As Obama’s air war strategy fails to repel Daesh, Army general calls for more American troops and hints about partitioning
--IS claims responsibility for Baghdad truck bombing, 62 killed
--Kurdish forces fighting IS report chemical weapons attack
--NY Times reports that IS holds hundreds of Yazidis captive, and rapes sex slaves claiming approval from the Koran
--Iran initiates talks with Assad that could lead to cease-fire
--Juan Cole reacts to Jeb Bush’s bizarre recap of the Iraq war and rise of Isis
--Professor Cole also echoes my view about AIPAC as a foreign agent
--in new in-depth interview, Victor Tan Chen talks about America’s long-term unemployed, and compares the plight of auto workers in Detroit and Canada
--releases of Shaker Aamer and other cleared Guantanamo prisoners are being blocked by Pentagon boss Ashton Carter
--3 of the sex charges against Julian Assange have expired, but Sweden maintains one rape charge against him, as stalemate continues
--at Ft. Leavenworth, Chelsea Manning is threatened with solitary for expired toothpaste and possession of the Vanity Fair issue about Caitlyn Jenner
--following abolition of death penalty in Connecticut, state supreme court cancels death sentences for all 11 men on death row
--following the upstate New York prison escape, other inmates were beaten, threatened with waterboarding as guards sought information
--former President Jimmy Carter has cancer, which killed most of his relatives
--21 young people from across US file climate change lawsuit against federal government, on behalf of future generations
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