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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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The Arab Reading of the Petraeus/Allen Affair:  Jill Kelley is Gilberte Khawam, a Lebanese

The Arab Reading of the Petraeus/Allen Affair: Jill Kelley is Gilberte Khawam, a Lebanese

The headlines about the Petraeus affair in the Arab world this morning almost universally read something like “Lebanese woman brings down CIA.” The woman who […]

Juan Cole

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Why did the Press Mythologize Gen. Petraeus in the first place?:  Michael Hastings @ Piers Morgan

Why did the Press Mythologize Gen. Petraeus in the first place?: Michael Hastings @ Piers Morgan

Journalist Michael Hastings asks some quick, sharp questions about press deference to power. Hastings is the author of The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Commander Gen. John Allen Investigated; Meanwhile, Afghanistan sinking

Afghanistan Commander Gen. John Allen Investigated; Meanwhile, Afghanistan sinking

The emails to Jill Kelly of Gen. John Allen, US commander in Afghanistan and a friend of ex-CIA chief David Petraeus, are being investigated as […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The Tesla S and World Peace:  Can American Green Energy End the Gulf Oil Wars?

The Tesla S and World Peace: Can American Green Energy End the Gulf Oil Wars?

Petroleum makes the world go round, with 70% of it used to power automobiles. About a fifth of the world’s 90 million barrels a day […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Juan Cole: Real Petraeus Failure Was Counter-Insurgency in Iraq, Afghanistan (Democracy Now!)

Juan Cole: Real Petraeus Failure Was Counter-Insurgency in Iraq, Afghanistan (Democracy Now!)

Here is Amy Goodman’s interview with me, which was broadcast on Democracy Now! This morning. Via YouTube here Here is DN’s lead-in: CIA director David […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Drone, Sanctions affecting Medicine, Intensify US-Iran Tensions

Drone, Sanctions affecting Medicine, Intensify US-Iran Tensions

Among President Obama’s first decisions after his reelection was to further increase already severe sanctions on Iran. Just before that, Iran shot at a US […]

Juan Cole

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Bradley Manning would Cop to Wikileaks if Spying, Aiding Enemy charges are Dropped (DemocracyNow!)

Bradley Manning would Cop to Wikileaks if Spying, Aiding Enemy charges are Dropped (DemocracyNow!)

Mirrored from DemocracyNow! Accused U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning has offered to submit a partial guilty plea on charges of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Tracking down Mubarak’s Ill-Gotten Gains (Loveluck)

Tracking down Mubarak’s Ill-Gotten Gains (Loveluck)

Louisa Loveluck writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism In Egypt’s Tahrir Square, the vast fortune of Hosni Mubarak and his inner circle was also […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
On Malala Day, Pakistani Girls chant "I am Malala"

On Malala Day, Pakistani Girls chant “I am Malala”

Pakistan, and people around the world, commemorated yesterday as “Malala Day”, in honor of Malala Yusufzai, who was shot in the head by a Taliban […]

Juan Cole

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