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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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50 Dead 90 Wounded In Iraq Bombings On

50 Dead, 90 Wounded in Iraq Bombings on Wednesday Morning Qaim Campaign Continues On Wednesday morning, a suicide bomber in a car detonated his payload […]

Juan Cole

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Constitution Drafting Subcommittee

Constitution Drafting Subcommittee

Constitution-Drafting Subcommittee Excludes Sunnis Chalabi to be Pardoned Hamza Hendawi reports that the new government will attempt to use high Sunni officials such as Defense […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda On Trial In Yemen Planned

Al Qaeda On Trial In Yemen Planned

Al-Qaeda on Trial in Yemen Planned Attacks on Americans Reuters reports on the ongoing trial of 8 alleged al-Qaeda members in Yemen. In a dramatic […]

Juan Cole

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Us Releases Enemy Casualty Estimate Of

Us Releases Enemy Casualty Estimate Of

US Releases Enemy Casualty Estimate of 100 The US military is conducting a major operation around Ubaidi, near Qaim on the border with Syria. The […]

Juan Cole

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Bomb Found At Sistanis Home Shiite

Bomb Found At Sistanis Home Shiite

Bomb found at Sistani’s Home Shiite Tensions Rise over Killings AP writes, At least four car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police and […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda In Kuwait Kuwaiti Court

Al Qaeda In Kuwait Kuwaiti Court

Al-Qaeda in Kuwait A Kuwaiti court sentenced 25 radical Muslim fundamentalists for plotting to go to Iraq to fight US troops, or to fund the […]

Juan Cole

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Price Of Failure In Iraq Bob Dreyfuss

Price Of Failure In Iraq Bob Dreyfuss

The Price of Failure in Iraq Bob Dreyfuss writes in Rolling Stone: If it comes to civil war, the disintegration of Iraq will be extremely […]

Juan Cole

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8 Us Servicemen Killed Over Weekend

8 Us Servicemen Killed Over Weekend

8 US Servicemen Killed Over Weekend The NYT reports that guerrillas killed 8 US servicemen in separate incidents over the weekend. On Sunday, bombings in […]

Juan Cole

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Ridley Scotts Kingdom Of Heaven I Saw

Ridley Scotts Kingdom Of Heaven I Saw

Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven I saw Kingdom of Heaven Sunday. The film has many virtues, with its attention to costume and scene. I could […]

Juan Cole

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