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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

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Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Iran Quiz

Iran Quiz

Take the Iran Quiz at Countercurrents. (The quiz is based in part on a chapter in my Engaging the Muslim World, which will be revised […]

Juan Cole

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India Urges Kabul not to Deal with Taliban; Logar Protesters Torch NATO Fuel Trucks

India Urges Kabul not to Deal with Taliban; Logar Protesters Torch NATO Fuel Trucks

About 1000 protesters massed in the streets of Pul-i Alam in the central Logar Province on Sunday, angry about a NATO attack that they alleged […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban Resemble Successful Insurgencies

Taliban Resemble Successful Insurgencies

CSM reports on a RAND study by Ben Conable and Martin Libicki of 89 major insurgencies in the 20th century and early 21st, and what […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings in Baghdad target Shiites

Bombings in Baghdad target Shiites

AP reports that guerrillas set off at least 4 car bombs in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 69 persons and wounding hundreds. The target […]

Juan Cole

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Netanyahu Commits to Colonizing East Jerusalem;  First Palestinian Expelled under new Policy

Netanyahu Commits to Colonizing East Jerusalem; First Palestinian Expelled under new Policy

The new Israeli policy of deporting Palestinians from the West Bank on arbitrary grounds has kicked in with Ahmad Sabah, who has just been deported […]

Juan Cole

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In honor of Earth Day:  Green Guide for Muslims

In honor of Earth Day: Green Guide for Muslims

Amr Khalid, the wildly popular Egyptian Muslim preacher, may not be very progressive on women’s issues, but he is promoting a ‘Green Guide for Muslims’ […]

Juan Cole

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South Park Controversy and Fallacies of Muslim Extremists

South Park Controversy and Fallacies of Muslim Extremists

This CNN report on the veiled threat made by an obscure, fringe American Muslim website against the creators of the South Park cartoon shows an […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Dear Europe from Gazans

Dear Europe from Gazans

“Dear Europe, sorry about the ash cloud over your heads and that you can’t travel anywhere. We feel just the same.” Gaza

Juan Cole

Iraq
Secret Prison Revelations may Hurt al-Maliki’s bid for Reelection

Secret Prison Revelations may Hurt al-Maliki’s bid for Reelection

The announcement of the discovery of a secret prison in Baghdad where Sunni Arabs suspected of involvement in guerrilla activities were held and sometimes tortured […]

Juan Cole

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