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Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam
President Barack Obama conducted a state visit of the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday, visiting the mausoleum of the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Attaturk […]
6 Coordinated Bombings Rip through Shiite Baghdad; 34 Dead, over 100 Wounded
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that guerrillas set off six coordinated bombs in Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing 34 and wounding over 100, and […]
Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU
Barack Obama continues to shake up the world with his new ideas, demonstrating himself again among the more creative and bold leaders the world has […]
Cole on C-Span 2 re: Engaging the Muslim World
My talk at the New America Foundation on the need for a new Western relationship with the Muslim world, in connection with my new book, […]
Turkey Relents on Rasmussen; NATO Sends only 3000 Troops to Afghanistan
Turkey relented on Saturday and agreed to allow Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, to become head of NATO if a Turkish assistant was […]
Silverman: "The Sons of Iraq and Iraqi Politics"
Adam L. Silverman writes in a guest editorial for IC: On 1 April 2009 Juan Cole briefly wrote about the events surrounding the arrest of […]
Turkey Blocks Rasmussen at NATO
The NATO summit is off to a shaky start. It was supposed to elect a new leader, and the Obama administration backed Danish Prime Minister […]
Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq
1. Exaggerating the threat. An Afghan army foot patrol was attacked by guerrillas in Helmand Province on Wednesday, according to AP. US and Afghan soldiers […]
Lieberman and Wiping Countries off the face of the Map
Avigdor Lieberman, the Moldovan night club bouncer, is now foreign minister of Israel. The world has had a lot of fun laughing at the pronouncements […]