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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Huge Crowds Peacefully Commemorate Islamic Revolution; Some Green protests Reported

Huge Crowds Peacefully Commemorate Islamic Revolution; Some Green protests Reported

Thursday February 11 (22 Bahman of the Iranian calendar) is the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini. This year, the […]

Juan Cole

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Dubai court annuls marriage to ‘bearded lady’

Dubai court annuls marriage to ‘bearded lady’

BBC News – Dubai court annuls marriage to 'bearded lady' This item will be picked up for novelty and curiosity value. But actually, the episode […]

Juan Cole

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Real News: Do the Taliban Represent the Pashtuns?

Real News: Do the Taliban Represent the Pashtuns?

The Real News has a good video series entitled, “Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns?” This is the sort of information US corporate media almost […]

Juan Cole

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Mahsud Dead; Marjah Residents Refuse to Flee ahead of Assault

Mahsud Dead; Marjah Residents Refuse to Flee ahead of Assault

A US and another NATO soldier were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. On the other side of the border, Pakistani Taliban sources announced that their […]

Juan Cole

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Salehi: Iran would back Down if West supplies LEU; Khamenei vows self-defense against ‘US-backed saboteurs’

Salehi: Iran would back Down if West supplies LEU; Khamenei vows self-defense against ‘US-backed saboteurs’

The USG Open Source Center translated remarks of Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, regarding Sunday’s announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad […]

Juan Cole

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More Nuclear Scaremongering about Iran from Clinton; Neocons Quake at Ahmadinejad threat to make . . . gasp . . . Medical Isotopes

More Nuclear Scaremongering about Iran from Clinton; Neocons Quake at Ahmadinejad threat to make . . . gasp . . . Medical Isotopes

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in some fearmongering on Iran on Sunday on Candy Crowley’s CNN magazine show, State of the Union. Here is […]

Juan Cole

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Saying ‘Constitution’ while meaning ‘Lawlessness’: Palin attacks Obama

Saying ‘Constitution’ while meaning ‘Lawlessness’: Palin attacks Obama

Sarah Palin’s turn before the teabaggers was an exercise in emptying the US Constitution of meaning while seeming to exalt it. She praised US military […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Flee Marja Area as NATO Prepares Campaign; Anti-American Rally in Kapisa

Thousands Flee Marja Area as NATO Prepares Campaign; Anti-American Rally in Kapisa

Agence France Presse reports that thousands of Afghans are fleeing an anticipated NATO/Afghan (mainly British) campaign against the Taliban stronghold of Marja, a city of […]

Juan Cole

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Undoing Lex Luthor

Undoing Lex Luthor

The red increase in job loss is the climax of Republican White House control. The blue decrease in job loss is Obama and the Democrats. […]

Juan Cole

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