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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?
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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Iran, Israel, the US, Russia, and China are interconnected by rumors of cyberattacks and sabotage By Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Marashi | – Braga, Portugal […]

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman

05/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources isn’t about the Climate

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources isn’t about the Climate

05/12/2025 By Joshua Frank

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Ted Nugent vs. Jon Stewart: Fumigating the Democrat Rats vs. Can't we all Get Along?

Ted Nugent vs. Jon Stewart: Fumigating the Democrat Rats vs. Can’t we all Get Along?

There were lots of political rallies on Saturday, not just the big one on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The Rally to Restore Sanity / […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Saudi Arabia Saves Chicago Synagogue from al-Qaeda Bomb Plot

Saudi Arabia Saves Chicago Synagogue from al-Qaeda Bomb Plot

CNN reports that Saudi intelligence was the source of the information on the tracking numbers of two bomb packets sent by UPS and Fedex from […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Ballot Fraud, Mafia Rule making Afghans Pessimistic: Chayes

Ballot Fraud, Mafia Rule making Afghans Pessimistic: Chayes

I heard Sarah Chayes at the Michigan Theater on Thursday afternoon, speaking on Afghanistan. She is a long time expatriate in Qandahar, where she arrived […]

Juan Cole

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American Noir: Arizona anti-Immigrant Law penned by Private Prison Industry, says NPR

American Noir: Arizona anti-Immigrant Law penned by Private Prison Industry, says NPR

NPR reports that Arizona’s fascist immigration law was cooked up and in large part written by the private prison industry in the state, which saw […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mission Impossible:  Iraq

Mission Impossible: Iraq

Mission Impossible: Government Formation Producer and screenwriter: The United States Starring: Nuri al-Maliki, Iyad Allawi, Ammar al-Hakim, Salih al-Mutlak, Muqtada al-Sadr, Tariq al-Hashimi Sound and […]

Juan Cole

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Scary Tea Party Compilation

Scary Tea Party Compilation

You can’t make this stuff up. Vote Sanity suggests that however angry you might be about the current situation, it is important that you vote […]

Juan Cole

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Obama fails to Galvanize the Youth on Daily Show

Obama fails to Galvanize the Youth on Daily Show

President Obama came on Jon Stewart’s Daily show on Wednesday. This was the president’s chance to rally the youth, who typically don’t vote in midterms. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli extremists Provoke Clashes in Umm al-Fahm

Israeli extremists Provoke Clashes in Umm al-Fahm

The extremist “Our Land of Israel” group that opposes any negotiations with Arabs or relinquishing of conquered territory staged a provocative march Wednesday in Umm […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
On Beating Uppity Liberal Women: Afghanistan and Kentucky

On Beating Uppity Liberal Women: Afghanistan and Kentucky

Afghanistan style (Taliban version): American style (Tea Party version): For more on woman-stomper Tim Profitt and Rand Paul see HuffPo. The episode puts Paul’s youthful […]

Juan Cole

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