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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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Hillary develops Foot in Mouth Disease on Dumping al-Maliki

Hillary develops Foot in Mouth Disease on Dumping al-Maliki

PM Nuri al-Maliki responded to Senator Carl Levin’s (D-Michigan) call for him to be unseated, and Bush’s failure to support him on Tuesday by unwisely […]

Juan Cole

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Fox does unto Iran as it Did unto Iraq

Fox does unto Iran as it Did unto Iraq

Rupert Murdoch wants to kill your 18 year-olds in a fruitless war with Iran. Robert Greenwald’s video shows how Faux Cable News is running the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bush, Sistani back off Support for al-Maliki; Iraq, Syria, seek Energy Cooperation

Bush, Sistani back off Support for al-Maliki; Iraq, Syria, seek Energy Cooperation

When pressed on the future of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Bush declined to back him as forcefully as in the past. He said it was […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
al-Hayat: al-Duri Seeks Political Role, Turns on Salafis

al-Hayat: al-Duri Seeks Political Role, Turns on Salafis

Al-Hayat [Life] reports in Arabic that the Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri wing of the Baath Party (one of four major Baath factions) has decided to break […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Syrian Newspapers Optimistic on al-Maliki Visit

Syrian Newspapers Optimistic on al-Maliki Visit

The USG Open Source Center rounds up Reactions of Syrian Newspapers to the visit to Damascus of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Syrian Papers Expect Al-Maliki’s […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Second Shiite Governor Slain Levin Calls for al-Maliki to be Unseated al-Maliki in Damascus

Second Shiite Governor Slain Levin Calls for al-Maliki to be Unseated al-Maliki in Damascus

Reuters reports that the governor of Muthanna province, Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, was assassinated on Monday by a roadside bomb. This killing was the second in […]

Juan Cole

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Rubin on Herat

Rubin on Herat

See Barnett Rubin’s latest blog entry at the Global Affairs blog, “Return from Herat: Wherein one Pessoptimist Meets Another.”

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: The Poisonous Legacy of Karl Rove

Cole in Salon: The Poisonous Legacy of Karl Rove

My Salon column is out: The poisonous rhetorical legacy of Karl Rove Even Fox’s Chris Wallace wants to know why Bush’s newly departed advisor had […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mortar Shells Kill 10 in downtown Baghdad US Mil organizes Sunni Neighborhood Watch

Mortar Shells Kill 10 in downtown Baghdad US Mil organizes Sunni Neighborhood Watch

The NYT reports that the US military is setting up neighborhood militias in Sunni Arab areas, called “Guardians,” to patrol and curb Salafi Jihadi gangs. […]

Juan Cole

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