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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad
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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

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Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

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Mousavi Vows to Continue Efforts; Ahmad Khatami calls for Death Penalty on Protest Leaders

Mousavi Vows to Continue Efforts; Ahmad Khatami calls for Death Penalty on Protest Leaders

At his Friday prayers sermon on Friday, hard line cleric Ahmad Khatami (no relation to former president and liberal Mohammad Khatami) called for capital punishment […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Slams Obama; 70 Professors Arrested; Wednesday Protest Violently Attacked

Ahmadinejad Slams Obama; 70 Professors Arrested; Wednesday Protest Violently Attacked

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who stands accused of stealing the recent election in Iran, lashed out at Barack Obama on Thursday. He demanded an apology […]

Juan Cole

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70 Dead in Bombing of Shiite Area, Baghdad

70 Dead in Bombing of Shiite Area, Baghdad

A massive bomb shook Shiite east Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 70 persons and wounding 135. It was unclear, Ned Parker of the LAT reports, who […]

Juan Cole

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Washington and the Iran Protests: Would they be Allowed in the US?

Washington and the Iran Protests: Would they be Allowed in the US?

President Barack Obama had this to say about the Iran crisis on Tuesday: ‘ First, I’d like to say a few words about the situation […]

Juan Cole

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30 Killed in Iraq Violence; Kurds: Oil Contracts ‘Unconstitutional’

30 Killed in Iraq Violence; Kurds: Oil Contracts ‘Unconstitutional’

Bombings and other violence left 30 dead in Iraq on Monday, and the three-day death toll is 100. Monday’s strikes included a bombing of a […]

Juan Cole

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Guardianship Council Rules out Annulment of Election Results; Reformists Planning Strikes, Mourning

Guardianship Council Rules out Annulment of Election Results; Reformists Planning Strikes, Mourning

Iran’s Guardianship Council, a sort of clerical senate on Tuesday ruled out any cancellation of the results of the recent presidential election, as called for […]

Juan Cole

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IRGC Breaks up Demonstration in Downtown Tehran

IRGC Breaks up Demonstration in Downtown Tehran

AKI is reporting that Iran’s national guard, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, with help from the popular militia, Basij, just broke up a demonstration by […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi, Defiant, Calls for More Rallies

Mousavi, Defiant, Calls for More Rallies

Reformist presidential aspirant Mir Hosain Mousavi called Monday morning for another round of big street protests by his supporters against the attempt of the regime […]

Juan Cole

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Chatham House Study Definitively Shows Massive Ballot Fraud in Iran’s Reported Results

Chatham House Study Definitively Shows Massive Ballot Fraud in Iran’s Reported Results

An authoritative study from Chatham House (pdf) , the renowned UK think tank, finds that with regard to the official statistics on the recent presidential […]

Juan Cole

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