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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability
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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability

Juan Cole

The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

01/23/2026 By The Conversation

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

01/23/2026 By William D. Hartung

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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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How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?

How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?

Police in Aurora, Colorado say that they do not think that James Holmes had an accomplice. Of course he had an accomplice. He had lots […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas

Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas

Free Syria exists along Syria’s borders with Turkey and Iraq. The Free Syrian Army, somewhat to my surprise, is beginning to take and hold territory, […]

Juan Cole

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“A View Toward Hamamet” Tunisia (Paul Klee Painting)

“A View Toward Hamamet” Tunisia (Paul Klee Painting)

Paul Klee, the Swiss-German modernist painter, experienced epiphanies during the ‘student trip’ he took with two other young artists to Tunisia in 1914. It was […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (209) “those oceans of learning never…”

Omar Khayyam (209) “those oceans of learning never…”

Those oceans of learning and culture           who burned with the light  of science in their day,         […]

Juan Cole

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Your Government’s 92 Million Secrets are Safe . . . from You!  (Engelhardt)

Your Government’s 92 Million Secrets are Safe . . . from You! (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com That Makes No Sense! Your Security’s a Joke (and You’re the Butt of It) By Tom Engelhardt When my daughter […]

Juan Cole

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