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Archives for March 2012

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Top 5 Dangers that the Syria Conflict could Destabilize its Neighbors

Top 5 Dangers that the Syria Conflict could Destabilize its Neighbors

Juan Cole

Aljazeera English (below) asks whether the Syria crisis will spill over onto neighbors and what impact it may have on the region. Aljazeera English reports: In fact, the longer the crisis goes on, the more likely it is that it will have consequences for its neighbors… 5. As Syrian refugees flow into Turkey, the possibility […]

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (73)

Juan Cole

Clouds rolled in  and wept tears on the field. Without wine, purple flowers cannot grow. The greenery provides  pleasant scenery for me today. For whose delight will my remains  nurture grass tomorrow? Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 73

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Happy Palestine Land Day:  Israel Earmarks 10% of West Bank for Settlements: White

Happy Palestine Land Day: Israel Earmarks 10% of West Bank for Settlements: White

Juan Cole

Ben White writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: It has just come out that the Israeli military has earmarked ten percent of the land in the Occupied West bank for Israeli settlements. In addition, the Israeli government is moving forward with an outrageous plan that will mean the expulsion of tens of thousands […]

Israel/ Palestine
Redirect

Redirect

Juan Cole

The Palestine Land Day post is now here (click)

Islamophobia

Tomgram: John Feffer, Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim

Juan Cole

Those who fervently believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim generally practice their furtive religion in obscure recesses of the Internet…

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Divided Arab League Won’t Call for al-Assad to Step Down

Divided Arab League Won’t Call for al-Assad to Step Down

Juan Cole

The Arab League is meeting in Baghdad for the first time in 22 years, in the absence of long-time fixtures such as Zein El Abidin Ben Ali of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Muammar Qaddafi of Libya, and Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen– all overthrown by the popular uprisings of 2011-12. Of the remaining two […]

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Scalia and the Uninsured Children (Cartoon)

Scalia and the Uninsured Children (Cartoon)

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (96): Against Astrology

Juan Cole

The good and bad that are in human nature, the joy and grief that are in fate and destiny– do not attribute them to the movement of heavenly bodies; for according to the path of science, the stars are a thousand times more helpless than you. Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 96

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Medvedev slams Romney for “Number one Enemy” Slur

Juan Cole

Below, the USG Open Source Center translates an article from Russian about President Dmitry Medvedev’s reaction to Mitt Romney calling Russia the “number one geopolitical foe” of the United States. The Russian leader reminded Romney that the Cold War has been over for a while, suggested that he has seen too many Hollywood movies, and […]

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