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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

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Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

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Maliki breaks with, Jails Mahdi Army 300 Arrested in Karbala

Maliki breaks with, Jails Mahdi Army 300 Arrested in Karbala

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the arrest of 300 persons in Karbala connected to the Mahdi Army on Friday, blaming it for the outbreak of […]

Juan Cole

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Rubin on Hostage Release, Drug Policy in Afghanistan

Rubin on Hostage Release, Drug Policy in Afghanistan

Here’s some light reading for your Labor Day weekend. Afghanistan is pretty clearly becoming a problem for the US diplomatically and militarily of a major […]

Juan Cole

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Arguments over Night of the Living Dead in Iraq

Arguments over Night of the Living Dead in Iraq

A Government Accounting Office report has found that the Iraqi government has not met 13 of 18 benchmarks set by the US Congress. The report […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Nation: Corruption the Norm in Iraqi Gov’t USG Reports Al-Maliki has Impeded investigations

The Nation: Corruption the Norm in Iraqi Gov’t USG Reports Al-Maliki has Impeded investigations

The Nation has gotten hold of a secret USG report that says that profound corruption is the norm in the Iraqi government. The intrepid David […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?

Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?

Barnett Rubin relays a message from a well-connected friend in Washington on the Cheney Administration’s plans to roll out a military confrontation with Iran in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sistani Aides Held by JAM Muqtada freezes Paramilitary for 6 months

Sistani Aides Held by JAM Muqtada freezes Paramilitary for 6 months

Two senior aides to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani–Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i and Ahmad al-Safi– were kidnapped on Tuesday by the Mahdi Army and are still being […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Akhavi on Neocolonialism

Akhavi on Neocolonialism

Khody Akhavi at IPS covers my talk last Friday at the New America Foundation, on my book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East. He writes: […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Shiite Militia Clashes at Karbala Killl 52, Wound 206 Mahdi Army Rampage against SIIC offices in Baghdad

Shiite Militia Clashes at Karbala Killl 52, Wound 206 Mahdi Army Rampage against SIIC offices in Baghdad

Clashes between rival militias in the Shiite holy city of Karbala left some 52 dead and 206 wounded on Tuesday, according to late reports from […]

Juan Cole

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Bush, Ahmadinejad Trade Barbs Iranian Delegates Arrested, Released by US

Bush, Ahmadinejad Trade Barbs Iranian Delegates Arrested, Released by US

First Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran was read to step into the vacuum when the US was forced out of Iraq. He oddly […]

Juan Cole

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