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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts
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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Mohammad Eslami

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

01/11/2026 By Juan Cole

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

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Sistani Endorses Religious Candidates

Sistani Endorses Religious Candidates

Sistani Endorses Religious Candidates 19 Iraqi Soldiers Killed Guerrillas near the town of Adhaim, northeast of Baghdad, mounted a coordinated ambush of Iraqi troops on […]

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How Bush Created Theocracy In Iraq My

How Bush Created Theocracy In Iraq My

How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq My article, “How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq, is now up at TruthDig.com. It begins, “The Bush […]

Juan Cole

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18 Gis Killed In 72 Hours Anti Prison

18 Gis Killed In 72 Hours Anti Prison

18 GIs killed in 72 Hours Anti-Prison Demonstrations in Baghdad From Wednesday to Friday, guerrillas in Iraq killed 18 US troops. The most tragic single […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Gather At Ramadi Us Riposte

Guerrillas Gather At Ramadi Us Riposte

Guerrillas Gather at Ramadi US Riposte Iraq has banned non-Iraqi Arabs from coming to Iraq in the build-up to the December 15 elections. I think […]

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Questions About Readiness Of Iraqi

Questions About Readiness Of Iraqi

Questions about Readiness of Iraqi Army New US Assault The strategy of the Bush administration in Iraq depends heavily on standing up battle-ready units of […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Achcar Indeed They Are

Guest Editorial Achcar Indeed They Are

Guest Editorial: Achcar & Shalom, on US Withdrawal “Strategic Redeployment” vs. “Out Now” Gilbert Achcar and Stephen R. Shalom Whatever the limitations of Rep. Murtha’s […]

Juan Cole

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Poll Shows Mixed Results For Bush

Poll Shows Mixed Results For Bush

Poll Shows Mixed Results for Bush Highlights of the CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll on Bush and Iraq. It is a very small poll with a whopping […]

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Cole In Salon And Truthdig In Salon

Cole In Salon And Truthdig In Salon

Cole in Salon and Truthdig In Salon.com today, I ask “Did Bush plan to Bomb al-Jazeera?” And present new evidence that Rumsfeld considered the Arabic […]

Juan Cole

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Wilkerson Cheney May Be War Criminal

Wilkerson Cheney May Be War Criminal

Wilkerson: Cheney May be a War Criminal Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff of Colin Powell, told the BBC that Vice President Dick Cheney may […]

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