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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025:  The US and the Middle East
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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

The big victors in the rise of a Lebanon-Syria-Jordan Sunni Crescent are Turkiye and the Sunni Arab Gulf monarchies

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Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

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Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

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Iraq: US dismayed Shiite Gov't hasn't Armed Sunni Tribes fighting ISIL

Iraq: US dismayed Shiite Gov’t hasn’t Armed Sunni Tribes fighting ISIL

By Juan Cole The pan-Arab London daily Hayat [Life] reports that members of the al-Anbar provincial council say they have met with American officials who […]

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Is ISIL's Ideology really Grounded in Saudi Textbooks?

Is ISIL’s Ideology really Grounded in Saudi Textbooks?

By Emile Nakhleh WASHINGTON (IPS) – According to an article published Oct. 21 on Al-Monitor, the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has issued new regulations […]

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Why are Berkeley Students Protesting Bill Maher as Commencement Speaker?

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AJ+ “Bill Maher is scheduled to be the guest speaker at UC Berkeley’s fall graduation this December. But despite the university’s reputation for free speech, […]

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Surprise:  Since Billionaires caused Crash of 2009, Their Numbers have Doubled

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Iraq:  Grand Ayatollah Sistani joins Hagel in calling for Arming Sunni Tribes of al-Anbar

Iraq: Grand Ayatollah Sistani joins Hagel in calling for Arming Sunni Tribes of al-Anbar

By Juan Cole Al-Zaman (The Times of Baghdad reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistan is calling, just as is US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, […]

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Halloween Poetry:   W. B. Yeats,  "All Souls' Night"

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All Souls’ Night By W.B. Yeats Midnight has come and the great Christ Church bell And many a lesser bell sound through the room; And […]

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