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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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US Airstrike Kills Dozens; Christian Proselytizing in Muslim Afghanistan

US Airstrike Kills Dozens; Christian Proselytizing in Muslim Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington, DC was overshadowed by a controversy over another US airstrike gone astray in Farah Province south of Herat, […]

Juan Cole

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Suicide Bombing in Peshawar Kills 4 Troops; Zardari in DC for Talks with Obama, Karzai

Suicide Bombing in Peshawar Kills 4 Troops; Zardari in DC for Talks with Obama, Karzai

As Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari arrived in Washington for talks with President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, fighting intensified in Pakistan’s northwest. On […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Rival Bows Out; NATO Troops Kill Girl

Karzai Rival Bows Out; NATO Troops Kill Girl

As President Obama prepares for Wednesday’s tripartite summit between himself, the president of Pakistan (Asaf Ali Zardari) and the president of Afghanistan (Hamid Karzai), he […]

Juan Cole

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Oglesby Review of Engaging the Muslim World

Oglesby Review of Engaging the Muslim World

Thanks to Sam Oglesby for a searching review of my new book “Engaging the Muslim World. Excerpt: “Turning to the most troublesome current foreign policy […]

Juan Cole

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Strouse: Lebanon’s Elections and Iranian Influence

Strouse: Lebanon’s Elections and Iranian Influence

Thomas Strouse writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Two critical elections will take place in early June that could potentially shape the direction that […]

Juan Cole

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2 US Troops Killed Near Mosul; Iranian assault

2 US Troops Killed Near Mosul; Iranian assault

The LAT reports that Iraqi soldiers at a base near Mosul shot and killed two US troops on Saturday and wounded a third. The US […]

Juan Cole

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Pirio: Somalia Beyond Piracy: Mogadishu’s Sheikhs Gamble on Peace

Pirio: Somalia Beyond Piracy: Mogadishu’s Sheikhs Gamble on Peace

Gregory Alonso Pirio writes in a guest op-ed for IC:

Juan Cole

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AfPak as Obama's Wars

AfPak as Obama’s Wars

Aljazeera English reviews the first hundred days of Obama’s policies in Afghanistan. The The NYT explains that Obama is readying a major US military push […]

Juan Cole

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Sadr City Car Bombs Kill 41; Violence in Baghdad returns to 2008 Levels

Sadr City Car Bombs Kill 41; Violence in Baghdad returns to 2008 Levels

AP reports that two car bombs ripped through a commercial district in Shiite East Baghdad (Sadr City) on Wednesday evening, killing at least 41 persons […]

Juan Cole

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