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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

07/02/2025 By Open Democracy

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

07/02/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Israel/ Palestine
Israelis Jettison Peace Talks in Favor of Massive Land Theft; Brazil, Argentina Recognize Palestinian State

Israelis Jettison Peace Talks in Favor of Massive Land Theft; Brazil, Argentina Recognize Palestinian State

The victory of the Republican right wing in the November elections for the House of Representatives has allowed the Israeli government to simply refuse to […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why our Afghanistan War Dead don’t Seem to be News

Why our Afghanistan War Dead don’t Seem to be News

Tom Engelhardt makes an argument for why the US casualties in Afghanistan are nowadays virtually ignored by television news and get buried in the back […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Cole in Truthdig:  Iran is Winning, Israel Losing

Cole in Truthdig: Iran is Winning, Israel Losing

My new column is out in Truthdig: Leaks Suggest Iran Is Now Winning in the Middle East” Excerpt: Iran is winning and Israel is losing. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Official: Israelis Might be Behind attacks by Sharks, which seem to be Beasts of Prey

Egyptian Official: Israelis Might be Behind attacks by Sharks, which seem to be Beasts of Prey

Even shark attacks in the Middle East get caught up in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The fifth victim of a shark attack this week at Sharm […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Horrific Taliban Bombing of Would-Be Pashtun Militiamen

Horrific Taliban Bombing of Would-Be Pashtun Militiamen

The administrative offices of Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal agency were hit by two suicide bombers on motorcycles on Monday, killing as many as 51 persons and […]

Juan Cole

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Map: Pakistan Ethnic Groups

Map: Pakistan Ethnic Groups

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is AIPAC a Wikileaks Operation?

Is AIPAC a Wikileaks Operation?

One of the supreme pieces of hypocrisy in Washington right now is all the politicians crying treason and death penalty on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Dec. 6: Top Ten New Wikileaks on Greater Middle East

Dec. 6: Top Ten New Wikileaks on Greater Middle East

Here are this weekend’s top ten Wikileaks revelations for the Greater Middle East: The US and India wanted to slap United Nations sanctions on Hafiz […]

Juan Cole

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Map: Ethnicities Afghanistan

Map: Ethnicities Afghanistan

Juan Cole

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