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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Asadi on Iran:  “Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact”

Asadi on Iran: “Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact”

Houshang Asadi writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment Iran: Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact The international community’s demand that clemency be shown […]

Juan Cole

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World Cup Death Threats for Paul the Oracle Octopus

World Cup Death Threats for Paul the Oracle Octopus

RT reports on death threats received by Paul the Oracle Octopus from German soccer fans because he correctly predicted Spain’s victory in the most recent […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Taliban Kill 65 in Bomb Blast; <br> Blackwill Urges Partition

Taliban Kill 65 in Bomb Blast;
Blackwill Urges Partition

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck at a government office in the Mohmand region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwest Pakistan […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Ally Maliki & Octavia Nasr Both Praised Fadlallah

US Ally Maliki & Octavia Nasr Both Praised Fadlallah

So help me understand this. Nuri al-Maliki, still the Iraqi prime minister for the moment, expressed his appreciation for the accomplishments of the late Grand […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites; <br/> Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front

50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites;
Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front

A series of bloody attacks killed some 50 persons across Baghdad in the midst of a massive Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Musa […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing

The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing

Israeli troops dance to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.”: Some comments on the semiotics. The piece begins with the Muslim call to prayer in al-Khalil, a Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq

Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq

Despite the optimism obvious in the speeches of Vice President Biden on Iraq, the outbreak of fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flew to Washington, DC, on Monday, a further war of words has broken out between Turkey and Israel over […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave

Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave

The death of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah at age 75 in Beirut marks the passing of a cleric revered by many Shiite Muslims and […]

Juan Cole

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