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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Juan Cole

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

01/25/2026 By The Conversation

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

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Show Trial of Reformists in Iran

Show Trial of Reformists in Iran

My interview at Rooz Online on Iran is now up. The trial of 100 leading protesters against the announced outcome of the June 12 presidential […]

Juan Cole

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Col. Reese on a Quick Withdrawal

Col. Reese on a Quick Withdrawal

The NYT on Friday published a memo from Col. Timothy R. Reese, Chief, Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team, MND-B, Baghdad, Iraq, in which he argued […]

Juan Cole

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Young Iranian Woman – Email From Tehran

Young Iranian Woman – Email From Tehran

Posted to an email list. I made some minor spelling corrections. This is going to be a slightly disjointed email, I’m sorry in advanced. It’s […]

Juan Cole

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Regime Cracks down Again in Tehran; But Hard Liners Question Brutal Tactics

Regime Cracks down Again in Tehran; But Hard Liners Question Brutal Tactics

The political opposition in Iran held commemorations in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Ahvaz and Rasht for the deaths of protesters at the hands of security forces […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Government takes Control of Camp Ashraf in 2nd Day of Fighting

Iraqi Government takes Control of Camp Ashraf in 2nd Day of Fighting

AFP says that fighting went on for a second day on Wednesday inside the Camp Ashraf compound of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (People’s Holy Warriors or […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Assault on Iranian Dissident Camp shows Growing Power of Shiite Hard Liners; Bank Heist May Signal Bankruptcy of Sunni Guerrillas

Iraq Assault on Iranian Dissident Camp shows Growing Power of Shiite Hard Liners; Bank Heist May Signal Bankruptcy of Sunni Guerrillas

Iraqi security forces from the Ministry of the Interior raided Camp Ashraf, the stronghold of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist cult in eastern Iraq, on […]

Juan Cole

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Cole at Tomdispatch: Frenzy over the Pashtuns of Empire's Frontier

Cole at Tomdispatch: Frenzy over the Pashtuns of Empire’s Frontier

My essay, “Armageddon at the Top of the World: Not!: A Century of Frenzy over the North-West Frontier,” has just been posted at Tomdispatch.com. Excerpt: […]

Juan Cole

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Polk: Waiting for the Obama We Elected: AfPak Wars, Permanent Detainees, and Dennis Ross

Polk: Waiting for the Obama We Elected: AfPak Wars, Permanent Detainees, and Dennis Ross

William R. Polk writes in a guest editorial for IC: Probably like most of you, I am engaged in a daily attempt to make up […]

Juan Cole

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Kurdistan's 'Change' Claims Advance in Sulaimaniya; US Withdrawal From Iraq Could be Affected by Kurdish-Arab Conflict

Kurdistan’s ‘Change’ Claims Advance in Sulaimaniya; US Withdrawal From Iraq Could be Affected by Kurdish-Arab Conflict

On Sunday, the Change List in the Kurdistan Regional Government elections made the startling claim that it had won in Sulaimaniya, a long time stronghold […]

Juan Cole

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