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Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”
Donald Trump

Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”

Juan Cole

Trump now has a similar choice, of whether he wants to spend trillions of dollars on a Napoleonic gamble in Iran.

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

02/19/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

02/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Meyer: After Bin Laden: Israel & Middle East Peace

Meyer: After Bin Laden: Israel & Middle East Peace

Carlyn Meyer writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: I recently returned from a trip to Israel and the West Bank. I am not […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Arab Spring comes to Israel

The Arab Spring comes to Israel

Contrary to the line taken by the Israeli leadership, the Palestinian protests on May 15, Nakba Day, were not an Iranian or Syrian plot but […]

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Why was Strauss-Kahn Arrested but W. & Cheney went Free?

Why was Strauss-Kahn Arrested but W. & Cheney went Free?

What is it about the United States that makes for harsh prosecutions over sex crimes but lets leaders off the hook when it comes to […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistani Parliament Reacts against US Incursions

Pakistani Parliament Reacts against US Incursions

Pakistan’s elected parliament held a 10-hour session on Friday and decided at the end of it that US incursions, including drone strikes, into Pakistan must […]

Juan Cole

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The Koch Brothers and the End of  State Universities

The Koch Brothers and the End of State Universities

The real scandal around the endowment by the Koch brothers of two chairs at Florida State University is that state universities now have to seek […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Women Protest, Mourn in Liberated Misrata as UK Pledges Aid

Women Protest, Mourn in Liberated Misrata as UK Pledges Aid

Chairman of the Transitional National Council based in Benghazi, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, met Thursday in London with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Abdel Jalil said […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Stewart Skewers Bushies for claiming Bin Laden Credit

Stewart Skewers Bushies for claiming Bin Laden Credit

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show makes fun of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice, Doug Feith and other figures from the Bush administration to […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Bin Laden was Operational Leader

Bin Laden was Operational Leader

Kimberly Dozier of the Associated Press got the scoop. USG analysts going through the material captured at Usamah Bin Laden’s residence in Abbotabad described to […]

Juan Cole

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FBI admits to Protecting spying Telecoms from Lawsuits

FBI admits to Protecting spying Telecoms from Lawsuits

So, the Bush administration was caught with its pants down, spying on thousands of Americans without a warrant, with the complicity of telecom corporations. So […]

Juan Cole

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