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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

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10 Killed in Attacks, including Brig. Gen.; Al-Maliki May Run with Sunni Parties; Return of Censorship?

10 Killed in Attacks, including Brig. Gen.; Al-Maliki May Run with Sunni Parties; Return of Censorship?

10 Iraqis were killed in political violence on Wednesday, including Brig. Gen. Abdulhameed Khalaf Asfoor of troubled Ninevah Province. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that that […]

Juan Cole

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Spike in Bombings in Iraq Unrelated to lack of US Patrols

Spike in Bombings in Iraq Unrelated to lack of US Patrols

Bombings killed 8 and wounded 50 in Iraq on Tuesday. There were two bombings in eastern Shiite neighborhoods in the capital. A boy and two […]

Juan Cole

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Marines Take Dahaneh in Helmand; 35 Announced Dead on Tues. including 3 US Troops; Election could go to Second Round

Marines Take Dahaneh in Helmand; 35 Announced Dead on Tues. including 3 US Troops; Election could go to Second Round

500 Afghan troops and US Marines on Wednesday morning launched an assault on the long-time Taliban stronghold of Dahaneh in the southern Helmand province. They […]

Juan Cole

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Taliban Briefly Take Logar Capital Near Kabul; 12 Taliban Killed in Clashes, bombings; Taliban Warn against Voting

Taliban Briefly Take Logar Capital Near Kabul; 12 Taliban Killed in Clashes, bombings; Taliban Warn against Voting

Shabakah-‘i Ittila-Rasani-yi Afghanistan reports in Persian that on Monday, a squad of Taliban briefly took over the main government buildings in Pul-i Alam, the capital […]

Juan Cole

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Over 40 Dead in Morning Bombings in Baghdad

Over 40 Dead in Morning Bombings in Baghdad

Iraq woke up to a bloody Monday morning, with three major bombings that left more than 40 dead according to Middle East Online writing in […]

Juan Cole

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McChrystal: Taliban Have Upper Hand; Violence, Corruption Threaten Election; British Gen. Pledges 40 Years in Afghanistan

McChrystal: Taliban Have Upper Hand; Violence, Corruption Threaten Election; British Gen. Pledges 40 Years in Afghanistan

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of US forces in Afghanistan, admitted in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Monday that the Taliban have gained […]

Juan Cole

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Escobar on Iran, China and the Silk Road

Escobar on Iran, China and the Silk Road

Pepe Escobar on Iran-Chinese relations and the New Silk Road. this is part 3 of a series at The Real News Network Note also that […]

Juan Cole

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Power Struggle in Pakistani Taliban

Power Struggle in Pakistani Taliban

In the wake of the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mahsud in Wednesday, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn writes that a power struggle broke out […]

Juan Cole

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New Iraqi Shiite Coalition coming together

New Iraqi Shiite Coalition coming together

Ahead of January’s parliamentary elections, Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that Jalal al-Din al-Saghir, a leader of the Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq (ISCI) announced that […]

Juan Cole

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