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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

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British Troop Drawdown from Basra

British Troop Drawdown from Basra

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Monday to pull 3,000 British troops out of Basra by March of 2008, leaving only 2500, with those […]

Juan Cole

University of St. Thomas Law School Protests Exclusion of Desmond Tutu

University of St. Thomas Law School Protests Exclusion of Desmond Tutu

University of St. Thomas Law School faculty weighs in on the refusal of a speaking invitation to Archbishop Desmond Tutu (pacifist, anti-Apartheid activist and winner […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki: Blackwater Guards Murderers Obama Slams Private Security Firms PKK Kills 13 Turkish Troops

Al-Maliki: Blackwater Guards Murderers Obama Slams Private Security Firms PKK Kills 13 Turkish Troops

According to the NYT, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office on Sunday accused the Blackwater security company of deliberately murdering civilians. Spokesman Ali Dabbagh said that […]

Juan Cole

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Forewarned Is Forearmed: Bush On Iran

Forewarned Is Forearmed: Bush On Iran

Courtesy R. J. Eidelson at YouTube.

Juan Cole

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Fadlallah: Arab States Should not Allow US to use them Against Iran

Fadlallah: Arab States Should not Allow US to use them Against Iran

The USG Open Source Center summarizes the statements of Lebanese Shiite leader Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah concerning what he sees as an American push to set […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Dhari Calls for Dialogue with al-Qaeda; al-Hakim/ Sadr Pact?

Al-Dhari Calls for Dialogue with al-Qaeda; al-Hakim/ Sadr Pact?

In an interview on Aljazeera on Friday, Shaikh Harith al-Dhari of the Association for Muslims Scholars called on Iraqi tribal fighters to cease attacking “al-Qaeda […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Sermons Call for Sunni-Shiite Unity Condemn Biden Plan

Iraq Sermons Call for Sunni-Shiite Unity Condemn Biden Plan

The USG Open Source Center translates passages from Friday sermons carried on Iraqi television: Round-up of Iraqi Friday Sermons 5 OctIraq — OSC SummarySaturday, October […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadrists Accuse Badr of Assassinations US Airstrike Kills 25

Sadrists Accuse Badr of Assassinations US Airstrike Kills 25

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that tensions have heated up in the Shiite South between the Sadr Movement and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (which […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq: Shiite Bloc Distances Itself from Controversial Biden Resolution

Iraq: Shiite Bloc Distances Itself from Controversial Biden Resolution

The USG Open Source Center reports on the way that the United Iraqi Alliance, the largest Shiite bloc, led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the […]

Juan Cole

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