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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East
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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East

Juan Cole

I was welcomed onto David Lin’s Podcast, “The David Lin Report” to talk about Gaza, the Middle East and the US-China rivalry. Embedded video and […]

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Will global Support for Palestine force Israel to honour Ceasefire in Gaza?

Will global Support for Palestine force Israel to honour Ceasefire in Gaza?

10/23/2025 By Open Democracy

Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders

Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders

10/23/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"

Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"

Iranian authorities maintained that they counted the ballots of a nationwide election in June in only about 10 hours and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad immediately claimed victory, […]

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Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program

Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program

Newsweek is reporting that the US intelligence community continues to assess that Iran is not working on getting a nuclear weapon. Iran insists that its […]

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Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’

Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’

Note: Revised 9/21/09 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a sermon on Friday for “Jerusalem Day” that is full of the most vile crackpot anti-Semitism that can […]

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Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80

Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80

A suicide bomber used a huge truck bomb to blow up the market in the Shiite village of Ustarzai, Kohat District, killing 33 and wounding […]

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6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded

6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded

Guerrillas attacked an Italian convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 6 Italian troops and 10 Afghan civilians, and wounding over 50 others. Italian PM Silvio […]

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Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea

Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea

President Barack Obama has scrapped an expensive ($56 bn so far) and probably useless “missile shield” program in the Czech Republic and Poland to which […]

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Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin

Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would wait for a while before deciding whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan. The administration is […]

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Goldstone Report Finds Israeli Military Guilty of War Crimes in Gaza

Goldstone Report Finds Israeli Military Guilty of War Crimes in Gaza

The Independent reports that a United Nations fact-finding inquiry has found that Israel committed war crimes during its attack on Gaza last winter, as did […]

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Mullen Calls for More Troops for Afghanistan; UN Mission Split over Election Fraud, May Preserve Karzai

Mullen Calls for More Troops for Afghanistan; UN Mission Split over Election Fraud, May Preserve Karzai

Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a formal about-face when testifying before the Senate Armed Services committee, now speaking […]

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