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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Pakistan: US Drones have killed 687 Innocents

Pakistan: US Drones have killed 687 Innocents

Pakistani authorities investigating the aftermath of US bombing raids in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan have come to the conclusion that they cause […]

Juan Cole

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Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Sons of Iraq, wounds over 30

Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Sons of Iraq, wounds over 30

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest detonated his payload Saturday in the midst of a crowd of Sunni Arab militiamen in Iskandariya south of […]

Juan Cole

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Truck Bomber Kills 5 US Troops in Mosul;

Truck Bomber Kills 5 US Troops in Mosul;

McClatchy reports that a suicide truck bomber hit a police barricade in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, detonating 200 pounds of explosives just […]

Juan Cole

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Tens of Thousands Rally against US on Anniversary of Saddam’s Fall

Tens of Thousands Rally against US on Anniversary of Saddam’s Fall

April 9 was the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Saddam Hussein government in Iraq. The date passed without much remark in the United […]

Juan Cole

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Cole at "Confronting Napoleon": San Francisco’s Humanities West

Cole at "Confronting Napoleon": San Francisco’s Humanities West

Humanities West, a San Francisco cultural institution, is having a program April 17-18 on Napoleon at which I will speak on Napoleon’s Egypt. Media Contact: […]

Juan Cole

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US to Join UNSC Talks with Iran on Nuclear Program

US to Join UNSC Talks with Iran on Nuclear Program

The US will join Germany and United Nations Security Council partners in face to face negotiations with Iran on its nuclear enrichment program. The Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Obama in Iraq Again Pledges Troop Withdrawal

Obama in Iraq Again Pledges Troop Withdrawal

President Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop in Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting with US troops and also with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Obama told US […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence

OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in a Qatari newspaper with the incoming Sunni Arab governor of the northern Ninevah (Ninawa, Mosul) Province, […]

Juan Cole

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Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam

Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam

President Barack Obama conducted a state visit of the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday, visiting the mausoleum of the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Attaturk […]

Juan Cole

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