clear end in sight will soon force Trump into a challenging decision: end the war — or enter it.
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** Pure Orwell: Europe condemns Iran for attacks on its own territory ([link removed])
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By Eldar Mamedov on Jun 14, 2025 10:02 am
Featured Image When Israeli warplanes struck ([link removed]) Iran this week — violating Iranian sovereignty in a brazen act of aggression, killing scores of civilians alongside top military commanders and nuclear scientists and inviting Iran’s equally indiscriminate retaliatory strikes ([link removed]) — Europe’s leaders didn’t condemn the attack.
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** MAGA to Trump: Supporting Israel attacks is a 'middle finger' to voters ([link removed])
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By Jack Hunter on Jun 13, 2025 04:08 pm
Featured Image The Republican president who vowed ([link removed]) to “Make America Great Again” by ending “endless wars” now finds himself on the precipice of a potential new one.
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** The terrible cost of bringing Ukraine’s bodies home ([link removed])
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By Ian Proud on Jun 12, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image A spat over the return of 6,000 Ukrainian bodies lays bare the unforgiving economic and political challenge that Ukraine faces in bringing home its fallen, and the political storm that President Zelensky will face when the war finally ends.
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