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In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla
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In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez in Spain announced that it would dispatch a rescue ship to be […]

Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a Mission to Realize a Greater Israel?

Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a Mission to Realize a Greater Israel?

09/25/2025 By The Conversation

Kimmel Saga no Laughing Matter: Trump and the North Koreanization of America

Kimmel Saga no Laughing Matter: Trump and the North Koreanization of America

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Libya
NATO Refuses Ground Troops for Libya as "Friends" Conference Opens

NATO Refuses Ground Troops for Libya as “Friends” Conference Opens

A NATO official has told Agence France Presse that it is the “firm view” of NATO member states that they reject the idea of sending […]

Juan Cole

Libya
What the UN Can and Cannot do for Libya

What the UN Can and Cannot do for Libya

China and some others have been pushing for a strong United Nations role in Libya, presumably in an attempt to forestall a continuation of the […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi reportedly South of Tripoli as Algeria offers Family Members Safe Passage

Qaddafi reportedly South of Tripoli as Algeria offers Family Members Safe Passage

An Italian news service, Ansa, reported Monday that Muammar Qaddafi, his eldest son Saif, and another son, Saadi (a military commander during the failed attempt […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Lockerbie Bomber in Coma in Tripoli, as retreating Qaddafi Troops use Human Shields

Lockerbie Bomber in Coma in Tripoli, as retreating Qaddafi Troops use Human Shields

CNN’s intrepid Nic Robertson gets the scoop. He discovered that Abdel Basit Ali Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, is in a coma in a villa […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Rebels Consolidate Control over Tripoli as Qaddafi’s Mass Killings Discovered

Rebels Consolidate Control over Tripoli as Qaddafi’s Mass Killings Discovered

The systematic war crimes of the Qaddafi regime continue to be uncovered, with the discovery Saturday in Tripoli of the charred remains of nearly 60 […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Fall of Tripoli Echoes Loudly in Damascus

Fall of Tripoli Echoes Loudly in Damascus

Protesters in Syria have cheered on the revolutionaries in Libya, and the fall of Tripoli to a popular uprising last Saturday and Sunday gave new […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Hurricanes and Global Warming

Hurricanes and Global Warming

With the approach of Hurricane Irene, climate activists are reminding us that more intensive hurricanes are produced by warmer water, so that global warming over […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Adopts Iran’s Backing of Assad

Iraq Adopts Iran’s Backing of Assad

Interview with me, mirrored from The United States Institute of Peace Iran Primer. Q. What impact will the call by the United States and major […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
How to Avoid Bush’s Iraq Mistakes in Libya

How to Avoid Bush’s Iraq Mistakes in Libya

The illegal American invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation was so epochal a catastrophe that it spawned a negative phrase in Arabic, “to Iraqize” or […]

Juan Cole

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