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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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al-Qaeda
Anzalone: From ‘Martyrdom’ Videos to <i>Jihadi</i> Journalism in Somalia

Anzalone: From ‘Martyrdom’ Videos to Jihadi Journalism in Somalia

Christopher Anzalone writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment– which is particularly timely given the bloody attack by fundamentalist gunmen on a Mogadishu hotel, […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Stewart: Fox Smears Owner Alwaleed bin Talal!

Stewart: Fox Smears Owner Alwaleed bin Talal!

Jon Stewart points out that Fox News anchors and guests are vilifying Saudi prince and financier Alwaleed bin Talal as a financial backer of Imam […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Bombings Kill 32 in Pakistan NW; <br/> US Drone Strikes Kill 20; <br/> As Floods Advance on Sindh

Bombings Kill 32 in Pakistan NW;
US Drone Strikes Kill 20;
As Floods Advance on Sindh

As Pakistan’s army and political elite focused on the catastrophic floods that have put a fifth of the country under water and displaced millions, militants […]

Juan Cole

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Cole at CNN: Now the US Should Get out of Iraq’s Politics

Cole at CNN: Now the US Should Get out of Iraq’s Politics

My essay, “Now the US should get out of Iraq’s Poltics,” is now at the CNN web site. Excerpt: “Washington should stop trying to shoehorn […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
What would Martin Luther King Say?  Mosques and the New Jim Crow in America

What would Martin Luther King Say? Mosques and the New Jim Crow in America

The demonstration held on Sunday against the Park 51 Muslim community center in lower Manhattan was an attempt by the right wing to strike at […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
From ’shock and awe’ to ‘advise and assist’ in Iraq

From ’shock and awe’ to ‘advise and assist’ in Iraq

My appearance on the PBS current affairs show Need to Know this weekend with Alison Stewart is now available on the Web. I was discussing […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Dear Rev. Graham: Obama was not born a Muslim and neither is anyone else

Dear Rev. Graham: Obama was not born a Muslim and neither is anyone else

Evangelist (and hateful bigot) Franklin Graham said this weekend that President Obama was ‘born a Muslim’ because, he said, Islam is transmitted through the father […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Sindh Cities inundated as Flooding continues; <br/> Fears of advances by al-Qaeda

Sindh Cities inundated as Flooding continues;
Fears of advances by al-Qaeda

Frenetic efforts to repair a 20 foot breach in the barrage guarding the major Sindhi city of Shahdadkot succeeded in keeping the city from being […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban Ambush Kills 30 on Road Crew in Helmand; <br/> 60% of Americans Oppose Afghan War

Taliban Ambush Kills 30 on Road Crew in Helmand;
60% of Americans Oppose Afghan War

Word is trickling out now about a Taliban attack on workers and security guards that killed some 30 persons and wounded 15 others, while yet […]

Juan Cole

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