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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Falsity of Nuclear Accusation against Iraq Was Known before Bush’s Invasion

Falsity of Nuclear Accusation against Iraq Was Known before Bush’s Invasion

As we approach the ten year anniversary of the launching of George W. Bush’s war on Iraq, it is worth my pointing out that I […]

Juan Cole

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Bradley Manning Explains his Leaks in his own Voice in new Tape (Goodman)

Bradley Manning Explains his Leaks in his own Voice in new Tape (Goodman)

Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! airs excerpts from a leaked interview in which Bradley Manning for the first time since his arrest can be heard explaining […]

Juan Cole

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Everybody Leaks in Washington: What the Bradley Manning Trial Tells us about a Broken System (Schanzer)

DAVID SCHANZER writes at ISLAMiCOMMENTARY When you cut through the bluster and controversies surrounding the Bradley Manning/Wikileaks case, it raises a difficult unresolved question that […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Regime running out of Troops as Britain Threatens to arm Rebels

Syrian Regime running out of Troops as Britain Threatens to arm Rebels

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that he would veto the renewal of a European Union ban on weapons exports to Syria, and hinted […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Pakistan, Iran defy US Sanctions to Inaugurate Gas Pipeline

Pakistan, Iran defy US Sanctions to Inaugurate Gas Pipeline

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari on Monday inaugurated a gas pipeline that will supply Pakistani cities with Iranian natural gas. […]

Juan Cole

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Uh, Segregated Buses aren't the Issue on the West Bank, Folks

Uh, Segregated Buses aren’t the Issue on the West Bank, Folks

Russia Today reports on the controversy over Israel’s segregated bus lines for Palestinians coming in and out of the West Bank. UAE’s The National has […]

Juan Cole

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Saudis gone Wild

Saudis gone Wild

Saudi revelers put the “fire” in “celebratory fire”:

Juan Cole

Energy
Japan on the Anniversary of Fukushima: Anger, Protests and Hope

Japan on the Anniversary of Fukushima: Anger, Protests and Hope

On the two-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, 40,000 people rallied in downtown Tokyo against the current conservative government’s plans to start back up Japan’s […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks

Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks

Once again, the erratic president of Afghanistan, had US officials shaking their heads in disbelief after he gave a speech while Secretary of Defense Chuck […]

Juan Cole

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