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When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense
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When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense

Mitchell Zimmerman

Kristi Noem’s Preposterous Lies About the Killing Confirm That ICE Encourages Agent Violence

A Cruel Truce:  Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

01/16/2026 By Binoy Kampmark

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Women's Vote: Does it Go Far Enough?

Saudi Women’s Vote: Does it Go Far Enough?

The surprise announcement on Sunday by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that women will be allowed to vote in and run for office in the […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Greater Middle East Turns More Dangerous for US

Greater Middle East Turns More Dangerous for US

Here are some troubling reports suggesting trouble ahead for the United States in the Greater Middle East, and, indeed, trouble for the region internally: 1. […]

Juan Cole

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Palestine, Bahrain and US Hyprocrisy

Palestine, Bahrain and US Hyprocrisy

Brazen hypocrisy most often deeply damages the reputation, whether of a person or of a country. President Barack Obama appears to have thought that he […]

Juan Cole

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Strange Satellite Craze

Strange Satellite Craze

The NASA satellite re-entering earth orbit late Friday has caused a sensation for some strange reason. Maybe because people have heard that it is 6 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas goes to the UN

Mahmoud Abbas goes to the UN

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestine Authority will give a major speech on Friday at the United Nations in conjunction with his planned request to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Denies calling for Syrian President’s Resignation

Iraq Denies calling for Syrian President’s Resignation

According to Agence France Presse’s Arabic service, Ali Moussawi, the spokesman for the office of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is now denying that he told […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Rabbani's Assassination Sharpens Afghanistan Contradictions

Rabbani’s Assassination Sharpens Afghanistan Contradictions

Burhan al-Din Rabbani’s assassination late Tuesday was a further signal that things are going very badly in Afghanistan. Rabbani is a former president of Afghanistan […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyan Transitional Troops enter Sabha

Libyan Transitional Troops enter Sabha

Reuters reports that Libyan troops of the new government have taken the airport of the southern desert city of Sabha, a key site on the […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s Tax Critics:  Political Doggerel of the Day

Obama’s Tax Critics: Political Doggerel of the Day

The Tea Party tore into Obama for staging a taxation drama. They would rather he cut doctor visits somewhat and save millionaires from such trauma.

Juan Cole

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