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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Cole at Bill Moyers Journal re: Pakistan, Today, Friday May 15

Cole at Bill Moyers Journal re: Pakistan, Today, Friday May 15

Juan Cole and Shahan Mufti discuss the Pakistan crisis on Bill Moyers Journal, PBS, Friday May 15 (9 pm in most markets but check local […]

Juan Cole

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Wertheim: Wilders’ Lethal Words

Wertheim: Wilders’ Lethal Words

Anne-Ruth Wertheim writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Words can incite violence. These are the kind of words Geert Wilders used in the Dutch […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Reversal on Torture Photos: Is He Afraid they would Destabilize Iraq?

Obama Reversal on Torture Photos: Is He Afraid they would Destabilize Iraq?

President Obama has reversed himself on his earlier determination not to oppose a ruling by a Federal judge that remaining photos of the torture and […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Public Sees Taliban as Dangerous; New Front Opened at Peochar

Pakistani Public Sees Taliban as Dangerous; New Front Opened at Peochar

Pakistani troops say that they have cleared Buner of Taliban guerrillas: “‘Normalcy is returning to Buner. People have started harvesting their crops and shops are […]

Juan Cole

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Gas Attack on School girls in Afghanistan

Gas Attack on School girls in Afghanistan

A suspected gas attack on a girl’s school sent 84 girls to hospital in Kapisa Province north of Kabul. There are suspicions that this was […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney

Cole in Salon: The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney

My column for Salon.com, “The hidden hand of Dick Cheney” is now out. Excerpt: ‘ don’t dismiss Dick Cheney as a fading punch line, or […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Libi Case Eloquent Testimony against Torture

Al-Libi Case Eloquent Testimony against Torture

The best refutation of Dick Cheney’s insistence that torture was necessary and useful in dealing with threats from al-Qaeda just died in a Libyan prison. […]

Juan Cole

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McKiernan Steps Down in Afghanistan;Pakistan Offensive continues in Swat

McKiernan Steps Down in Afghanistan;Pakistan Offensive continues in Swat

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced on Monday that he had fired Gen. David McKiernan. Time reports that Gates was impatient with McKiernan’s failure to […]

Juan Cole

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Wanda Sykes makes Short Work of Rush Limbaugh

Wanda Sykes makes Short Work of Rush Limbaugh

Wanda Sykes Comedy @ White House Correspondents Dinner – 05/09/09, Part I: and Part II, which includes the destruction of Rush Limbaugh and a wicked […]

Juan Cole

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