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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts
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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Mohammad Eslami

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

01/10/2026 By Ramzy Baroud

Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

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Obama as Nobelist, Obama as game-changer

Obama as Nobelist, Obama as game-changer

I was listening to National Public Radio on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama, and they brought on some nonentity […]

Juan Cole

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Taliban say they are No Threat to International Community; Bombing targeted Indian Embassy; Will Afghan Election Fraud Sway Obama

Taliban say they are No Threat to International Community; Bombing targeted Indian Embassy; Will Afghan Election Fraud Sway Obama

According to this Persian site, the old Taliban of Mulla Omar have issued a communique that holds out a promise and a threat. They said […]

Juan Cole

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Nearly One in Four Persons on Globe is Muslim

Nearly One in Four Persons on Globe is Muslim

CNN reports that nearly one in four human beings is Muslim, based on a new extensive survey by the Pew Forum for Religion in Public […]

Juan Cole

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ECC Will Count Fraudulent Ballots Against Candidates; Obama won't Slash Troop Numbers

ECC Will Count Fraudulent Ballots Against Candidates; Obama won’t Slash Troop Numbers

Another big explosion has rocked Kabul, killing several persons and wounding more. I don’t know if Peter Galbraith still has a job at the United […]

Juan Cole

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Rethinking Afghanistan

Rethinking Afghanistan

You get your pick of polls on the Afghanistan war this morning. AP-GfK found only 40% of Americans any longer support the war, though they […]

Juan Cole

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Gross: Massive Fraud in Afghanistan Election

Gross: Massive Fraud in Afghanistan Election

Nasrine Gross writes in a guest op-ed for IC Friends & Colleagues, I have just returned from Kabul. And I am shocked how little the […]

Juan Cole

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Iran and Nuclear Latency

Iran and Nuclear Latency

When you tool around the blogosphere and the news sites, the discourse about Iran’s nuclear program is maddeningly contradictory. But I think a single hypothesis […]

Juan Cole

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8 US troops Killed in Nuristan; UN Official Says He was Pressured to Wink at Karzai Ballot Fraud; Abdullah Defiant

8 US troops Killed in Nuristan; UN Official Says He was Pressured to Wink at Karzai Ballot Fraud; Abdullah Defiant

On Saturday morning, a force of some 300 guerrillas attacked a US outpost and an Afghan police outpost in Nuristan. They killed 8 US troops […]

Juan Cole

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On How Iran is a Military Nothing despite What Propagandists Say; and on How Even Israel Dwarfs Iran Militarily in Every Way that Matters

On How Iran is a Military Nothing despite What Propagandists Say; and on How Even Israel Dwarfs Iran Militarily in Every Way that Matters

Some random anonymous person got posted over at Daily Dish who critiqued my column on the top things you think about Iran that are not […]

Juan Cole

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