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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

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Al-Maliki Gov't Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament

Al-Maliki Gov’t Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament

Iraqi politics and the conduct of the March 7 elections has been thrown into turmoil by the reversal on Wednesday by a judicial appeals panel […]

Juan Cole

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Sophisticated Taliban Bombing, Deaths of 3 US Troops, Embarrasses Zardari Government by Revealing US Troop Presence on Ground in Pakistan

Sophisticated Taliban Bombing, Deaths of 3 US Troops, Embarrasses Zardari Government by Revealing US Troop Presence on Ground in Pakistan

The fragile Pakistani government of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Asaf Ali Zardari was deeply embarrassed Wednesday when a massive bombing killed 3 […]

Juan Cole

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Was US-Iran rivalry Driving the Exclusion of Candidates in Iraq? Was Allawi the Target?

Was US-Iran rivalry Driving the Exclusion of Candidates in Iraq? Was Allawi the Target?

I am going to speculate a little today, but I am hoping it is informed speculation. I think an end-game drama is playing out in […]

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Could Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Could Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Could Thomas Jefferson's DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins? Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the Jefferson clan in the British Isles may have descended from […]

Juan Cole

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56 Killed, 144 Wounded in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad

56 Killed, 144 Wounded in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad

AFP Arabic reports that a female suicide bomber detonated her payload in a tent in northeast Baghdad (Bub al-Sham) among pilgrims walking to the Shiite […]

Juan Cole

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The News alleges US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January; Other Sources categorize some ‘Civilians’ as Militants

The News alleges US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January; Other Sources categorize some ‘Civilians’ as Militants

US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January The Pakistani newspaper, The News alleges that: “Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai said Ready to Talk to Taliban; H. Mahsud's Death Questioned; Is Afghanistan a Potential Oil State?

Karzai said Ready to Talk to Taliban; H. Mahsud’s Death Questioned; Is Afghanistan a Potential Oil State?

Reuters reports that President Hamid Karzai is calling upon the Taliban and other insurgent groups to drop their demand that foreign forces leave the country […]

Juan Cole

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Give a Book and a Rose to a Lover for George’s Day, April 23

Give a Book and a Rose to a Lover for George’s Day, April 23

Reprinted from last spring. Bookstores and bibliophiles: time to get working on this–advertising, word of mouth, etc. for this year.. There is a delightful custom […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways al-Qaeda Causes Carbon Emissions and Climate Change

Top Ten Ways al-Qaeda Causes Carbon Emissions and Climate Change

In an audiotape attributed to Usamah Bin Laden, the mass murderer called for a boycott of the US dollar and blamed the US for global […]

Juan Cole

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