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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Jamiol’s World

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Egypt
Will Russell Crowe as Noah help Egypt Separate Religion and State?

Will Russell Crowe as Noah help Egypt Separate Religion and State?

(By Juan Cole) Darren Aronofski’s biblical epic “Noah” is already provoking controversy in the Muslim world, and has been preemptively banned in three Gulf states. […]

Juan Cole

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Bill O'Reilly says Muslims will Diss Hillary; but 8 Muslim Countries Chose Female Leaders

Bill O’Reilly says Muslims will Diss Hillary; but 8 Muslim Countries Chose Female Leaders

(By Juan Cole) Bill O’Reilly maintains that one downside of having a woman president is that Muslims won’t respect her. For Mr. O’Reilly’s information, here […]

Juan Cole

CIA
CIA: Only Spied On Senate Because They Took Documents Proving We Lied

CIA: Only Spied On Senate Because They Took Documents Proving We Lied

Earlier this week, we wrote about the accusations that the CIA was spying on Senate staffers on the Senate Intelligence Committee as they were working on a massive $40 million 6,300 pages report condemning the CIA’s torture program. The DOJ is apparently…

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Sunni Representation Imperiled in Iraq if al-Anbar can't/ won't Vote

Sunni Representation Imperiled in Iraq if al-Anbar can’t/ won’t Vote

(By Mustafa Habib) Events in Anbar mean that it will be very difficult for the people of the province to vote in the upcoming general […]

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India
India's Elections:  Religious Nationalism and the Future of Democracy

India’s Elections: Religious Nationalism and the Future of Democracy

(via The Economist) Elections in India: Carnival of democracy (via The Economist) LET the contest begin. On March 5th India’s electoral commission, at last, set […]

Juan Cole

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Censorship:  Turkish PM, President tangle over Bruited ban on Facebook, Youtube

Censorship: Turkish PM, President tangle over Bruited ban on Facebook, Youtube

(By Juan Cole) President Abdullah Gul has rejected a suggestion by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey might ban Facebook and Twitter. Nearly half of […]

Juan Cole

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The Tea Party Congress Slashed Childrens' Food Stamps but secretly Protected Pentagon Budget

The Tea Party Congress Slashed Childrens’ Food Stamps but secretly Protected Pentagon Budget

(By Mattea Kramer) Washington is pushing the panic button, claiming austerity is hollowing out our armed forces and our national security is at risk. That […]

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Israel
Israel West Bank Squatter population grows over 4%

Israel West Bank Squatter population grows over 4%

Israel’s settler population in the occupied West Bank increased by 4.2 percent in 2013, interior ministry figures show, as US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians falter over the settlement issue. The number of settlers living in the West Bank rose…

Juan Cole

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