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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed
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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi’a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump’s “unjust war”

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

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As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

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Top Ten Reasons East Jerusalem does not belong to Jewish-Israelis

Top Ten Reasons East Jerusalem does not belong to Jewish-Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the American Israel Public Affairs Council on Monday that “Jerusalem is not a settlement.” He continued that the historical […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki calls for Recount, warns of renewed bloodshed; Is Iraq slipping into Semi-Authoritarianism?

Maliki calls for Recount, warns of renewed bloodshed; Is Iraq slipping into Semi-Authoritarianism?

I’m all for holding elections. But the US right wing misunderstands elections as equalling democracy, which they do not. In fact, what we have seen […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei Blames Obama for post-election Disturbances Demands non-intervention as prerequisite to improved ties

Khamenei Blames Obama for post-election Disturbances Demands non-intervention as prerequisite to improved ties

The USG Open Source Center summarizes the address of Leader Ali Khamenei of Iran on the occasion of the Persian New Year, in which he […]

Juan Cole

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Can US catch up to Iran in Providing Health Care to Least Privileged?

Can US catch up to Iran in Providing Health Care to Least Privileged?

Proponents of unregulated capitalism, or if you will, the ‘free market,’ maintain that it provides a better life for all than do other systems. This […]

Juan Cole

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Jenkins: Bible Far More Violent than Qur’an

Jenkins: Bible Far More Violent than Qur’an

Philip Jenkins studied violence in the Bible and in the Qur’an, and found that the Bible is ‘far more violent.’ This conclusion is obvious to […]

Juan Cole

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Public left Cold by GOP opposition to Health Care Reform

Public left Cold by GOP opposition to Health Care Reform

Daily Kos analyzes a Kaiser poll showing that a majority of Americans does not care one way or another that the Republican Party opposes heath […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Addresses Iran Again on Persian New Year; Mousavi pledges to fight on; Call for Release of Derakhshan, 'Blogfather'

Obama Addresses Iran Again on Persian New Year; Mousavi pledges to fight on; Call for Release of Derakhshan, ‘Blogfather’

Today Iranians mark Now Ruz, their ancient New Year’s day, celebrated on the vernal equinox (which most often falls on March 21 but sometimes, as […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Aljazeera English re: Iraq

Cole on Aljazeera English re: Iraq

For the seventh anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War, Jasim al-Azzawi interviews Juergen Todenhoefer and myself: End/ (Not Continued)

Juan Cole

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Jon Stewart on Weeping Beck

Jon Stewart on Weeping Beck

Jon Stewart uses satire to point to the real dangers of Glenn Beck’s demagoguery (brought to you by the world’s most evil billionaire, Rupert Murdoch) […]

Juan Cole

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