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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

01/07/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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Islamophobia
Palin on the Ground Zero Mosque vs. the Founding Fathers

Palin on the Ground Zero Mosque vs. the Founding Fathers

Sarah Palin tweeted, “Ground Zero mosque supporters, doesn’t it stab you in the heart as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls. refudiate.” […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
NATO Secretly Planning to Leave Afghanistan by 2014;<br/> 5 NATO Troops Killed

NATO Secretly Planning to Leave Afghanistan by 2014;
5 NATO Troops Killed

The Afghanistan War claimed another 5 NATO troops, it was announced Saturday, two of them American and two British. Taliban blew up the gate of […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Cleric Blames US in Mosque Bombing

Iranian Cleric Blames US in Mosque Bombing

Tabnak reports in Persian on the bombing of the chief Shiite mosque in Zahedan, the capital of the largely Sunni Sistan and Baluchistan Province in […]

Juan Cole

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Was Amiri a Double Agent who Hyped Iran's Nukes?

Was Amiri a Double Agent who Hyped Iran’s Nukes?

The saga of Shahram Amiri points to a real danger for world peace and prosperity, with the disturbing possibility now emerging that he was a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Libyan Aid Ship Extracts Concessions from Israel; <br/> Resumption of House Demolitions in Jerusalem

Libyan Aid Ship Extracts Concessions from Israel;
Resumption of House Demolitions in Jerusalem

Al-Sharq al-Awsat [The Middle East] reports in Arabic that the Libyan aid ship, Amaltheal (“Hope” or Amal in Arabic) docked late Wednesday at al-Arish in […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Global Warming and al-Qaeda in the Greater Indian Ocean

Global Warming and al-Qaeda in the Greater Indian Ocean

Politico says that the fate of the earth, i.e. the climate bill in the senate, is now in the hands of Sen. Jeff Bingaman of […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
8 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan in 24 Hours

8 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan in 24 Hours

8 American troops have died in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. One of the operations involved a suicide bombing at the gates of an […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban Grant Renegade Afghan Soldier, Killer of 3 British Troops, Asylum

Taliban Grant Renegade Afghan Soldier, Killer of 3 British Troops, Asylum

A soldier in the Afghanistan National Army based in Helmand province, at a joint base with the British 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, went berserk […]

Juan Cole

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Lockerbie Bomber released for Sake of BP Libya Drilling Rights

Lockerbie Bomber released for Sake of BP Libya Drilling Rights

The Times of London reports on two leaked memos from the British government under Labor Prime Minister Gordon Brown that strongly suggest that the Libyan […]

Juan Cole

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