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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right
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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right

Juan Cole

Trump’s Gaza plans have no concrete reality, consisting of a mere Potemkin Village: the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza are sleeping rough

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

02/20/2026 By Nicolas J. S. Davies

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

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Egypt
Qaddafi was Linchpin of Corrupt Dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt

Qaddafi was Linchpin of Corrupt Dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt

Abd al-Rahman Shalqam, former foreign minister of Libya, has revealed in an interview with al-Hayat in Arabic that Muammar Qaddafi was central to propping up […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Free Libya Offensive in Brega Begins

Free Libya Offensive in Brega Begins

Update: Midday Monday Libyan time, Free Libya forces announced that the bulk of the Qaddafi brigades at Brega had retreated to Ra’s Lanuf and that […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Opposition Congress in Istanbul Demands al-Asad Step Down

Syrian Opposition Congress in Istanbul Demands al-Asad Step Down

Over 350 Syrian expatriate opposition leaders, from a wide range of political currents, including liberal and Muslim fundamentalist, met in Istanbul Saturday. They had originally […]

Juan Cole

Libya
32 Nations Recognize Free Libya

32 Nations Recognize Free Libya

The 32 nations of the Libya contact group, meeting in Istanbul, have decided to recognize the Transitional National Council in Benghazi as the legitimate government […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Government Backs Down as Tahrir Protesters Gear UP

Egyptian Government Backs Down as Tahrir Protesters Gear UP

The renewed protest movement at Tahrir (“Liberation”) Square in downtown Cairo beginning last Friday, July 8, has pushed the transitional government to make a further […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Cole, ACLU, Sue CIA, FBI seeking Bloggergate Documents

Cole, ACLU, Sue CIA, FBI seeking Bloggergate Documents

Spencer Ackerman at Wired reports on the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit launched on my behalf by the American Civil Liberties Union against the CIA, […]

Juan Cole

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Is Murdoch’s Media Empire a Cult?

Is Murdoch’s Media Empire a Cult?

The scandals besetting billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s British properties simply cannot be ignored in the United States. Murdoch owns a newspaper of record, the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Ahmad Wali Karzai Killing Points to More Instability

Ahmad Wali Karzai Killing Points to More Instability

The murder Tuesday of Ahmad Wali Karzai, the behind-the-scenes authority over Qandahar province and brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, shows the continued instability in […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Clinton: al-Asad has lost Legitimacy after Mobs Storm US, French Embassies

Clinton: al-Asad has lost Legitimacy after Mobs Storm US, French Embassies

The mob attacks on the US and French embassies by ‘pro-regime elements’ in Damascus on Monday provoked a heated response from Secretary of State Hillary […]

Juan Cole

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