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A Triple Entente?  Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact
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A Triple Entente? Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact

Juan Cole

Allies of the US in the Middle East no longer trust Washington to protect them from Israel

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

01/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

01/19/2026 By The Conversation

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300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

Some 300,000 violent crimes are committed each year in the US with the aid of a firearm.. One of the arguments for not banning the […]

Juan Cole

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The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com (excerpt Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the […]

Juan Cole

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If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

Police are concluding that the semi-automatic rifle with 100-round drum attached used by the Aurora shooter jammed. He was then forced to use his Glock […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

On Saturday and Sunday, the Free Syrian Army launched attacks on government facilities and personnel in Aleppo, with fighting raging in several districts of the […]

Juan Cole

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“On the Back of a Camel” (Renoir Painting)

“On the Back of a Camel” (Renoir Painting)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) A dos de chameau signed ‘Renoir.’ (lower right) oil on canvas 28 3/8 x 29½ in. (72 x 75 cm.) Painted in […]

Juan Cole

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Omar Khayyam (312) “let’s not fret about tomorrow’s grief”

Omar Khayyam (312) “let’s not fret about tomorrow’s grief”

Old friend, come on and let’s not fret  about tomorrow’s grief today; let’s spend this instant’s cash in hand– because tomorrow when we pass away from this decrepit […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Assad in Spandex(Political Cartoon)

Al-Assad in Spandex(Political Cartoon)

Juan Cole

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On the superiority of organized masses over desperate men with guns (Martin Luther King Jr Poster)

On the superiority of organized masses over desperate men with guns (Martin Luther King Jr Poster)

Juan Cole

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58 Murders a year by Firearms in Britain, 8,775 in US

58 Murders a year by Firearms in Britain, 8,775 in US

Updated Number of Murders, United States, 2010: 12,996 Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2010: 8,775 Number of Murders, Britain, 2011*: 638 (Since Britain’s population […]

Juan Cole

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