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A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran
Dissent

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

Fariba Amini

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

01/26/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

01/26/2026 By Tomdispatch

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Step on it! Impala leaps into truck to escape cheetahs (Video)

Step on it! Impala leaps into truck to escape cheetahs (Video)

Here is the video from South Africa:

Juan Cole

Egypt
The Rebellion Movement Denounces Mansour’s Constitutional Principles as Dictatorial

The Rebellion Movement Denounces Mansour’s Constitutional Principles as Dictatorial

If the Egyptian military and judicial elite thought that they could use the youthful Rebellion Movement, which put three or four million demonstrators in the […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Argentina's President Kirchner: US Industrial Espionage gave me Chills down my Spine

Argentina’s President Kirchner: US Industrial Espionage gave me Chills down my Spine

The relationship between the United States and Latin America may have just plunged to its lowest level since the 1910s and 1920s, the height of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt

Egypt: A People’s Revolution, Not a Crisis or Coup (Nawal El Saadawi)

Nawal El Saadawi Nawal El Saadawi writes at IslamiCommentary (translated by miriam cooke) Every revolution in history has had its counter-revolution. Most recently, internal and […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
FBI Discriminates Against American Muslims & lets White Terrorists Off the Hook (Harwood)

FBI Discriminates Against American Muslims & lets White Terrorists Off the Hook (Harwood)

Matthew Harwood writes at Tomdispatch: The evangelical Christians of Greenville County, South Carolina, are afraid. There has been talk of informants and undercover agents luring […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for ‘Uprising’ as Plan for Elections is Announced

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for ‘Uprising’ as Plan for Elections is Announced

The killing of over 50 Egyptians outside the Republican Guards Barracks on Monday morning continued to roil the country on Monday, as the Freedom and […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Snowden:  I acted because Domestic Spying actually worsened under Obama

Snowden: I acted because Domestic Spying actually worsened under Obama

The Guardian has released part two of the Hong Kong interview with Edward Snowden, in which he clarifies his reasons for going public. He talks […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure

There are 120 prisoners at the extra-legal concentration camp at Guantanamo Bey. 44 are on hunger strike and being force-fed against their will, in contravention […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t

Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t

Update: The death toll in the deadly incident outside the Republican Guards barracks in Cairo has risen to over 50, with 300 wounded. Firm details […]

Juan Cole

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