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Juan Cole

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Trump’s Roast of Muslims at his White House Iftar Dinner

Trump’s Roast of Muslims at his White House Iftar Dinner

Juan Cole

It’s not hard to imagine this playing out

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War Crimes: Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Nurse, Injure 100, at Gaza March of Return

War Crimes: Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Nurse, Injure 100, at Gaza March of Return

Juan Cole

The 1949 Geneva Convention requires that medical personnel shall be respected and protected in all circumstances

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Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Juan Cole

The people who put her up to these insane ideas are now running the US government’s foreign policy.

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Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico's 5,740 Death Toll?

Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico’s 5,740 Death Toll?

Juan Cole

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the scope of the calamity

Israel/ Palestine
Rumors of Shakira Israel Concert Cancellation called Incorrect

Rumors of Shakira Israel Concert Cancellation called Incorrect

Juan Cole

The initial news was carried widely, including by the Jerusalem Post

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Is Roseanne Barr what America has Become?

Is Roseanne Barr what America has Become?

Juan Cole

In a better US, there would be as much discomfort with her Islamophobia as with her disdain for African-Americans.

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India stands with Iran against Trump Sanctions

India stands with Iran against Trump Sanctions

Juan Cole

India’s External Affairs Minister delivered a sharp rebuke to US plans for sanctions on trade with Iran on Monday

Afghanistan
On Memorial Day, US Troops still Dying in Afghanistan but 1/2 the Country is Lost

On Memorial Day, US Troops still Dying in Afghanistan but 1/2 the Country is Lost

Juan Cole

The Afghanistan government controls only about half of Afghanistan, 229 of 407 districts. Maybe because it is a bad news story, our Afghanistan War, the longest in our history, keeps slipping our minds, along with thoughts of the Americans still fighting there. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has issued a report […]

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Legal?  Despite Withdrawal Pledge, Trump's Massive Mission Creep in Syria

Legal? Despite Withdrawal Pledge, Trump’s Massive Mission Creep in Syria

Juan Cole

How is fighting Syrian government troops part of the US mission in Syria? Only by virtue of mission creep

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