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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure

There are 120 prisoners at the extra-legal concentration camp at Guantanamo Bey. 44 are on hunger strike and being force-fed against their will, in contravention […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t

Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t

Update: The death toll in the deadly incident outside the Republican Guards barracks in Cairo has risen to over 50, with 300 wounded. Firm details […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?

Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?

Andrew Miller points out that European companies afraid of US industrial espionage just got far less likely to use American internet companies for communications and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines?  Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars

And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines? Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars

Train cars carrying petroleum became unmoored and rolled seven miles before jacknifing and exploding, inflicting heavy damage on the town of Lac Megantic in Quebec. […]

Juan Cole

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Breadcrumbs and Circus Reruns:  How and why US News gave Egypt Short Shrift (Cunningham)

Breadcrumbs and Circus Reruns: How and why US News gave Egypt Short Shrift (Cunningham)

Philip J. Cunningham writes in a guest column for IC When the Roman empire fell into decline, the people were treated to bread and circuses. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: 8 Wounded in Clashes as Salafi Fundamentalists Object to Elbaradei as PM

Egypt: 8 Wounded in Clashes as Salafi Fundamentalists Object to Elbaradei as PM

Amid a general calming on Saturday in Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula remained a hot spot, when a gas pipeline was bombed, probably by Muslim radicals […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Evo Morales of Bolivia joins in Offering Leaker Snowden Asylum

Evo Morales of Bolivia joins in Offering Leaker Snowden Asylum

Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, on Saturday said that he would offer Edward Snowden asylum if asked. He joins the presidents of Venezuela and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Egypt: Fundamentalists hurl Kids from Building, Beat Them (Caution: Explicit)

Egypt: Fundamentalists hurl Kids from Building, Beat Them (Caution: Explicit)

This video is circulating via YouTube showing two kids being hurled from what looks like a 20-feet-high parapet to the roof of an apartment building […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Brotherhood, Army risk Civil War: 30 Dead, Hundreds Wounded

Brotherhood, Army risk Civil War: 30 Dead, Hundreds Wounded

Egypt veered sharply toward the looming specter of civil war on Friday, as the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood continued to call for resistance to […]

Juan Cole

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