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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Juan Cole

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

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Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

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Syria
Obama goes to Congress on Syria as his International Support Collapses

Obama goes to Congress on Syria as his International Support Collapses

People have been asking why President Obama did not go to Congress about Libya but is willing to do so with regard to a much […]

Juan Cole

Gulf
Gulf Arab Press divided on Syria Strike (OSC)

Gulf Arab Press divided on Syria Strike (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center paraphrases items in the Gulf Arab press regarding the US strike on Syria Gulf Press Carries Mixed Reactions to Potential […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Invoking International Law Against Obama: Old Europe, New Europe and NeoCon Fail

Invoking International Law Against Obama: Old Europe, New Europe and NeoCon Fail

Caretaker Czech Prime minister Jiri Rusnok and president Milos Zeman have denounced President Obama’s plans to bomb Syria not just as unwise but as actually […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Military-Ruled Egypt Opposes US Strike on Syria

Military-Ruled Egypt Opposes US Strike on Syria

The newly assertive Egyptian military and the civilian transitional government in Egypt are helping make President Obama’s life difficult. Likely it was Egypt that blocked […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The Ghost of Iraq haunts Obama on Syria as British Parliament Defects

The Ghost of Iraq haunts Obama on Syria as British Parliament Defects

The heavy propaganda for an Iraq War waged by the Bush administration and the Blair government in 2002-2003 came back to haunt the Anglo-American alliance […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Eight things to consider before intervening in Syria (ECFR)

Eight things to consider before intervening in Syria (ECFR)

Anthony Dworkin, Daniel Levy and Julien Barnes-Dacey write for the European Council on Foreign Relations: 1. What are the goals of intervention? All statements coming […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Rush to Western Strike on Syria slows, but does not Stall

Rush to Western Strike on Syria slows, but does not Stall

What is known is that during heavy bombardment of Ghouta in Rif Dimashq on August 21, rockets were fired that did not explode and instead […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance

NSA Spying Abroad isn’t OK Either (Kurzman)

Charles Kurzman writes at ISLAMiCommentary: Caption for graphic: NSAW SID Intelligence Oversight (IO) Quarterly Report – First Quarter Calendar Year 2012 (1 January – 31 […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The Kosovo Fallacy and Syria (Axworthy-Cole Debate)

The Kosovo Fallacy and Syria (Axworthy-Cole Debate)

I was on the CBC’s excellent The Current to discuss former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy’s proposal that Western action in Syria should resemble the […]

Juan Cole

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