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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew

Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew

Middle East Monitor | – – Egypt has deported a British journalist working for The Times, the newspaper said on Saturday, describing an “increasingly oppressive […]

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Climate Change
Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding

Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Emma Foehringer Merchant at Greentech Media reports that the GOP Congress defied Trump’s priorities on green […]

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Iraq
Where did ISIL go?  Is it regrouping for an Iraq Comeback?

Where did ISIL go? Is it regrouping for an Iraq Comeback?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – The honeymoon is over: After celebrating victory over the extremist [so-called] Islamic State group, Iraqi security […]

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Iraq War
The Ongoing Crushing Costs for Americans of the Iraq War

The Ongoing Crushing Costs for Americans of the Iraq War

By Stephanie Savell | (Otherwords.org) | – – Americans spend $32 million per hour on wars started during the Bush administration. This March marked the […]

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Donald Trump
Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman bragged about his close relationship with Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to […]

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Let's call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just "Hawkish"

Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred […]

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Israel/ Palestine
More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

Middle East Monitor | – – Two new UK universities have joined Israeli Apartheid Week this year, further increasing the reach of the global event. […]

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Arms Sales
US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia bought the almost 7,000 TOW missiles – plus an additional 96 for training purposes – for a total of […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

By Nate Terani | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Understand this: I’m an American veteran. I’m also a Muslim-American in a country in which, in […]

Juan Cole

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