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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

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

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Mobs Rampage through Pakistani Cities; Cars, Banks, Gas Stations Torched Sharif’s Party will Boycott Elections

Mobs Rampage through Pakistani Cities; Cars, Banks, Gas Stations Torched Sharif’s Party will Boycott Elections

My column, “With Bhutto gone, does Bush have a Plan B?” is online at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ Pakistan’s future is now murky, and to the […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan’s 2007 Crises Come to a Crescendo; Benazir Assassinated Implications for US Security

Pakistan’s 2007 Crises Come to a Crescendo; Benazir Assassinated Implications for US Security

Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, has been assassinated at a rally held Thursday evening near Islamabad. She appears to have been […]

Juan Cole

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2 US Troops Killed, 3 wounded; Turkey Bombs KRG again; Iraqi Cabinet Proposes Amnesty

2 US Troops Killed, 3 wounded; Turkey Bombs KRG again; Iraqi Cabinet Proposes Amnesty

The banner under all CNN stories on Iraq on Wednesday in the US was “Progress in Iraq 2008,” with the ‘reduction in violence’ the subtext. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007

Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007

10. Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. In a recent ABC News/ Washington Post […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Two Bombings Kill 36 in N. Iraq Iraq Threatens S. Korea on Oil Exports

Two Bombings Kill 36 in N. Iraq Iraq Threatens S. Korea on Oil Exports

Guerrillas in the oil refinery town of Bayji killed at least 26 persons and wounded 80 others with a suicide truck bombing. In Diyala province […]

Juan Cole

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Christmas in Iraq

Christmas in Iraq

There was no midnight mass among Christians in Iraq again this year. Too dangerous. And of the estimated 800,000 Christians in the country in 2002, […]

Juan Cole

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Barzani Slams Turks

Barzani Slams Turks

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Monday lashed out at Turkey for its air strikes on Iraq. Turkey says it hit terror bases. Bush strongly […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey Bombs again; Demo Planned against new Babil Governor

Turkey Bombs again; Demo Planned against new Babil Governor

Turkey bombed northern Iraq again on Sunday, in an apparent attack on suspected bases of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group. Early reports were […]

Juan Cole

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Zogby: Huckabee, Obama Surge

Zogby: Huckabee, Obama Surge

Zogby has just released a national new poll that shows that the proportion of voters who are undecided on both sides of the aisle has […]

Juan Cole

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