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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico

Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army?  It is our Best Hope for Getting Out

Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army? It is our Best Hope for Getting Out

With the Qur’an-burning scandal, the Panjwai massacre, repeated demonstrations against the United States, and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai’s increasingly strident anti-American pronouncements, it seems clear […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, A New Age of Enemies

Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, A New Age of Enemies

By now, you’d think we’d be entering the end of the 9/11 era…

Juan Cole

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Paul Conroy Speaks at Syria Rally in London (Covered Baba Amr)

Paul Conroy Speaks at Syria Rally in London (Covered Baba Amr)

British journalist Paul Conroy, who covered the Baba Amr massacre in Homs from the scene, speaks at a London rally against the Syrian Baath regime:

Juan Cole

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India Trade Delegation Bucks US Sanctions on Iran

India Trade Delegation Bucks US Sanctions on Iran

A major Indian trade delegation to Iran has pronounced the trip a success. The development underscores how difficult it will be for the Obama administration […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Ignores [Reprint Edn.]

Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Ignores [Reprint Edn.]

Rick Santorum is claiming that if he wins the Illinois primary, he has virtually won the Republican nomination. It seems an appropriate time for this […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Top 7 Ways Bin Laden Underestimated Joe Biden

Top 7 Ways Bin Laden Underestimated Joe Biden

Captured documents from Usamah Bin Laden’s Abbottabad hideout show that the terrorist leader urged an associate to attempt to assassinate President Barack Obama so that […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (65)

Omar Khayyam (65)

Even though my sins  have jinxed me and made me unlovely I have not lost hope, like a pagan in his temple. But in the […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Despite Negative Hype, Green Energy Revenues Rapidly Expanding

Despite Negative Hype, Green Energy Revenues Rapidly Expanding

Solar, wind and biofuels saw global revenue expand by 31% in 2011. With all the negative hype put out by Big Oil and its acolytes, […]

Juan Cole

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